Statement on ICE Violence - Take Action on January 30

UAW members in Region 6 join millions of others across the country in mourning the killings of Alex Pretti, Renee Good, Keith Porter Jr, and the more than 30 people who died in ICE custody in 2025. For months, ICE has been increasingly terrorizing communities across the U.S. – using violence, intimidation, and mayhem to sow fear, tear families apart, and attack rights to free speech and assembly. When the powerful abuse their power by killing people just because they disagree with them, everyone’s rights and freedoms are at risk. 

ICE’s recent actions are in no small part emboldened by the unprecedented $75 billion the agency received through Trump’s signature budget bill last year. Much of that is going toward massive contracts for surveillance tech companies, enriching wealthy CEOs off of the scapegoating and suffering of immigrant families. Meanwhile, the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress have gutted funding for programs all working people rely on – Medicare and Medicaid, healthcare, lifesaving research funding, veterans’ assistance, food assistance, student loan relief, and more. 

Enough is enough! Congress must vote NO on any additional funding for DHS. ICE and CBP must immediately leave Minneapolis, Los Angeles, Portland, and every other community they have been terrorizing. And Congress must immediately take action to direct federal funding to programs that uplift working people – not line the pockets of billionaires.

An injury to one is an injury to all. UAW members won’t let the Trump administration and billionaire class succeed in dividing working people. This coming Friday, January 30, all working people are strongly encouraged to help make that message clear by participating in an action near you.