Indivisible: This is Pathetic. We need leaders who will rein in ICE funding, and not just waffle and wag fingers.

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I embellished the title. —— Usonian.
Original: This is Pathetic.

DU’er,

This weekend, local Indivisibles and allies are hosting protests in cities and towns across the country to respond to the escalating violence of Trump’s secret police force. While the grassroots are leading a national weekend of action, this is how Democratic leaders in Congress have responded:



Independent (Jan 8, 2026)

We're in the streets, and Democratic leaders are dodging questions about whether an agency that teargasses babies and kills innocent people should continue to have a budget bigger than most countries’ militaries. It’s pathetic.

We need leaders who will stand up for American communities being terrorized by Trump’s fascist death squads. We need leaders who don’t have to consult poll-tested messaging to answer: “No, we shouldn’t be giving ICE more money to kill and brutalize innocent people.” But if we want leaders who don’t let us down again and again, we’ll have to put in the work. That’s why we’re running the largest primary campaign in Indivisible’s history.

If you’re ready to fight for a better Democratic Party, with authentic candidates and bold leaders capable of rising to this moment, please consider chipping in or signing up to be part of our primary work this year.

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The raids on our communities, human rights abuses against immigrants and peaceful protestors, and escalating violence by Trump’s secret police are all being turbo-charged by a massive increase in ICE’s budget passed by Republicans last year. We’re seeing the consequences in real-time and the response cannot be to just issue denouncements and calls for investigations. Democrats committing to using their leverage to rein in ICE‌’s violent, lawless behavior is the bare minimum.

We need a Democratic Party that unifies in opposition to this regime. We can’t hold the regime accountable if we have to waste time and resources pleading, begging, and cajoling our elected leaders to do their damn jobs and stand up for their constituents and the Constitution they swore to uphold.

We are going to do the work to win back control of Congress this year, and on the road to November we will run the largest primary campaign in Indivisible’s history to build a Democratic Party whose first instinct is to fight -- not fold. If this is the kind of opposition party you want, pitch in today and help us build it.


In solidarity,
Indivisible Team



[1] “Top Democrats decline to say if they would push to rein in ICE funding after Minnesota shooting.” Independent, January 8, 2026.