Democrats Push Bill That Would Blacklist ICE Officers From Future Government Employment

By Ramsey Touchberry | The Washington Examiner

Democrats are vowing to resist President Donald Trump’s sweeping deportation agenda by promoting policies to bar federal immigration officials from obtaining future government and law enforcement jobs.

The pledges from progressive candidates seeking higher office go further than the party’s growing calls to “abolish ICE” or to slash its funding. Instead, they are warning of personal repercussions for Trump-era Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and deterring recruits from accepting lucrative sign-on bonuses.

“The way I see it is, if you work for a fascist, forget about ever working for the state,” Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA), who’s running for governor in November, told the Washington Examiner. “No one is holding a gun to their heads and saying, ‘You have to go out and terrorize people in the community.’ This is a choice, at this point, to stay employed with ICE.”

Swalwell is pledging to use his would-be executive powers to effectively blacklist ICE officers from any of California’s nearly 250,000 government roles by conditioning state grants on not employing former ICE officers, a threat that would also apply to local police departments.

“You have to go on offense against these guys, or we’re just constantly reacting,” Swalwell added. “I want to get their attention and change their behavior.”

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