Rep. Delia Ramirez introduces bill to abolish DHS after Omar raid, ICE shooting
The Illinois Democrat's Reimagining Safety Act would dismantle DHS and ICE following a raid on Rep. Ilhan Omar's home and the shooting of Oscar Belgal.
What to know
- Rep. Delia Ramirez's Reimagining Safety Act would abolish DHS, end all immigrant detention, and repeal post-9/11 terrorism laws.
- The bill follows an HSI raid on Rep. Ilhan Omar's home and the ICE shooting of Oscar Belgal in front of his 5-year-old child in NYC.
- DHS functions would be redistributed: immigration enforcement to DOJ, TSA/Coast Guard to DOT, customs to Treasury, with a new Department of Community Safety overseeing FEMA.
- The legislation faces long odds in a Republican-controlled Congress but reflects escalating progressive concern over DHS/ICE violence and political targeting.
“Just this week, our communities were reminded that DHS is a weapon: pointed at a father shot in front of his 5-year-old and at Congresswoman Omar, who is using her voice to demand an end to fascism.”
Rep. Delia Ramirez, U.S. Representative, D-Ill. · The Intercept ↗ · Oct 12
Delia Ramirez U.S. Representative, D-Ill.
Ilhan Omar U.S. Representative, D-Minn.Oscar Belgal Shooting victim in NYCDepartment of Homeland Security / ICE Federal agency targeted by the bill
How it unfolded 3 developments, newest first · click a bar or a number to jump articlesposts
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NY Post covers the DHS-abolition push
The New York Post reports on Ramirez's push to abolish DHS, framing it as a response to the Omar raid and the Bronx ICE shooting.
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3 outlets House Dem pushes bill to abolish Homeland Security after Ilhan Omar raid, NYC ICE shooting
first by NY Post, 14h ago · also Anadolu Agency, New York Post
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- US lawmaker introduces bill to dismantle Homeland Security Department, abolish ICE Anadolu Agency · 11h ago
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🗣 LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK ⚟ ❝ “Just this week, our communities were reminded that # DHS is a weapon: pointed at a father shot in front of his 5-year-old and at Congresswoman Omar, who is using her voice to demand an end to fascism,” wrote Ramirez in a statement to The Intercept. “It is clear that now is the time to reimagine our safety…
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Sure but immigration has also changed in the last few years as well? I guess Border patrol will still enforce immigration at the border. But what would be the solution for those already in the country illegally and those who overstay their visas? Let them be or come up with a new organization that handles thats? Or do you give everyone who wants…
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This is the energy: after the federal raid on Ilhan Omar's house, Rep. Delia C. Ramirez has introduced a bill that would abolish ICE, DHS, and CBP; transfer legitimate customs duties to other departments; sunset Section 219 of the INA; close Guantánamo Bay detention facility and all immigration detention centers. # AbolishICE # AbolishDHS #…
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The Intercept's reporting spreads across social platforms
The Intercept's exclusive on Ramirez's bill is shared widely on Bluesky and Mastodon, drawing thousands of engagements.
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EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Delia Ramirez is bringing a bill to eliminate DHS a day after the raid on Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home.
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Rep. Delia Ramirez is bringing a bill to eliminate DHS a day after the raid on Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home. https:// theintercept.com/2026/10/13/ab olish-ice-dhs-delia-ramirez-ilhan-omar
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Rep. Delia Ramirez Brings New Bill to Abolish DHS https:// theintercept.com/2026/10/13/ab olish-ice-dhs-delia-ramirez-ilhan-omar/
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Ramirez unveils bill to abolish DHS and ICE detention
Rep. Delia Ramirez's Reimagining Safety Act would eliminate DHS and all immigrant detention, repeal post-9/11 terrorism laws, and replace DHS with a Department of Community Safety overseeing FEMA, with immigration enforcement shifted to DOJ, TSA/Coast Guard functions to DOT, and customs to Treasury.
“It is clear that now is the time to reimagine our safety, dismantle DHS, abolish ICE, and end the use of broad authorities to circumvent our rights and due process.”
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1 outlet first by The Post Millennial, 16h ago · read ↗
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Finally someone says the obvious. Of course it won’t happen, but we said so when they created the DHS that it was a mistake and it would be used to attack us. https:// theintercept.com/2026/10/13/ab olish-ice-dhs-delia-ramirez-ilhan-omar/
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HSI agents search Rep. Ilhan Omar's home — Homeland Security Investigations agents searched the home of Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., in what the Department of Justice described as an opaque 'federal criminal investigation.'
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ICE agent shoots Oscar Belgal in the neck in NYC — An ICE agent shot 28-year-old Oscar Belgal in the neck by firing into his car while his 5-year-old child was in the backseat, in New York City.
Also covered reported alongside — the timeline has no entry for these yet
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first by Fox News, 11h ago · also The Hill, Truthout, Newsweek
3 more headlines
- House Democrat introduces bill seeking to cut ICE, CBP, replace DHS The Hill · 11h ago
- Rep. Delia Ramirez Introduces Landmark Bill to Abolish DHS, ICE, and CBP Mastodon · 10h ago
- New Democratic Bill Would Abolish ICE and Shut Down DHS Newsweek · 9h ago
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What people are saying 3 voices from 2 sites · best of 10 · verbatim
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That would be a huge loss for Democrats, leftists, women, LGBTQ people, and people of color, because most political violence come from the right , and disproportionately targets women, LGBTQ people, and POC. Instead, I think we should make secret service agents mandatory reporters. They would still keep private or embarrassing things secret as…
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How are they painting it when its being advocated for by them? Seems ligit to me. Its even being advocated for by most of these comments, clearly its a real goal.
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We recognize the Representative for Chicago. "Rep. Delia Ramirez is bringing a bill to eliminate DHS" https:// theintercept.com/2026/10/13/ab olish-ice-dhs-delia-ramirez-ilhan-omar/