HOLDING ICE ACCOUNTABLE

On 2026-01-08, Representative Sean Casten (D-IL-6) delivered a floor speech titled "HOLDING ICE ACCOUNTABLE" in the House. The speech addressed immigration.

HOLDING ICE ACCOUNTABLE

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 5 (Thursday, January 8, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 5 (Thursday, January 8, 2026)] [House] [Pages H230-H231] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] HOLDING ICE ACCOUNTABLE (Mr. CASTEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.) Mr. CASTEN. Mr. Speaker, yesterday ICE murdered an American citizen. Renee Good was a wife and a mother who has now become ICE's latest victim. To those at DHS and in this Chamber who have created and rewarded a culture of murder, I ask the same question that God asked Cain: What have you done? You have slain your sister who gave you no offense. The voice of her innocent blood cries out from the ground where it was spilled, where you try to cover and hide. But we saw what was done. What kind of monster shoots an unarmed, fleeing woman in the head? What kind of monster watches the video of that crime and chooses to lie to the American people as they defend the murderer and defame the victim? How do we prevent ourselves from descending to their monstrous depths? Mr. Speaker, I will tell my colleagues how. We prosecute the murderer with [[Page H231]] the due process he denied Renee and demand accountability up the entire chain of command. Our job is not to bear their sins. Our job is to make sure this never ever happens again. ____________________