ICE Activity In Montco Blasted By Lawmaker

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, PA — State Sen. Maria Collett and another lawmaker said ICE raids conducted recently in Montgomery County are "a betrayal of our shared American values."

Following recent ICE activity in Montgomery County, Sen. Maria Collett (D-12 Montgomery) and State Rep. Steve Malagari issued a statement following ICE raids, which included 14 people being arrested in Norristown.

“There can be no question that the militarized raids we have witnessed in grocery stores, apartment complexes, and street corners across Montgomery County are a betrayal of our shared American values," Collett said in the statement. "When judicial warrants are required from every law enforcement agency, why has ICE been permitted to engage in such blatant government overreach?"

Collett said Montgomery County lawmakers and residents should not remain silent when masked agents target hardworking members of the community, not dangerous criminals as claimed.

"When our neighbors are being arrested and detained based on their heritage, occupation, or language and ripped from their families without the due process they are owed, we stand united against this cruelty and intimidation," the statement said. "And we will continue to stand steadfastly in support of our friends and neighbors who are now afraid to even leave their homes. Because we know right from wrong. Because we know that when they deny due process to any of us they deny it to all of us. And because we know that the diversity of our communities is an integral part of what makes us so special.”

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