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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 611 

Opposing the targeted harassment of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and employees and reaffirming the fundamental principle 

that public safety services should be provided without discrimination. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

AUGUST 21, 2018 

Mr. CASSIDY (for himself and Mr. PERDUE) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs 

RESOLUTION 

Opposing the targeted harassment of U.S. Immigration and 

Customs Enforcement officers and employees and reaffirming the fundamental principle that public safety 

services should be provided without discrimination. 

Whereas Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a candidate for Congress 

from New York, welcomed the support of Occupy ICE 

LA, a group that called U.S. Immigration and Customs 

Enforcement (in this preamble referred to as ‘‘ICE’’) a 

‘‘genocidal ethnic cleansing machine’’ and ‘‘the Gestapo’’, 

and posted photos of ICE employees on the internet, encouraging activists to ‘‘[k]now their faces, never allow 

them to feel safe’’; 

Whereas Cynthia Nixon, a candidate for Governor of New 

York, stated that ICE ‘‘is a terrorist organization’’; 


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Whereas a mob of leftwing activists recently surrounded an 

ICE office in southwest Portland, Oregon, trapping ICE 

employees inside the building; 

Whereas ICE employees were subjected to doxxing and violent threats after their social media profiles, phone numbers, and home addresses were posted on the internet by 

leftwing activists; 

Whereas an ICE officer was reportedly followed and ‘‘confronted when he went to pick up his daughter from summer camp’’, and another ‘‘had his name and photo plastered on flyers outside his home accusing him of being 

part of the ‘Gestapo’,’’ according to the Wall Street Journal; 

Whereas the Mayor of Portland, Oregon, Ted Wheeler, 

barred the Portland Police Bureau from coming to the 

aid of ICE employees, stating, ‘‘I do not want the 

@PortlandPolice to be engaged or sucked into a conflict, 

particularly from a Federal agency that I believe is on 

the wrong track . . . If they are looking for a bailout 

from this mayor, they are looking in the wrong place.’’; 

Whereas the ICE office in southwest Portland was shut down 

for days due to threats and occupation; 

Whereas leftwing activists have similarly harassed and threatened ICE employees and targeted ICE offices for closure 

around the country; 

Whereas the National Immigration and Customs Enforcement Council’s representative stated in a letter to Mayor 

Ted Wheeler that ‘‘[y]our current policy forbidding Portland law enforcement agencies from assisting employees 

of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency 

who request law enforcement assistance while at or away 


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from work’’ leaves ‘‘them vulnerable to violence, harassment and even death . . . Your policy has created a zone 

of terror and lawlessness. We ask that you end your policy of not responding to calls for police services from ICE 

employees immediately. Our membership has been the 

subjected to threats of physical violence and harassment 

since you announced your policy.’’; and 

Whereas the President of the Portland Police Association, 

Daryl Turner, stated, ‘‘There is no place for personal, political bias when it comes to providing public safety services to our communities. In that respect, our Mayor, who 

is also our Police Commissioner, has failed miserably.’’: 

Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) expresses solidarity with the men and 

3 women of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce4 ment who bring human traffickers, drug traffickers, 

5 gang members, and violent criminals to justice; 

6 (2) condemns the doxxing and targeted harass7 ment of all officers and employees of U.S. Immigra8 tion and Customs Enforcement and the violent 

9 threats they continue to endure from leftwing activ10 ists; and 

11 (3) calls on the Mayor of Portland, Oregon, Ted 

12 Wheeler, to immediately resign so that a leader com13 mitted to protecting all law-abiding citizens and pubVerDate Sep 11 2014 21:21 Aug 21, 2018 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\SR611.IS SR611

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1 lic servants from harm can assume the duties of 

2 Mayor of Portland. 

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