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RESOLUTION TO ABOLISH ICE
WHEREAS the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was founded by the Bush Administration in 2002 as part of the Homeland Security Act but has since evolved into an unaccountable, militarized federal enforcement agency that routinely operates with minimal transparency, oversight, or meaningful accountability and has a documented record of systemic human rights violations, including family separation, prolonged and unlawful detention, medical neglect, racial profiling, excessive use of force, and denial of due process and now even citizens being gunned down; and
WHEREAS meaningful immigration reform must be rooted in human dignity, constitutional due process, and international human rights standards, none of which can be achieved under an enforcement agency structurally designed for mass detention and deportation but can be accomplished through modernized civil institutions that prioritize legal pathways, refugee protection, workplace accountability, and international cooperation; and
WHEREAS the abolition of ICE does not mean the absence of immigration regulation or border governance, but rather the replacement of a militarized deportation apparatus with a civil, humanitarian, and due-process-centered immigration system housed within transparent, accountable civilian agencies and which are compatible with the Democratic Party’s stated commitments to civil rights, racial justice, immigrant dignity, labor protections, and the rule of law.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Democratic Central Committee of Marin (Marin Democratic Party) calls for the immediate, total, and permanent abolition of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the dismantling of its detention and deportation infrastructure and reallocation of resources toward asylum processing, humanitarian immigration infrastructure, and immigrant legal defense; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Democratic Central Committee of Marin (Marin Democratic Party) declares that California, as a sanctuary state and a national leader in immigrant rights, should support the creation of a humane, civil, and rights-based immigration system centered on due process, refugee protection, family unity, and community-based legal services
MEETING AGENDA
Democratic Central Committee of Marin
Marin Democratic Party
May 7, 2026
In Person
Start time 7:00 pm
- Call to order
- Approval of agenda
- Approval of minutes of April 2, 2026 meeting
- Chair and Regional Director Report
- Treasurer’s Report
- Other Officers Reports
- Introduction of new alternates, associate members, and guests. Measure C will present for endorsement.
- Open Time
- Democratic Club reports
- Announcements
- Committee Reports
Outreach and Campaign Services
Budget and Finance
Bylaws Committee
Communications Committee
Database Committee
Development Committee
Endorsement Committee
Victory Fund
Resolutions Committee - Report on recommendation on Measure C for endorsement Vote on endorsement.
- New Business - Help rebuild MCYD
- Unfinished Business
- Adjournment – 9:00
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