Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., led a group of progressive Democrats on Monday in demanding that President Biden's administration end contracts between federal immigration enforcement agencies and state and local detention facilites. Omar was joined by fellow "Squad" members Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y.. alongside other progressive Democrats. "Phasing out DHS contracts with localities for immigration detention is a much-needed step toward restoring basic humanity to our immigration system," she said. "We urge the Biden administration to release an additional Executive Order announcing a plan to phase out contracts between ICE and state, county, and local jails and prisons," the letter read. They went on to write that "all cases" of a federal contract between local jails and ICE to hold migrants were "financially incentivized."

Source: Fox News March 15, 2021 16:17 UTC