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Chicago, IL<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez (IL-03)<\/strong>, Ranking Member of a Committee on Homeland Security Subcommittee, stood with Illinois public officials, civil society, and community members to announce the\u00a0Reimagining Safety Act<\/em>.<\/strong> The landmark community-led legislation would create a new human- and community-centered federal department that promotes collective safety, repeal the authorities that give the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) its power, and redirect DHS funds to programs that working families rely on.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Reimagining Safety Act\u00a0<\/em>is a first-of-its-kind bill that would dismantle DHS. It is the first time a community has designed a cabinet-level department. The\u00a0Reimagining Safety Act<\/em> would:<\/p>\n

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    Establish the Department of Community Safety<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Dismantle DHS, preserving CISA, FEMA, TSA, and Customs functions\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Abolish ICE and CBP<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Reinvest funds in our communities<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Limit government surveillance, rein in unlawful abuses of data, and curb militarized enforcement<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Begin the process of establishing a separate civil immigration system<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \u201cToday, I am proud to announce the Reimagining Safety Act, a community-led roadmap to establish the Department of Community Safety, dismantle DHS, abolish ICE and CBP, and reinvest resources in our communities,\u201d\u00a0said Congresswoman Ramirez.\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cThe Department of Homeland Security was founded out of a profound national trauma. But we cannot add new pains to old ones. We must heal old pain and create new opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n

    For more than a year, the communities that Congresswoman Ramirez represents have been targeted, terrorized, and attacked by DHS through its unlawful mass deportation campaign. Those same communities worked to build the Reimagining Safety Act while protecting their neighbors through Know Your Rights campaigns, observer networks, whistles and cell phones, human school buses, and more.\u00a0<\/p>\n

    \u201cSince the creation of DHS, the Muslim community in Chicagoland, and America broadly, has been directly, intensely, and unjustly targeted by the department. DHS’ profiling has dissolved any sense of privacy and has sought to silence and remove the Muslim community,\u201d\u00a0said Jordan Esparza-Kelley, Communications Coordinator at CAIR Chicago. \u201c<\/strong>This legislative effort, led by the Congresswoman, was able to call in directly impacted communities, and reimagine safety and national security from a framework of love, care, and tolerance. Legislation such as the Reimagining Safety Act can change and save lives; it can help us truly be who we say we are as a country.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n