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DHS faces shutdown calls on 20th anniversary: ‘Defund hate!’

By Anna Giaritelli
Published March 1, 2023 11:32pm ET
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DHS faces shutdown calls on 20th anniversary: ‘Defund hate!’
Protesters display a sign that reads "Abolish ICE" during a rally in front of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in downtown Los Angeles on Monday, July 2, 2018. Protesters who were blocking the entrance to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in downtown Los Angeles have been led away in handcuffs. A group of 17 protesters sat down in the street, blocking the entrance to the facility Monday morning. The protesters, including faith and community leaders, locked arms and chanted, "Shut down ICE!" | (Richard Vogel/AP)

Immigrant rights groups lambasted the Department of Homeland Security on its 20th anniversary Wednesday, demanding that the very Congress that voted to create the federal organization shut it down and “defund hate.”

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