Sheriffs storm Capitol Hill to demand border wall, ICE funding

By Paul Bedard

Published February 11, 2019 4:25pm ET

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Sheriffs storm Capitol Hill to demand border wall, ICE funding — In this July 2, 2018, file photo, 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, dozens of sheriffs hit Capitol Hill to demand full funding of ICE.

Angered with efforts by House and Senate Democrats to cut funding for President Trump’s border wall and ICE facilities that hold criminal illegal immigrants, dozens of U.S. sheriffs are storming Capitol Hill Monday to more money to enforce immigration.

“We are at wits end on this,” said Bristol County, Mass. Sheriff Thomas M. Hodgson. “This really is a catastrophe,” he said of the anti-Trump proposal backed by Democrats including Speaker Nancy Pelosi and progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

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