How Democrats Can End Qualified Immunity for ICE Agents
Democrats have a rare moment of leverage to pass legislation ending qualified immunity for Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, dismantling a legal shield that has allowed them to evade accountability for murder.
Democrats have an opportunity to end ICE agents’ qualified immunity from wrongful death lawsuits. (Scott Olson / Getty Images)
Senate Democrats are right now formulating a list of conditions they say must be fulfilled for them to consider providing votes for more funding to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). One of those items could be Democratic legislation that is already written and introduced in Congress: a bill to end qualified immunity for ICE agents, so that communities can hold those agents legally accountable when they murder people.
Days after ICE killed Renee Good, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) tweeted out Donald Trump adviser Stephen Miller on Fox News declaring, “To all ICE officers: You have federal immunity in the conduct of your duties.”
REMINDER. “To all ICE officers: You have federal immunity in the conduct of your duties. Anybody who lays a hand on you or tries to stop you or tries to obstruct you is committing a felony. You have immunity to perform your duties, and no one — no city official, no state official, . . . pic.twitter.com/xoWDjOctLe
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) January 13, 2026
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