Larson on Latest White House Attack: “We’ve never backed down from bullies like Trump. I’m not starting now.”

“Mothers ripped from children, no notice to state or local police, no due process. Trump’s response? Not compassion. Not leadership. Distracting the public by attacking me while families grieve for the victims,” said Larson. “That’s who he is. Always deflecting. Never leading. He’s paranoid. Connecticut just took action to rein in his raids after we exposed what happened in Newington and around the state. From public housing to Congress, we’ve never backed down from bullies like Trump. I’m not starting now. Never have. Never will.” 

Last week, Connecticut officials announced a ban on ICE masks and warrantless arrests in state courthouses. In Congress, Rep. Larson is a cosponsor of the Protecting Sensitive Locations Act to prevent ICE raids at schools, hospitals, courthouses, and places of worship, and the No Secret Police Actto require ICE agents to identify themselves and bar them from wearing masks to conceal their identities. 

Following raids at Newington and Southington car washes where agents separated mothers from their children and a Supreme Court ruling greenlighting ICE racial profiling, Larson and a group of his colleagues introduced the Home Together Act to block the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development from sharing home addresses, ethnicities, and other sensitive data with immigration enforcement.