CREW sent a letter to the House Committee on Homeland Security and the Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs imploring them to conduct robust oversight of the unprecedented deployment of more than 2,000 federal agents to Minnesota, and to specifically and immediately investigate any policy or procedural failures surrounding the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent. 

Congress would be abdicating its responsibility to the American people, Renee Nicole Good and others injured by law enforcement if it does not seek a full understanding of the Department of Homeland Security’s operations in Minnesota and other states. 

The facts demand congressional attention: an American citizen–37-year-old mother of three–was killed by an agent of the US government. That killing took place amid growing public unrest over DHS’s biggest ever immigration enforcement deployment. And on the day of the shooting, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem seemed to unequivocally conclude that the killing was justified and told the public that Ms. Good was engaged in an act of “domestic terrorism,” despite apparent evidence and video footage to the contrary. 

The American people need answers, and these congressional committees are in a prime position to secure them. If Congress fails to act, it would be neglecting its solemn and urgent responsibility to conduct oversight of the executive branch and its agencies in the wake of a terrible tragedy.

Read the letter here.

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