UPDATE in move to IMPEACH Pam Bondi

Congressman Ro Khanna is introducing a bill with three core points: defunding ICE in shutdown bills, repealing its $75 billion multi-year funding, and ending qualified immunity for ICE agents to allow prosecution for law violations.

I'm going to be introducing a bill that I hope can unify Democrats. It'll have three core points to it. First, let's make sure that we are not funding ICE in terms of the shutdown bill. Second, let's repeal the $75 billion in multi-year ICE funding. And third, let's end qualified immunity for these ICE agents and make sure that we're actually prosecuting ICE agents who break the law and hauling them in front of Congress.

Khanna believes there is significant Republican discontent and potential for bipartisan cooperation to impeach Pam Bondi, citing her alleged cover-up in the Epstein files and concerns about government overreach.

Is there an appetite among your Republican colleagues to actually move forward with some type of impeachment with Pam Bondi? Absolutely. Yes. And that stems in part from the Epstein files. I mean, she has covered up with the Epstein files. There is a lot of Republican discontent. Massie and I have been talking about impeaching her or doing inherent contempt and we will be moving forward in the next couple weeks as we're gathering more Republicans...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is accused of obstructing state investigations into ICE agent shootings, with officials like Pam Bondi and JD Vance allegedly pre-clearing agents of wrongdoing and claiming absolute immunity, which Khanna refutes.

DHS is not allowing the BCA, state investigators in Minnesota, to have access to the crime scene. They want to retain full jurisdiction so that state investigators don't get to do any prosecution at the state level. And that's for the express purpose that Pam Bondi and the rest of the law enforcement officials at DOJ have already pre-cleared any ICE agents and have decided that they can act with impunity... JD Vance doesn't understand the law. He's talking about absolute immunity for ICE officers. ICE officers don't have absolute immunity... they have no immunity from criminal prosecution.

Khanna argues that future Democratic administrations must aggressively investigate and prosecute officials who violated laws under previous administrations, rejecting a "kumbaya" approach, to establish consequences and deter future abuses of power.

My view is that we need to make it very clear that when we take back the Congress, these people will be hauled in front of the oversight committee. When we take back the White House, these people will be prosecuted... we need to make a list, keep a list of everyone who's been violating the law under the Trump administration... not out of retribution, but out of a sense of justice because without justice, you cannot have reconciliation.

Khanna asserts that ICE is "beyond redemption," corrupted, and rogue, advocating for its complete dismantling and replacement with a new agency that has proper oversight and operates under principles of justice and human rights.

Should ICE continue to exist? No. And that should be the answer across the Democratic Party. Absolutely not. It has been corrupted. It has been tainted. It is an agency that is rogue, that is killing American citizens. Tear it down. Start a new agency that has oversight... what has happened with ICE is beyond redemption.