Oppose additional funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other immigration enforcement in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Homeland Security budget. 

Congress is currently negotiating the FY26 Homeland Security Appropriations Act. The bill funds the operations of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Patrol (CBP), agencies whose aggressive presence in Minnesota in recent weeks led to the killing of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti, the detention of children, refugees, and U.S. citizens, and caused both widespread fear and faith-filled resistance.  

The six ELCA bishops in the state of Minnesota wrote recently: “We know that all our neighbors bear the image of God… We also know there are voices around us that challenge the truth of who we are and who our neighbors are. It is our fervent hope that every one of us would remain deeply rooted in our identity as God’s beloved.” 

Ask Congress to protect our neighbors by prioritizing accountability for ICE, not additional funding for actions that are harming our communities.

Make your message to Congress more impactful by personalizing it below.

Note: This Action Alert is an update to an alert sent January 15, 2026 before the House vote.

Call your member of Congress. You can use the talking points in the action alert or ecumenical letter, with some framing highlighted below:

• Reforms to immigration enforcement are URGENT. Federal agents are committing violence in our communities with impunity and lack the oversight or accountabilitythat we need to protect our communities. Business as usual is not acceptable.
• We want to see meaningful policy changes, including [highlight the changes most important to you – i.e. end arrests without a warrant and racial profiling, require independent investigation into the killings of Good and Pretti, codify protections for our churches and sacred spaces from immigration enforcement]
• We don’t want an endless shutdown or patchwork continuing resolutions funding this agency in increments of days or weeks. Negotiate the protections that your constituents want to see and pass a funding bill through the end of Fiscal Year 2026.