Fort Washington, Pa. − July 17, 2025 − Following recent ICE activity in Montgomery County, including Hatfield Township, Senator Maria Collett (D-12 Montgomery) and Representative Steve Malagari (D-53 Montgomery) released the following statement:
“There can be no question that the militarized raids we have witnessed in grocery stores, apartment complexes, and street corners across Montgomery County are a betrayal of our shared American values. When judicial warrants are required from every law enforcement agency, why has ICE been permitted to engage in such blatant government overreach?
When masked agents target hardworking members of our community, not dangerous criminals as they claim, we will not remain silent. When our neighbors are being arrested and detained based on their heritage, occupation, or language and ripped from their families without the due process they are owed, we stand united against this cruelty and intimidation. And we will continue to stand steadfastly in support of our friends and neighbors who are now afraid to even leave their homes. Because we know right from wrong.
Because we know that when they deny due process to any of us they deny it to all of us. And because we know that the diversity of our communities is an integral part of what makes us so special.”
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