Dem activists are set to take up resolutions to abolish ICE and limit state cooperation with the federal immigration enforcement agency at their annual convention in Madison this weekend. 

That’s according to a list of draft resolutions the state Dem Party shared with WisPolitics. The list includes recommendations to adopt two separate measures to support abolishing ICE. 

Democrats have strongly criticized the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, urging more accountability measures for immigration enforcement. These measures include: using judicial warrants, requiring officers to be unmasked and identify themselves, and barring officers from entering certain public spaces. 

One of the draft resolutions says the federal government created ICE “out of fear and racism.” The resolution says the Trump administration has used the agency as “a tool of authoritarianism” and that Americans have been deported, killed and separated from their families due to reckless enforcement. 

The other resolution calls for ending mass deportations and private immigration detention and supports investigations and prosecutions for human rights violations. 

State GOP Chair Brian Schimming in a statement said the resolutions “leave no doubt” about where Dems stand.

“They continue to move further to the left, following the lead of Mandela Barnes and Francesca Hong. They want to endanger Wisconsin citizens by abolishing ICE and making our streets less safe,” Schimming said. 

Another resolution the Platform and Resolutions Committee recommended calls to support state legislation limiting cooperation with ICE and challenging its authority to act without state and local consent. 

The committee recommended against adopting a separate resolution to investigate and reform ICE because it conflicts with resolutions calling to abolish the agency. 

That resolution voices support for ICE and CBP, though it also criticizes their “aggressive, militarized tactics” and calls for the repeal of the Laken Riley Act, which requires the detainment of non-U.S. nationals arrested for certain crimes. 

The committee also recommended a pair of resolutions to support the transgender community, including one affirming that transgender women are women and transgender men are men, and another to support protecting access to gender-affirming care for transgender youth. 

Several of the other recommended resolutions focus on artificial intelligence and data centers, including: 

  • Affirming the need to create AI regulations and an enforcement agency; 
  • Urging local officials to pause and regulate developments, like data centers, that could impact water and pollute air;
  • Calling for a prohibition on law enforcement use of surveillance, AI and biometric technology, such as facial recognition technology and automated license plate readers, to capture people’s data without their consent; 
  • Supporting the establishment of certain requirements for data centers, such as environmental impact reviews and water usage standards; 
  • Supporting requiring data centers to generate 100% of their electricity onsite with at least 70% renewable energy, to use a combination of closed-loop and free cooling systems, and to have an environmental impact statement. 

Other resolutions on the agenda include measures opposing “undue influence and intimidation to control the media, broadcasting, & entertainment industries” and supporting the establishment of ranked-choice voting in Wisconsin, the expansion of the U.S. Supreme Court and the abolishment of the state’s private school voucher program.