PLAIN OLD BLUE WON’T DO:” ANALILIA MEJIA CONDEMNS HOUSE DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP, SEVEN DEMOCRATS WHO VOTED TO GIVE ICE MORE FUNDING

GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Analilia Mejia, a longtime labor organizer, former leader of the NJ Working Families Party, and the Bernie Sanders and AOC-backed choice for Congress in NJ-11, released the following statement castigating House leadership for their failure to prevent Democrats from capitulating to MAGA and voting to increase funding towards ICE.

“Action speaks louder than words.  Minority leader Hakeem Jeffries personal opposition rings hollow given his failure to hold his caucus accountable and preventing the passage of this bill.” said Analilia Mejia. “I've said it before, and I'll say it again, in the face of state sanctioned violence and government overreach,  plain old blue just won’t do. Failure to act while our neighbors are being gunned down is complicity and must be called out. I stand in solidarity with the majority of Americans who oppose further funding to masked thugs who snatch people off of streets and kidnap children from their homes. Shame on all who voted to continue to fund this madness.”

“We are supposed to be the party of justice and freedom.  We are supposed to lead with bravery and stand up for the people who need us. If people in power aren’t acting accordingly, it is because inaction is their best interest, not yours. That’s unacceptable — and it’s exactly why I’m running for Congress. ICE doesn’t need more funding. It needs to be abolished.”

Passage of the ICE funding bill comes after ICE shot and killed a mother, perp-walked an elderly man naked through the Minnesota snow, and used a five-year-old as bait to get to his father before kidnapping the child anyway.

The primary election is on February 5, 2026.