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AUSTIN \u2014 The big news coming out of the Democratic National Committee\u2019s summer meeting over the weekend was that the party set its 2028 presidential primary calendar.<\/p>\n
But some Democrats say they see significance in a pair of resolutions the DNC advanced that didn\u2019t get as much attention.<\/p>\n
The committee greenlit a measure supporting the abolishment of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. It also passed a resolution supporting the Leahy Laws, which call for the U.S. not to fund nations that commit human rights violations.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s important to note the DNC doesn\u2019t set party policy and its resolutions do not dictate the formal party platform. But these measures can serve as an indication of where the party is leaning.<\/p>\n
For the ICE-related resolution, the DNC endorsed what not long ago was considered a fringe position. As recently as this spring, DNC members were unable to advance any measure calling for ICE to be abolished, instead settling on pushing for reforms.<\/p>\n
DNC member Michele Johnson of Louisiana, who sponsored both the ICE and Leahy Laws resolutions, said she had changed her view on ICE as she watched incidents in Minneapolis and other cities play out between residents and immigration officers.<\/p>\n
\u201cOver the course of last year I began moving away from reform to abolition,\u201d Johnson said in an interview. \u201cThis is a rogue agency, they are killing people, they are killing U.S. citizens, they have to be held accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Leahy Law resolution didn\u2019t have the word \u201cIsrael\u201d in it \u2014 another issue that has divided the party \u2014 and Johnson said the intent was to address the issue in a broader sense.<\/p>\n
\u201cI left it without mentioning any country specifically because we shouldn\u2019t be funding any countries that are committing human rights violations,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cThere\u2019s many countries that this applies to.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need to make sure that when we are spending money, we are spending it on things that are morally right and morally just,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n
But Sam Rosenthal, the political director at the grassroots advocacy group Roots Action, said he saw the Leahy Laws resolution passage as a step toward re-evaluating the relationship between the U.S. and Israel.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is an attempt to go back to basics. Can the DNC commit to holding up U.S. law? Given that, what does that mean?\u201d Rosenthal said. He added that he hopes this is the first in a \u201cseries of steps to rebuild consensus around the DNC\u2019s stance on what the Israel-U.S. relationship should look like.\u201d<\/p>\n