Immigrant rights groups lambasted the Department of Homeland Security on its 20th anniversary Wednesday, demanding that the very Congress that voted to create the federal organization shut it down and “defund hate.”

More than a dozen organizations posted calls on social media ordering lawmakers to shrink the budgets of or wipe out DHS, particularly its agencies that enforce immigration and border laws that Congress has passed.

United We Dream, the largest youth-led organization nationwide for immigrant rights, said the department had “inflicted irreparable harm and violence on individuals, families, and communities” throughout its two decades.

“Through direct-action, honest conversations, and cross movement solidarity, we can demand investments for our communities that are rightfully ours and will allow us all to thrive. #DHS20,” United We Dream wrote in a post to Twitter.

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Other organizations, many of which work together, promoted the anniversary as a national "day of action," with events planned in states such as Georgia.

“We fight for REAL community needs! That means cutting funding to DHS' deportation & enforcement machines @ICEgov & @CBP. On the 20 year anniversary of @DHSgov, join us to #DefundHate,” Casa for All tweeted Tuesday evening.

Washington-based Defend Watch Network pushed for DHS agencies U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection to have their bank accounts slashed. The organization’s website states that its mission is to abolish immigration detention in the United States.

“On the 20 year anniversary of @DHSgov, we’re calling for budget cuts to @ICEgov and @CBP, the immigration enforcement arms of DHS. It’s time to invest in REAL community needs. #DefundHate #CommunitiesNotCages #DHS20,” Defend Watch Network tweeted Wednesday.

The Southern Border Communities Coalition, comprised of 60 organizations across the four southern border states, backed the other groups' generalized calls to “defund hate.”

“Since its creation 20 yrs ago, DHS has targeted immigrants + communities of color by using $1.4 TRILLION in taxpayer dollars that could have been used to care for our communities. @POTUS, cut funding for @ICEgov and @CBP + close immigration detention centers! #DefundHate #DHS20,” SBCC tweeted Wednesday afternoon.

Some Democrats have criticized DHS for becoming too large to manage and too powerful. Just last year, Congress appropriated $60 billion for the department.

Last November, the American Civil Liberties Union issued a report outlining 15 major reforms DHS should make because "the department should no longer exist in its current state." DHS did not take any of the recommended actions.

DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas visited with the New York Police Department in Manhattan to commemorate the department’s inception, which followed the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center and Pentagon and a flight that crashed in Pennsylvania.

“Today we are more fit for purpose than at any point in the history of the Department, as we face the threats of today and plan for the threats of tomorrow,” Mayorkas said in a statement. “The DHS workforce is made up of heroic public servants who make meaningful contributions to the safety and security of their communities each and every day. This dedication is at the core of all we do and all we have accomplished. It is the honor of my life to lead this Department and to champion the extraordinary people who will continue to deliver on our mission for years to come.”

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The first DHS secretary, ex-Pennsylvania GOP Gov. Tom Ridge, also celebrated the department’s anniversary and its growth to more than 260,000 employees worldwide.

"I am blessed to have served with our nation’s best and know today’s DHS workers continue the tradition of selfless service," he tweeted.