ICE director: My officers "will not be intimidated" as Nazi Germany comparisons erupt in hearing скачать в хорошем качестве

ICE director: My officers "will not be intimidated" as Nazi Germany comparisons erupt in hearing

Todd Lyons, the head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, defended his agency’s officers before Congress on Tuesday, standing behind their tactics and saying they would not be intimidated as they carry out the president’s mass deportation plans. Lyons was one of the three heads of agencies implementing President Donald Trump's immigration agenda to testify in a hearing called after the shooting deaths of two Americans at the hands of federal officers. They faced fierce questioning from Democrats, and support from most Republicans, over how they are prosecuting immigration enforcement inside American cities. Lyons, the acting ICE director, Rodney Scott, who heads U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and Joseph Edlow, who is the director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, spoke in front of the House Committee on Homeland Security in a hearing that lasted roughly three and a half hours. Tensions flared and the hearing sparked heated exchanges -- the Democrats comparing the enforcement operations to Nazi Germany and questioning how the administration officials will be judged -- the chairman at times gaveling the lawmakers back to order. The ranking Democratic member of the committee, Bennie Thompson from Mississippi, called the hearing the “start of a reckoning" and said that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should be held accountable. Thompson said the department has blocked lawmakers from visiting detention facilities and needs to be more responsive to questions.