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Immigration officials testify before House as DHS funding deadline approaches

politicsFebruary 10, 20261 min readAttributed summary
Immigration officials testify before House as DHS funding deadline approaches
Congressional Democrats have a list of demands to reform Immigration and Customs Enforcement. But tensions between the two parties are high and the timeline is short — the stopgap bill funding DHS run
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Rodney Scott, director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Joseph Edlow and Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Todd Lyons are sworn in to testify during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on Feb. 10. The Department of Homeland Security has faced criticism over law enforcement tactics targeting undocumented immigrants and the killing of two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis.

Congressional Democrats have a list of demands to reform Immigration and Customs Enforcement. But tensions between the two parties are high and the timeline is short — the stopgap bill funding DHS runs out Friday.

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Source: NPR - Politics

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