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The timing of this hearing is important. It was called the day Alex Preddy was shot and killed last month in Minneapolis by *** federal officer. The meeting also comes weeks after Renee Good was killed by an ICE agent and *** five year old boy was sent to *** Texas detention facility. Now leaders from ICE, Customs and Border Protection, and Citizenship and Immigration Services will testify before House lawmakers this morning. Today’s hearing falls on *** busy week on Capitol Hill with *** Fast approaching deadline to approve DHS funding. If lawmakers can’t agree by Friday on ICE reforms, Democrats are demanding, we will enter *** partial government shutdown. And *** White House official tells us the administration sent *** counterproposal to Democrats, but Democratic leaders are calling it incomplete and insufficient. We’re asking ICE to do nothing more than follow the standards that the vast majority of law enforcement agencies already follow. Why should ICE be different, especially when they have such *** record of brutality? The White House has not yet released its counterproposal to Democrats publicly. On Capitol Hill, I’m Rachel Hirsheimer.
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Homeland Security leaders to face lawmakers’ questions over recent shootings
Homeland Security leaders are set to testify before Congress Tuesday following the deadly shootings of two people by federal officers in Minneapolis.
Leaders from Homeland Security agencies, including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), are scheduled to testify before House lawmakers Tuesday on Capitol Hill, marking their first appearance since federal officers shot and killed two people in Minneapolis last month. The timing of the hearing is significant. The House Homeland Security Committee called the meeting the day ICU nurse Alex Pretti was shot and killed by a federal officer. Additionally, the hearing comes weeks after Renee Good was killed by ICE agents, and a 5-year-old was detained with his father in Minneapolis and sent to a Texas detention facility.The hearing is part of a busy week on Capitol Hill, with a looming deadline to approve funding for the Department of Homeland Security. If lawmakers fail to reach an agreement by Friday on the ICE reforms demanded by Democrats, a partial government shutdown could occur. The Democratic demands include mandating DHS officers receive judicial warrants before taking anyone into custody on private property, prohibiting ICE agents from wearing masks, and requiring DHS officers to have body cameras.Last week, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem ordered body cameras to be issued to every DHS officer on the ground in Minneapolis and said the program will be expanded nationwide.Some Republicans argue the country needs to get rid of sanctuary cities, while other GOP leaders worry that taking masks off of ICE agents could put them in harm’s way.A White House official told Hearst Television on Monday the administration sent a counterproposal to Democrats, which Democratic leaders later criticized it as “incomplete and insufficient.””We’re asking ICE to do nothing more than follow the standards that the vast majority of law enforcement agencies already follow,” said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. “Why should ICE be different? Especially when they have such a record of brutality?”The White House has not publicly released its counterproposal to Democrats.Keep watching for the latest from the Washington News Bureau:
Leaders from Homeland Security agencies, including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), are scheduled to testify before House lawmakers Tuesday on Capitol Hill, marking their first appearance since federal officers shot and killed two people in Minneapolis last month.
The timing of the hearing is significant. The House Homeland Security Committee called the meeting the day ICU nurse Alex Pretti was shot and killed by a federal officer. Additionally, the hearing comes weeks after Renee Good was killed by ICE agents, and a 5-year-old was detained with his father in Minneapolis and sent to a Texas detention facility.
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The hearing is part of a busy week on Capitol Hill, with a looming deadline to approve funding for the Department of Homeland Security.
If lawmakers fail to reach an agreement by Friday on the ICE reforms demanded by Democrats, a partial government shutdown could occur.
The Democratic demands include mandating DHS officers receive judicial warrants before taking anyone into custody on private property, prohibiting ICE agents from wearing masks, and requiring DHS officers to have body cameras.
Last week, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem ordered body cameras to be issued to every DHS officer on the ground in Minneapolis and said the program will be expanded nationwide.
Some Republicans argue the country needs to get rid of sanctuary cities, while other GOP leaders worry that taking masks off of ICE agents could put them in harm’s way.
A White House official told Hearst Television on Monday the administration sent a counterproposal to Democrats, which Democratic leaders later criticized it as “incomplete and insufficient.”
“We’re asking ICE to do nothing more than follow the standards that the vast majority of law enforcement agencies already follow,” said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. “Why should ICE be different? Especially when they have such a record of brutality?”
The White House has not publicly released its counterproposal to Democrats.
Keep watching for the latest from the Washington News Bureau:
