House committee summons top immigration officials for oversight hearing

House committee summons top immigration officials for oversight hearing


The House Homeland Security Committee has requested testimony from the leaders of key agencies behind the Trump administration‘s sweeping immigration raids just hours after another officer-involved shooting occurred in Minneapolis on Saturday.

Homeland Security Committee Chairman Andrew Garbarino (R-NY) summoned U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement acting Director Todd Lyons, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott, and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Joseph Edlow to testify in a committee hearing, the date of which has not yet been determined.

A committee press release said the purpose of the hearing will be to “conduct oversight of each agency and ensure they are fulfilling their duty to protect the homeland.”

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“I take my oversight duties for the department seriously, and Congress has an important responsibility to ensure

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