"Top officials from three immigration government agencies are expected to testify before the House Homeland Security Committee, amid heightened calls for oversight of DHS and as lawmakers debate changes to the department ahead of a Friday funding deadline. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) acting director Todd Lyons, Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott, and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Joseph Edlow will appear before the panel on Tuesday and return to Capitol Hill Thursday to testify before the Senate."
"Watch the hearing, set for 10 a.m. ET Tuesday, live: The hearing follows requests from Committee Chairman Andrew Garbarino, R-N.Y., in the aftermath of the killing of 37-year-old Alex Pretti, who was shot multiple times by federal immigration officers. "Transparency and communication are needed to turn the temperature down," Garbarino said in a statement announcing the hearing. The hearings will be a balancing act for Republicans."
Top officials from ICE, CBP, and USCIS will testify before the House Homeland Security Committee and later before the Senate this week. The hearings respond to heightened oversight demands after the killing of Alex Pretti, who was shot by federal immigration officers, and come as lawmakers debate changes to DHS ahead of a Friday funding deadline. Congressional Republicans face a balancing act between broadly supporting enforcement actions and addressing public concern after recent fatal shootings. Democrats have conditioned funding on reforms, Republicans offered a proposal that Democratic leaders quickly dismissed.
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