Acting ICE director, CBP commissioner to testify for first time since fatal shootings

"Amid a funding fight on Capitol Hill and polls showing more than 60% of Americans disapproving of how U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is enforcing immigration laws, senior immigration officials will testify Tuesday before the House Department of Homeland Security Committee. Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons, Customs and Border Protection (CPB) Commissioner Rodney Scott are to appear in the first of two hearings on oversight of the two agencies."

""In order to get [Department of Homeland Security funding] done, I think we need to get some questions asked and make everybody feel comfortable about what ICE, USCIS, and CBP are doing, what their goals are, and what they're trying to accomplish," House Homeland Security Chairman Andrew Garbarino, R-N.Y. said on the "Julie Mason Show" over the weekend. "I think having these directors there will give them the opportunity to talk about the training that their officers receiv."

Senior immigration leaders from ICE, CBP and USCIS are scheduled to testify before the House Department of Homeland Security Committee Tuesday amid a funding fight on Capitol Hill and polls showing over 60% of Americans disapprove of ICE enforcement. Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons, CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott and USCIS Director Joseph Edlow are also scheduled to appear before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Thursday. The hearings follow two fatal shootings of U.S. citizens by federal officers in Minneapolis and a partial drawdown of federal officers from Minnesota. House leadership said the testimony should address officer training and recent hiring investments.

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