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ICE Chief Defends Officers' Actions
Lyons defended ICE officers' deportation tactics amid scrutiny after two shooting deaths, receiving mostly Republican support and facing Democratic criticism in Congress.
- Today, Todd Lyons, head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement , defended ICE officers and their tactics during a congressional hearing on deportation.
- Called after the fatal shootings, the congressional hearing addressed concerns over immigration enforcement following two Americans killed by federal officers inside American cities.
- Lawmakers split along party lines; Democrats pressed Lyons with fierce questioning, while most Republicans supported him during the congressional hearing.
- Lyons appeared as one of three agency heads implementing Trump’s immigration agenda, and he said officers `would not be intimidated` during the session called after fatal shootings.
- By vowing officers `would not be intimidated`, Todd Lyons tied ICE tactics to the president's mass deportation agenda amid scrutiny from American cities.
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ICE leader defends actions of officers
WASHINGTON — Todd Lyons, the acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, defended his agency's officers before Congress on Tuesday, standing behind their tactics and saying they would not be intimidated as they carry out the president's mass deportation plans.
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ICE chief defends officers
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ICE chief defends officers' actions
WASHINGTON — Todd Lyons, the acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, defended his agency's officers before Congress on Tuesday, standing behind their tactics and saying they would not be intimidated as they carry out the president's mass deportation plans.
·Missoula, United States
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