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Immigration agency heads testified amid calls for accountability after two protesters were shot in Minneapolis, with ICE reporting 379,000 arrests and over 475,000 removals in 2025.
- Tom Homan announced the removal of 700 immigration agents from Minneapolis to refocus enforcement following protests and demands from Democratic lawmakers for new restrictions on Immigration and Customs Enforcement following the killings of protesters Renée Good and Alex Pretti.
- House Democrats released a report criticizing ICE's tactics as unlawful, while U.S. citizens testified about their experiences with immigration agents, highlighting violence and its impact on communities.
- The heads of immigration agencies are set to testify in Congress amid growing public dissatisfaction with their enforcement methods and policies deemed detrimental to civil liberties.
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Democrats quiz senior ICE and border officials over Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown
Democrats in the US Congress pressed Donald Trump’s top immigration officials on Tuesday over the Republican president’s crackdown, the first such hearing since two US citizens were killed in Minnesota amid mounting opposition to Mr Trump’s mass deportation push.
The interim director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Control Services (ICE), Todd Lyons, and the Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Rodney Scott, refused this Tuesday in the U.S. Congress to answer questions about the two citizens who recently died from gunfire by agents of both agencies during the immigration raids in Minneapolis. In the expected appearance of both officials before the House of Representatives' National Se…
Lawmakers grill Trump's immigration chiefs during tense hearing
Lawmakers grilled President Trump's immigration chiefs on Capitol Hill following the deaths of two Americans during federal operations in Minnesota, sparking heated debates over tactics and funding.
We are implementing what Trump asked for in a hostile environment for our personnel, the heads of border police and ICE said in a stormy hearing - Your practices are fascist, Democrats respond
The heads of immigration agencies began to appear before Congress this Tuesday, after the death of two protesters at the hands of federal agents in Minneapolis sparked widespread protests against the Trump administration's expulsion campaign.Read more
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US immigration officials grilled by Congress over Trump crackdown
The heads of US immigration agencies faced heavy criticism in Congress Tuesday as they defended President Donald Trump's mass deportation drive and fielded questions about the fatal shootings of two protesters in Minneapolis.
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