Top officials from ICE and U.S. Customs and Border Protection will testify before the House Homeland Security Committee on Feb. 10, as lawmakers ramp up scrutiny of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown after the killing of Alex Pretti.
House Homeland Security Chair Andrew Garbarino said ICE acting director Todd Lyons, Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Joseph Edlow have agreed to appear.
Garbarino, a New York Republican, quickly called for the oversight hearing after federal agents shot and killed Pretti in Minneapolis Saturday.
“Transparency and communication are needed to turn the temperature down,” Garbarino said in a statement.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who has overseen the Minneapolis operation, isn’t set to testify on Capitol Hill until March 3.
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Chair Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has called on the heads of ICE, CBP and USCIS to testify before his panel by Feb. 12.
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