Overview
- The House Homeland Security Committee scheduled a Feb. 10 oversight hearing with ICE’s Todd Lyons, CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott and USCIS Director Joseph Edlow.
- Chairman Andrew Garbarino said DHS agreed to make the officials available and presented the session as a review of how the agencies are fulfilling their mission.
- Senate Homeland Security Chair Rand Paul requested the same leaders testify by Feb. 12, citing the need to examine the use of recently approved DHS funding.
- Paul’s letters did not mention the two recent fatal shootings of U.S. citizens in Minneapolis, which have heightened scrutiny of immigration enforcement operations.
- The push for testimony comes as Senate Democrats plan to block a DHS funding bill, raising the prospect of a partial government shutdown by the end of the week.