Washington, Feb. 11 -- The heads of three key US immigration agencies appeared before Congress on Tuesday for their first public reckoning, since the notorious immigration crackdown in Minneapolis triggered mass protests against the Trump administration's immigration policy, unrestrained shootings by federal agents, and a renewed call for greater public oversight of federal enforcement operations.
Testifying before the House Homeland Security Committee were Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) acting director Todd Lyons, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) commissioner Rodney Scott, and US Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) director Joseph Edlow. All three agencies operate under the Department of Homeland Security.
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