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Immigration Officials Defend Mass Deportation Efforts in House Hearing

Immigration Officials Defend Mass Deportation Efforts in House Hearing

Published

February 19, 2026

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At a House Homeland Security Committee hearing, ICE Chief Todd Lyons, former CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott, and USCIS official Joseph Edlow defended the administration’s approach to mass deportation. Republicans backed the strategy while Democrats raised concerns over recent agent involved shootings and warned that DHS funding could face pushback without reforms.

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