Acting ICE director, CBP commissioner to testify for first time since fatal shootings

Amid funding fight and polls showing 60% of Americans disapproving of ICE's immigration enforcement operation, senior officials to testify Tuesday on Capitol Hill.

Amid a funding fight on Capitol Hill and polls showing more than 60% of Americans disapproving of how U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is enforcing immigration laws, senior immigration officials will testify Tuesday before the House Department of Homeland Security Committee.

Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons, Customs and Border Protection (CPB) Commissioner Rodney Scott are to appear in the first of two hearings on oversight of the two agencies. Joseph Edlow, director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is also expected to appear.

The three are scheduled to testify before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Thursday.

Tuesday's testimony will be their first since two fatal shootings of U.S. citizens by federal law enforcement officers in Minneapolis and since the partial drawdown of federal officers from Minnesota.

"In order to get [Department of Homeland Security funding] done, I think we need to get some questions asked and make everybody feel comfortable about what ICE, USCIS, and CBP are doing, what their goals are, and what they're trying to accomplish," House Homeland Security Chairman Andrew Garbarino, R-N.Y. said on the "Julie Mason Show" over the weekend. "I think having these directors there will give them the opportunity to talk about the training that their officers receiv. ... There was a huge investment to hire more ICE and CBP officers that came through the One Big Beautiful Bil. ... It's going to be good to have these directors giving answers and setting the record straight."