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WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 The men tasked with carrying out President Donald Trump\u2019s mass deportation agenda were made to watch a video of the shooting death of Alex Pretti<\/a> in a slow, moment-by-moment analysis on Thursday by Sen. Rand Paul, who repeatedly cast doubt on the tactics used by federal officers and warned that the American public had lost trust<\/a> in the country\u2019s immigration agencies.<\/p>\n

It was a tense confrontation at a Senate hearing that was called to scrutinize the immigration chiefs as they carry out one of Trump\u2019s signature policy and after the deaths of two protesters in Minneapolis over recent weeks at the hands of federal officers.<\/p>\n

Paul, who paused the video every few seconds to explain his interpretation of the events, argued that Pretti posed no threat to the officers and questioned why the situation culminated in the ICU nurse\u2019s death.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is retreating at every moment,\u201d said Paul, speaking of Pretti\u2019s behavior while officers pepper-sprayed him. \u201cHe\u2019s trying to get away and he\u2019s being sprayed in the face.\u201d <\/p>\n

The hearing\u2019s witnesses included Todd Lyons, the acting director<\/a> of Immigration and Customs Enforcement; Rodney Scott, who heads Customs and Border Protection, and Joseph Edlow, who runs U.S. Citizenship<\/a> and Immigration Services. The same officials appeared in front of a House committee<\/a> earlier this week.<\/p>\n

Paul\u2019s comments were a strong rebuke of the conduct by CBP officers who ultimately shot and killed Pretti on Jan. 24 in Minneapolis. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s clearly evident that the public trust has been lost. To restore trust in ICE and Border Patrol they must admit their mistakes, be honest and forthright with their rules of engagement and pledge to reform,\u201d Paul said in his opening statements.<\/p>\n

But Paul, who\u2019s often shown a willingness to buck party line, was the lone Republican voice questioning the immigration officers\u2019 conduct with others steering clear of any criticism. Democrats also weighed in with sharp condemnation of the shooting and, more broadly, on how officers from those agencies are using force when carrying out their responsibilities.<\/p>\n

Scott disputed that Pretti wasn\u2019t a threat. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I\u2019m seeing is a subject that\u2019s also not complying. He\u2019s not following any guidance. He\u2019s fighting back nonstop,\u201d said Scott.<\/p>\n

Lyons disputed claims that his officers are not held accountable. He said in the year since Trump took office, ICE has opened 37 investigations for excessive force; 18 were closed, 19 are still pending and one was been referred for \u201cfurther action,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The shooting death of Pretti<\/a>, along with another American citizen, Renee Good, who were protesting immigration enforcement in Minnesota, sparked outrage and prompted changes to the Minnesota operation. On Thursday, Trump\u2019s border czar,<\/a> Tom Homan, announced that he was winding down the operation, which at one point included 3,000 ICE and CBP officers.<\/p>\n

Sen. Richard Blumenthal pushed Lyons to explain a memo he wrote justifying the use of administration warrants \u2014 documents signed by an ICE officer and not an independent judge \u2014 to forcibly enter a home to make an arrest. <\/p>\n

The Associated Press reported last month that ICE<\/a> was asserting sweeping power through the use of administrative warrants in its enforcement operations.<\/p>\n

Administrative warrants historically have not been sufficient to overcome Fourth Amendment protections that guard against illegal searches.<\/p>\n

Lyons defended the practice, arguing that there is case law in Minnesota that allows officers to enter a home to catch a fugitive using only an administrative warrant. <\/p>\n

Blumenthal, who compared the ICE\u2019s administrative warrants to a permission slip, said they aren\u2019t enough to overcome constitutional protections.<\/p>\n

Other Republicans directed their toughest questioning toward an earlier panel of Minnesota officials. When questioning Lyons and Scott, they focused not on the officers\u2019 tactics but on the threats they said ICE and CBP officers faced in carrying out their jobs. <\/p>\n

Sen. Ron Johnson, from Wisconsin, asked Lyons to talk about the \u201cviolence, the threats, the doxing against ICE officers.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s where I\u2019ve got a great deal of sympathy for people trying to enforce law,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 The men tasked with carrying out President Donald Trump\u2019s mass deportation agenda were made to…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":586005,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[238640,2064,69,57,409,193890,17635,3663,231219,3669,50,80,26390,225146,36363,206776,20233,235115,12766,5414,39667,89,2065,61,322,67,132,68,93],"class_list":["post-586004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","category-us","tag-alex-pretti","tag-border-security","tag-donald-trump","tag-general-news","tag-immigration","tag-joseph-edlow","tag-minneapolis","tag-minnesota","tag-minnesota-ice-crackdown","tag-mn-state-wire","tag-news","tag-politics","tag-rand-paul","tag-renee-good","tag-richard-blumenthal","tag-rodney-scott","tag-ronald-johnson","tag-send-to-apple-news","tag-todd-lyons","tag-tom-homan","tag-u-s-customs-and-border-protection","tag-u-s-democratic-party","tag-u-s-immigration-and-customs-enforcement","tag-u-s-news","tag-u-s-republican-party","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us","tag-washington-news"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=586004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/586005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=586004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=586004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=586004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}