From Tommy Christopher:
Former Trump ICE Chief Thomas Homan took a beating at the hands of Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) at an immigration hearing, then had his indignant response gaveled down with extreme prejudice by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY).
On Wednesday, the House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties held a hearing on the Trump administration’s apparent revocation of a policy protecting migrants from deportation on medical grounds.
During that hearing, Tlaib lit into Homan over his tenure at the agency.
“Mr. Homan, as a fellow American I just want you to know your contribution as acting director of ICE under this administration will always be remembered as one that was very ruthless and inhumane treatment of asylum seekers, as the author of the separation policy, and now of this sick — you know, preventing people — sick children before this committee seeking life-saving medical treatment,” Tlaib said.
She went on to add that “I am deeply troubled by your opening statement and continued assault on innocent lives, and I ask that this administration please stop playing politics with the lives of the children before this committee but also with the lives of many Americans that are directly impacted by the continued broken immigration system in our country.”