Congress grills ICE and DHS chiefs in charged immigration hearing

During a House Homeland Security hearing, ICE acting director Todd Lyons and CBP commissioner Rodney Scott defended enforcement while facing partisan questions over detainee treatment (including a five-year-old case Lyons said was cared for, not used as bait), threats against agents, and rhetoric labeling agents as fascist. The discussion covered training times, body-camera usage, the ICE–CBP distinction, border-protection tactics, and World Cup security, with White House aides weighing in and USCIS fraud checks cited for context. Republicans framed it as upholding law and order, Democrats pressed for accountability and proper oversight, and there were mentions of potential pardons from Trump.