In what could only be described as a complete act of cowardice, the head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) canceled a meeting with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Tuesday just hours before they were scheduled to meet. The presumable reason: because ICE Acting Director Thomas Homan does not want to answer questions about the immigration raids last week in which more than 680 people were arrested.
House Democratic members requested the meeting to talk about deportation actions across the country last week. ICE officers arrested more than 680 immigrants in multiple states from Monday to Friday, officials said on Monday. About 75 percent of those detained had criminal records, according to ICE, although the agency did not break down the types of crimes and how many were solely immigration-related.
Immigration advocates want to understand how immigration enforcement will be different under this administration. But as we’ve come to expect from the current kleptocrats in power, Trump and company don’t believe they can be held accountable for anything—and they don’t feel it necessary to share information with the public.
