House Homeland Security Committee held an immigration oversight hearing on February 10, 2026, where leaders from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services testified. The hearing, which included ICE Acting Chief Todd Lyons, CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott, and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Joseph Edlow, focused on enforcement tactics and broader budget disputes, according to Time. This hearing occurred amid rising scrutiny of federal immigration operations and a government funding standoff.
The hearing was the first of its kind since the deadly Minneapolis shootings, as reported by Time. Democrats on the committee pressed for comprehensive reforms, while the agency heads defended their tactics. The three agency heads were also scheduled to testify before the Senate Homeland Security Committee on February 12, according to Time. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who oversees all three agencies, was expected to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee as well.
Simultaneously, talks between Senate Democrats and the White House regarding funding for the Department of Homeland Security remained stalled. Democrats were pushing for sweeping restrictions on President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown, rejecting a White House counteroffer they deemed insufficient, according to Time. Funding for the department was set to lapse after midnight on Friday, with the core dispute centered on imposing new rules governing federal immigration agents. Democratic leaders stated they would not vote to fund the department, even temporarily, without binding guardrails on those agents, as reported by Time.
NPR News highlighted key takeaways from the hearing, though the specific details of those takeaways were not provided in the source material. The hearing also comes as the British Prime Minister Keir Starmer faces scrutiny, according to Vox, though the connection to the immigration hearing is not explicitly stated in the provided sources.
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