Skip to Main ContentRep. Swalwell Grills Acting ICE Director Over Wish For ‘Amazon Prime But For Humans’Todd Lyons, the acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said last year that he wanted to build a deportation machine that “was like Amazon Prime but with human beings.”At a hearing before the House Committee on Homeland Security today, he got the chance to defend it, facing questioning by Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.).Lyons did so poorly:Swalwell: “Mr. Lyons, how many times has Amazon Prime shot a mom three times in the face?”Lyons: “None sir.” Lyons added that he meant ICE “needs to be more efficient” and that ”ICE deals with human beings so we can’t be like them.”Swalwell: “Speaking of humans, how many times has Amazon Prime shot a nurse ten times in the back?”Lyons: “None.”Swalwell: “How many times has Amazon Prime dragged a woman out of her car by her hair and then dragged her down the street?”Lyons: “None.”Watch the clip:See All UpdatesClose
Rep. Swalwell Grills Acting ICE Director Over Wish For ‘Amazon Prime But For Humans’
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