At a press briefing on Tuesday, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries was asked about ICE officials trying to hide their identities.
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00:00You said after Congresswoman Kyra was physically accosted by ICE officials that you wanted them identified the officials that they caused them.
00:11Has it been identified and what do you expect from or do you want the agents that were harassing Jerry Nadler's staffers in the history belt to also identify what's the latest or how is our Democrats in response to it?
00:22Every single ICE agent who's engaged in this aggressive overreach and are trying to hide their identities from the American people will be unsuccessful in doing that.
00:37This is America.
00:39This is not the Soviet Union.
00:41We're not behind the Iron Curtain.
00:44This is not the 1930s.
00:46And every single one of them, no matter what it takes, no matter how long it takes, will, of course, be identified.
00:54That, in fact, is the law.
00:58And we're going to make sure that the American people have the transparency necessary to hold people accountable when they're folks who cross the line here in America.
01:16That's what's going to happen.
01:20And as I mentioned earlier, I spoke to Congressman Nadler about this.
01:27Our first priorities are always going to be making sure the person who is on the front line is in the best possible place to move forward.
01:41That's the case with LaMonica MacGyver, and it is also the case with Congressman Nadler's brave, young, patriotic staffer.
01:53And we've got to address those issues first.
01:56That's the human thing to do, while simultaneously, of course, preparing to deal with the broader policy implications, which, as I mentioned, are underway.
02:08Thank you very much.