Rep. Goldman CALLS OUT Kristi Noem for Re-Instating ICE Agent from Viral Arrest Video

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00:00Secretary Noem, let's talk about the law. Do you agree that asylum is a lawful pathway to

00:06immigrate to this country? Yes or no? There's an asylum program, yes, in place. All right,

00:11so immigrants then with ongoing asylum applications are legally in this country,

00:17correct? Excuse me, I'm sorry, your question was? Immigrants with ongoing asylum applications

00:24are legally in this country. There are individuals in this country that have applications

00:29And they are legally here because it's a lawful pathway, right? It's a lawful pathway. Okay,

00:34so if your department then deports anyone with an ongoing asylum application, you are violating

00:43the law, correct? Joe Biden left us with... I'm not asking about Joe Biden, I'm asking you a specific

00:48question. If your department deports anyone with an ongoing asylum application, you are violating

00:56the law. Is that correct? It was greatly violated when they allowed... I'm asking you. I'm asking you.

01:02I'm asking you. Why are you filibustering? Why can't you answer the question? It's a simple question.

01:07If your department... And your secretary... ...deports anyone with an ongoing asylum application,

01:14you are violating the law. Isn't that correct? The asylum program was broken under the last...

01:19Chairman, I will reclaim my time. She's not answering the question. And... But the obvious answer is that,

01:25yes, if you follow a lawful pathway, asylum is a lawful pathway. If you have an open asylum case,

01:34you are here lawfully. But the problem that we are seeing around the country is that you are not

01:42following the law. Don't tell us to change the law. If you don't like the asylum system, you change the

01:48asylum law. Bring it to us. We'll work with you. I think it needs to be changed. But you can't just

01:54decide that you're not going to follow the law, and asylum is a law, and deport people who have

02:01ongoing applications. Unfortunately, that is exactly what's happening. It's happening across the street

02:07from my office right in New York City. Numerous, thousands of people who have come to court

02:15appearances have left them with open asylum applications, have been arrested. And then they've

02:23been shipped off and many deported. In September, one applicant was ripped away from his wife and small

02:30children after such a court appearance. And then this happened to his wife. Please play the video.

02:35No, it's not.

02:42It's not this one. All right, it's not this video. I, I, here it is.

02:57Now, after this incident, your department issued a statement that said the officer's conduct in this

03:02video is unacceptable and beneath the men and women of ICE. Our ICE law enforcement are held to the

03:09highest professional standards. And this officer is being relieved of current duties as we conduct a

03:15full investigation. Three days later, you reinstated that officer and you put him back on duty. I sent you

03:23a letter and asked you what investigation was done. And why was he reinstated? You did not answer that

03:30letter. So I'm going to give you an opportunity right here to explain to me that if that officer's

03:36conduct was, quote, beneath the men and women of ICE, unquote, why did you reinstate him?

03:42Sir, that investigation was completed. I can give you that investigation and the information that you

03:48would like. This is what I wrote you two months ago. Why haven't you given it to me yet? I'm actually

03:53surprised that you haven't gotten it. I'm going to ask my staff about that. Well, you shouldn't be

03:57surprised because generally speaking, hundreds and hundreds of your letters. Now, the other problem

04:02that we are seeing all over the country for years is that your officers are wearing masks are dressed

04:08in plain clothes, often going around without identification. All of our officers are. I'm not

04:13asking a question. I introduced the No Secret Police Act to stop this. And we now have 113 co-sponsors

04:20so that they will not be masked and that they will identify themselves. Now, you say all of them are

04:25identifying themselves. That is not the case because last month in New York City, again,

04:32the NYPD officers were injured by your masked plain clothed ICE officers after they were called

04:39from 911, by 911, as residents witnessed your officers pulling individuals out of their vehicles

04:48and chasing them down the street. I also asked you what happened there. Well, how were the NYPD

04:54officers injured by your officers? And you didn't respond. What's the answer? Sir, our individual

05:00officers are identified. The gentleman's time has expired. I yield back.

05:05I yield back. I yield back. I yield back. I yield back. I yield back. I yield back to the

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05:20theodziandb... So my comentários are聘 obvious. They always rotten and terrible. I yield back.

Rep. Goldman CALLS OUT Kristi Noem for Re-Instating ICE Agent from Viral Arrest Video

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