Acting ICE Chief Apologizes for Calling Dems ‘Liberalcrats’ and ’NeoKlanist' Party

Ronald Vitiello, the nominee to become assistant secretary of Homeland Security for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), appears for his confirmation hearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Nov. 15, 2018. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite

The acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has apologized for once tweeting that the Democratic Party should be renamed the “NeoKlanist” party.

Ronald Vitiello, who has been nominated to be assistant Homeland Security secretary for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, made the apology in testimony before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Thursday, Nov. 15, as members deliberated whether to confirm him as head of ICE.