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ICE, Border Patrol Officials Warn That DHS Shutdown Would Make Americans Less Safe

Common ground exists on providing ICE agents with cameras and limiting roving patrols, but a deal has not yet emerged days ahead of a funding deadline.
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
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Top Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials appearing at a Feb. 10 Congressional hearing said that America will be less safe and thousands of federal employees will be affected if the agency shuts down at the end of the week.

​Todd Lyons, acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), told committee members that it will be difficult for his officers to fulfill their duty to protect the United States if DHS is defunded.

Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Senior Reporter
Darlene McCormick Sanchez is an Epoch Times reporter who covers border security and immigration, election integrity, and Texas politics. Ms. McCormick Sanchez has 20 years of experience in media and has worked for outlets including Waco Tribune Herald, Tampa Tribune, and Waterbury Republican-American. She was a finalist for a Pulitzer prize for investigative reporting.