WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal issued text of the following press release:
U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), today pressed Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), President Donald Trump's nominee to serve as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), about excessive use of force by DHS agents and a secret U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) policy permitting agents to circumvent the Constitution's Fourth Amendment and enter Americans' homes without a standard judicial warrant.
"We are here because of a lawless and reckless agency that has broken into homes without judicial approval, shot United States citizens, detained them without any cause, and sometimes killed them. And I am looking for rea...