WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, pressed U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem on the Department's excessive use of force and repeated lies to the American people during a full committee hearing.
"We've all seen pictures and videos of ICE agents ripping people out of their cars, shooting them with pepper balls, or worse, murdering people in the street. This is not normal," said Senator Hirono. "None of this is normal, but it's what communities being targeted by ICE are forced to face every day under this regime."
Senator Hirono raised alarms about how the Department's fai...