WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal issued text of the following press release:
In case you missed it, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), today grilled U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem about constitutional violations and abuses by federal immigration agents. At a hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee, Blumenthal questioned Noem about U.S. citizens who have been unlawfully detained and assaulted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), calling on Noem to respond to her department's treatment of three citizens present at the hearing-Leonardo Garcia Venegas, Javier Ramirez, and Marimar Martinez-all of whom were detained or assaulted by ICE.
Blumenthal pressed Noem on whether she had me...