WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Sen. Chris Coons issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) questioned Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem today during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing about ICE arrest quotas, the potential deployment of immigration agents at polling places, reductions in training standards for recruits, and the Trump administration's treatment of Afghan allies.
Senator Coons raised concerns about the administration's use of daily quotas to drive up arrest numbers, saying that it distorted immigration enforcement priorities and undermined targeted operations focused on serious public safety threats. Although Secretary Noem denied the existence of arrest quotas, Senator Coons then pointed her t...