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

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. “It will have a great impact, especially on the Homeland Security Task Forces and the men and women that are focused on the transnational crime and foreign terrorist organizations,” Lyons told committee members....