An attorney and former ICE training instructor testified before Congress that changes to the training program “can and will get people killed.”
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On Monday, an attorney and former Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) instructor, Ryan Schwank, testified before Congress that the agency’s new training program is “deficient, defective, and broken,” leading to constitutional violations and unlawful arrests. “Deficient training,” Schwank added, “can and will get people killed.”
The testimony took place during a public hearing organized by Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D–Conn.) and Rep. Robert Garcia (D–Calif.) to discuss constitutional concerns following a leaked ICE memo asserting federal agents have the authority to forcibly enter homes without a judicially signed warrant. Schwank, who originally lodged his whistleblower disclosure anonymously in January, resigned from ICE in protest less than two weeks ago, according to CBS News.
