- Kamala Harris compared ICE, the federal deportation agency, to the Ku Klux Klan Thursday, drawing a fierce retort from the agency's acting director who said there is no equivalence between patriotic officers enforcing the law, and a racist mob bent on violence and intimidation.
- Harris, a California Democrat who';s eyeing a 2020 presidential bid, said there are many people who perceive ICE officers as similar to KKK thugs in using violence and intimidation.
- Vitiello made early this decade referring to the Democratic Party as neo-Klanist. He apologized for the post, calling it an attempt at a joke that he now realizes was hurtful and inappropriate.
- Vitiello, a long-time Border Patrol agent and leader who was moved over to ICE this summer, has been tapped to replace former acting Director Tom Homan, who retired from ICE in June.
- Kamala Harris, D-Calif., questions Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh as he testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the third day of his confirmation hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept.
- Vitiello chided sanctuary cities for refusing to cooperate on deportations, promised to work on pay issues for ICE officers, and demanded respect for his employees who he said deserve not to be pilloried by politicians, the press or activists looking to score political points.
- Maggie Hassan, New Hampshire Democrat, who complained that ICE is aiming to deport Indonesian illegal immigrants who've been in the U.S. for years and who, she said, had been given assurances by past administrations even if not accurate that they would be able to stay.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/15/kamala-harris-draws-comparison-between-ice-and-kkk/
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