Rep Eric Swalwell put on a clinic on how to depose one of Trump’s immigration thugs during today’s Congressional hearing by throwing Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons words back in his face and refusing to back down from Lyons’ refusal to answer simple questions.
The Homeland Security Committee is holding a hearing today on ICE, CBP, and USCIS, and Todd Lyons was in the crosshairs.
A damning section came when Swalwell recounted Lyon’s outlandish remarks, detailing how he wanted deportations conducted like Amazon Prime shipments. His words were meant to dehumanize all migrants, they would treat them like packages on a conveyor belt.
SWALWELL: Director Lyons, last year you said in Phoenix at the Border Security Expo that you wanted to see a deportation process that was like, quote, Amazon Prime, but with human beings.
Mr. Lyons, how many times has Amazon Prime shot a mom three times in the face?
LYONS: None, sir, but you’re also…
SWALWELL: It’s the square root of zero, that’s right.
LYONS: Yes, sir.
Lyons tried to clean up his vicious words about deportations by claiming he wanted ICE to do it humanely and not punitively, which is the opposite on how ICE has been used by Trump against Blue states and his political rivals.
Swalwell let Lyons respond, but was unfazed.
SWALWELL: Well, speaking of human beings, how many times has Amazon Prime shot a nurse 10 times in the back?
LYONS: None.
