ICE Acting Director Matthew Albence said he was 'not referring to anybody's appearance' when he said the agency releases anyone who 'looks to be' a citizen.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement Acting Director Matthew Albence faced a tough grilling from Democratic California Rep. Pete Aguilar after he maintained that U.S. immigration authorities release anyone who"looks to be" an American citizen.
Noting that ICE still hasn't provided statistics on the detention of U.S. citizens, which it was supposed to provide to Congress by May, Aguilar asked why any U.S. citizen would be held by ICE if they can prove their citizenship with a passport or birth certificate. "That was clear if anyone listened to the context," he maintained."I'm saying when we review the individual, look at their documentation, if the document shows that they have evidence, probative evidence of being a citizen, that's when we release them from custody."
The ICE chief later expanded on those comments, asserting:"I can tell you from my experience, many individuals who are citizens in a border environment, primarily when they're involved in criminal activity, will claim to be a non-citizen, especially when they're Mexican." Asked what type of racial profiling education ICE agents and officers receive"specifically applying to U.S. citizens," Albence said:"There's no tolerance for racial profiling in ICE."
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