Barbara Sprunt

That's right.

A shutdown here does not mean a shutdown of ICE.

And that's because the agency got over $70 billion in separate funds from Congress over the summer as part of Republicans' massive spending and tax bill.

So other agencies within the DHS will be affected by a shutdown like TSA and FEMA.

That's right.

And her absence was mentioned a few times.

Several senators said they want her to testify before the Homeland Security Committee.

She's actually set to testify before a different committee come March.

And you might remember that almost immediately after officers shot and killed Alex Preddy, Noem described him as a domestic terrorist.

And she later said that she got that information from Border Patrol agents on the ground.

But yesterday, CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott told the committee he never described Preti as a terrorist, nor was he aware of anyone in his agency saying that.

And he said he couldn't speculate as to why she would say that.

Well, we learned some important numbers.

ICE acting director Todd Lyons said that there's been more than three dozen internal investigations into allegations of excessive use of force by its agents in the last year.

18 have been closed, 19 pending, and one referred for further action, although he didn't say which incident that was.

And another thing that stood out to me, you know, senators spent a lot of time trying to clarify the use of force policies, how officers are trained in de-escalation.

And committee chairman Rand Paul, a Republican from Kentucky, played a video of Preti and officers.

And he paused the video several times, stopping to show officers pushing a nearby woman to the ground, spraying Preti in the face.

surrounding him.

Now, the officials in response wouldn't give specifics about this.