Ximena Bustillo

All wanted to talk about how they were implementing President Trump's agenda.

So that's reducing the number of people crossing at the southern border, increasing arrests and deportations.

and bringing more scrutiny to legal immigration.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement Acting Director Todd Lyons faced most of the questions, even though his agency is not the only one conducting immigration law enforcement.

Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Joseph Edlow faced the fewest questions, even though his agency has leaned into policing tactics and reviewing the status of more immigrants.

Yeah, Republicans asked about body camera availability.

And Lyons said that ICE only has 3,000 cameras for 13,000 officers.

And Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott noted that only half of 20,000 CBP officers have body cameras and not enough people to fully implement them.

Here's Scott's plea to Congress.

Lyons promised to release body cam footage of enforcement in Minneapolis as well.

But Lyons also said that he would not ask his officers to remove their face coverings.

Both Scott and Lyons said that that could result in doxing for their officers.

Republicans generally are still opposed to mandating that officers remove their face masks.

Both Democrats and Republicans suggested ICE may have gone too far in recent actions.

For example, one Republican, Representative Michael McCaul of Texas, said he believed, quote, roving patrols should be done at the border rather than in major cities of the United States.

Ending these, quote, roving patrols is something Democrats also want.

McCaul also applauded the leadership changes in Minneapolis, which removed Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino and sent in White House Border Czar Tom Homan to lead on-the-ground operations there.

McCaul said this was, quote, returning to the original mission of ICE.

Well, all three are scheduled to be back on Capitol Hill on Thursday to do it all over again.

But this time before the Senate, I'm going to continue to keep an eye on what Republicans are asking for and how far apart the two parties are in their concerns.