The recent fatal shootings involving U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officers, specifically within U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), in Biddeford, Maine, and Houston, Texas, coupled with fatalities during similar incidents elsewhere in the country, are completely unacceptable.
Senator King addressing accountability for ICE officers.
Share
More from Angus King
I think the community has every right to ask questions and to bring pressure to bear on the federal government for straight answers and honest answers.
For years, we've known that Social Security faces serious long-term financial challenges, yet Congress has repeatedly chosen to look the other way.
My concern was the in the initial surge, they arrested something like 200 people and 20 of them had criminal records. The rest didn't.
And that's why I was so explicit with the secretary. I know him from working with him in the Senate before he became secretary.
Other voices in this conversation
