ICE chief defends officers’ actions after deaths of two protesters

Three heads of agencies were testifying before Congress (Tom Brenner/AP)

The acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the US defended his agency’s officers before Congress on Tuesday, standing behind their tactics and saying they would not be intimidated as they carried out the president’s mass deportation plans.

Todd Lyons was one of the three heads of agencies implementing President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda to testify in a hearing called after the shooting deaths of two Americans at the hands of federal officers.