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Committee chairman Rep. Mark Green questions ICE on assigning control of facility contracts

GOP lawmakers seek answers in probe of appointee’s role, background in ICE contract approval process

Newly released memos seek details about ICE awarding authority to approve or terminate new detention facilities ICE-run programs. ICE assigned leadership to an individual who formerly worked for organizations that received funding from George Soros’ Open Society Foundations and with groups that have labeled federal immigration enforcement authorities as a "threat to our civil liberties."

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Hakeem Jeffries in Congress, Jan. 7

Hakeem Jeffries breaks with ‘Squad,’ rips socialist group over racist image used in protest fliers

Although considered a member of "The Squad", a pro-Hamas, far-left group of House members, Jeffries called on the pubic to “support Israel’s unequivocal right to exist as a Jewish and democratic state, always and forever" after the Democratic Socialists of America distributed a racially-charged flyer. Several prominent left-wing House Democrats remain members of the DSA, including Democratic Reps. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Cori Bush of Missouri and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York.