What happened

The head of ICE defended his agents and said they were “just getting started” this week, as congressional Democrats vowed to block funding for the Department of Homeland Security unless Republicans agreed to new restrictions on President Trump’s immigration crackdown. Testifying before the House Homeland Security Committee, acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement director Todd Lyons rejected mounting criticisms that his agents are overaggressive, undertrained, and trampling citizens’ civil rights. He refused to answer questions on the fatal shootings of Minneapolis protesters Renée Good and Alex Pretti, citing ongoing investigations, and denounced Democratic lawmakers who have compared ICE to the Gestapo. “If you don’t want to be called a fascist regime or secret police,” Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) told Lyons, “then stop acting like one.” Lyons blamed “unprecedented levels…