From Fox News: Progressive Rep. Shri Thanedar, D-Mich., exploded on U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott, calling federal immigration officers “thugs” and telling the commissioner he “better hope” for a presidential pardon during a particularly heated House hearing on Tuesday.
Thanedar, who is originally from India and immigrated to the U.S. in the 1980’s, drilled into Scott, saying, “You better hope you get pardoned because you will be held accountable for the absolute disregard of the law your agencies have shown over the past year.”
The exchange occurred during a House Homeland Security hearing on “Oversight of the Department of Homeland Security: ICE, CBP, and USCIS.” During the hearing, Thanedar grilled Scott and Acting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Todd Lyons on the recent shooting of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal officers in Minnesota.
After Lyons and Scott repeatedly backed their officers through Thanedar’s questioning, the congressman said, “I have heard and seen enough. I’m just sick and tired of your agents running around in our cities, in our streets, causing illegal activities, ICE thugs attacking our communities, using our children as bait, referring to people as bodies and numbers, targeting people for their accents and the color of their skin, and killing American citizens, all while showing zero remorse for their actions.”
In a menacing tone, Thanedar sneered at Lyons and Scott, asking if they thought President Trump would pardon them and DHS Sec. Kristi Noem before he leaves office?
Scott retorted, “I’m not going to speak on behalf of President Trump, but I’ll tell you, I signed up for this job to protect America, and I’m very proud of the service that I provide, and I don’t need a pardon from anybody.”
Thanedar continued his rant, and declared that he has introduced a bill in the United States Congress to abolish ICE, and has also co-sponsored a bill to impeach Noem.
Podcast host Chad Prather shared a video of Thanedar’s sneering comments and wrote, “Rep. Shri Thanedar wants to abolish ICE but can barely speak English. It’s ironic that the man trying to erase our borders cannot even speak the language of the country he serves. We need to abolish this nonsense not our security.”
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Rep. Shri Thanedar wants to abolish ICE but can barely speak English. It’s ironic that the man trying to erase our borders cannot even speak the language of the country he serves. We need to abolish this nonsense not our security. pic.twitter.com/5AGqPKSGXA
— Chad Prather (@WatchChad) February 10, 2026
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