Dems Want Answers After DHS Tries to Enter LA Schools

House Democrats are demanding a briefing from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem after agents with the department’s investigative team tried to enter two Los Angeles-area elementary schools last week but were turned away, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday.

In a letter dated Friday, Rep. Robert Garcia of California and 17 other Democrats noted their “extreme concern” and demanded justification as to why members of the Homeland Security Investigations team tried to enter Russell Elementary and Lillian Street Elementary in Los Angeles under the guise of conducting welfare checks on children.

In the interim, the lawmakers demanded that DHS “desist from immigration enforcement activity targeting children who pose no threat to public safety.”

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