Immigration

ICE chief: Congress could end ‘unmitigated crisis’ on border with one legal tweak

By Anna Giaritelli
Published March 26, 2019 9:11pm ET
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ICE chief: Congress could end ‘unmitigated crisis’ on border with one legal tweak
Ronald Vitiello, the nominee to become assistant secretary of Homeland Security for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, appears for a hearing. | (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

SAN ANTONIO — The acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Tuesday the “border crisis” could be stopped with one simple change to immigration law, which he blamed Congress for not moving on.

ICE chief Ronald Vitiello was speaking to hundreds of federal law enforcement officers at a border security conference.

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