Moderate Republican willing to break with party is set to lead ICE hearing
February 8, 2026 at 6:00 a.m. EST / The Washington Post
Rep. Andrew Garbarino (R-New York) faces the challenge of leading the questioning of top immigration officials at the peril of angering the White House.
Rep. Andrew R. Garbarino (R-New York) at a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on Dec. 11. (Mark Schiefelbein/AP)
By Kadia Goba
On Tuesday, Rep. Andrew R. Garbarino (R-New York) plans to lead what is likely to be the most contentious and closely watched hearing of his short tenure as a House committee chairman. The focus is the Trump administration’s surge in immigration enforcement in Minnesota and elsewhere that has included the shooting deaths of two people in Minneapolis by federal authorities.