‘That was Rep. Dan Goldman’s advice to acting ICE Director Todd Lyons at a House Homeland Security hearing on Tuesday. Lyons had opened by objecting to people labeling his agents “the Gestapo” and “the secret police.” He blamed the language for stoking threats, HuffPost reports.

Goldman pointed out that ICE is regularly stopping “nonwhite people and those who look like immigrants to ask for their papers.” When pressed, Lyons admitted that Nazi and Soviet secret police did exactly that — but insisted the comparison to ICE was “wrong.”

Rep. Eric Swalwell brought up Lyons’ remark comparing ideal deportation to “Amazon Prime but with human beings.” He had follow-up questions.

“Mr. Lyons, how many times has Amazon Prime shot a mom three times in the face?” He meant Renee Good, shot dead by ICE in Minneapolis last month.

“None, sir.”

“How many times has Amazon Prime shot a nurse 10 times in the back?” He meant Alex Pretti, killed by Border Patrol in the same city.

“None.”…’ (via Boing Boing)