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Torres says DHS needs to prioritize fighting white supremacist terror
The recently chosen vice chair of the Homeland Security Committee urges a ‘fundamental reordering’ of the agency’s priorities
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Former New York City Council Member Ritchie Torres, left, speaks at a news conference in New York in 2018.
Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) faces a mountain of complex issues to tackle as the new vice chair of the House Committee on Homeland Security. He’ll have to contend with an emboldened right-wing extremist movement in the wake of the...