MS NOW's Symone Sanders Townsend flew into a rage following a public forum on violent use of force by immigration agents this week.
Democrat political strategist Sanders, 36, embarked on the angry spiel while reacting to the meeting on Capitol Hill on Tuesday's edition of The Weeknight.
The hearing included testimony from Brent and Luke Granger, whose sister Renee Good was shot and killed by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Minneapolis on January 7.
This incident, along with the January 24 shooting of 37-year-old nurse Alex Pretti by Border Patrol officers in the same city, has sparked scrutiny into the Trump administration's immigration enforcement methods.
At the forum on Capitol Hill called by Democrats Monday, representatives made their case as to why ICE tactics should be dialed back as well as their budget.
Sanders made her own case on Tuesday, saying ICE, which is overseen by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), should be fully de-funded - at least for now.
She began by asking what other powerful officials would do if agents from their agency began 'indiscriminately shooting Americans.'
'Snatching them up, in the name of what they were supposed to be doing in terms of law enforcement,' she said.
'I would hope that Congress would say, "Hey, [FBI Director] Kash Patel, what's going on? And if Kash Patel could not rein in what's going on in his organization, I would say, "Well, OK,[Attorney General] Pam [Bondi]. What're you gonna do? And give Pam some time to get it done."
MS NOW's Symone Sanders Townsend flew into a rage on the Weeknight Tuesday, venting to a visiting Illinois Rep. Delia Ramirez about Americans 'being snatched up in the streets'
The speech followed a forum centered around the violent use of force by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents on Capitol Hill this week
Sanders theorized that if such efforts failed, the matter would then fall to Congress.
'[Who] will say, "Well, it seems that you are either unwilling or unable to rein in this organization within your agency, so, because of that, we as Congress - we're just not going to fund them until further notice,' Sanders said.
The anchor then began screaming as she discussed her stance with co-star Alicia Menendez and Illinois Rep. Delia Ramirez.
'To me, Americans are being snatched up in the streets!' Sanders raged, adding that 'children are being detained'.
'Like - I want the people to be in my email tonight to ask me why am I yelling?! I’m yelling because this is insane!' she continued.
'This is not a training issue,' the host emphasized at the tail-end of the outburst.
'The agency has a problem. And [Department of Homeland Security] Secretary [Kristi] Noem seems unable to address the issue. So Congress has to address it.'
Ramirez - one of many Democrats who have called for the Homeland Security head’s resignation or impeachment - agreed.
One of Ramirez’s constituents, Chicago resident Marimar Martinez, survived after being shot by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents during the administration’s crackdown in the Windy City back in October.
She was at the forum Monday to ask for reform when it comes to the Department of Homeland Security’s current use of force policies.
The hearing included testimony from Democratic representatives like Arizona’s Yassamin Ansari and California Rep. Robert Garvia, following the fatal shooting of Renee Good by ICE agents in Minneapolis on January 7, and the fatal January 24 shooting of ICE nurse Alex Pretti
One of Ramirez's constituents, Chicago resident Marimar Martinez, survived after being shot by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents during the administration's crackdown in the Windy City back in October. Martinez (pictured) gave testimony at the meeting on Monday
'How many more lives must be lost before meaningful action is taken?' Martinez asked, following an incident where she was shot five times at a protest in Brighton Park.
Federal agents, at first, filed a lawsuit against Martinez claiming she assaulted agents and chased them and rammed her car into one of theirs.
Prosecutors dropped the charges two months later, however, after the agency’s retelling of the incident changed. A judge then dismissed the charges with prejudice, meaning they cannot be filed again.
Like Pretti and Good, Martinez was initially characterized by officials as a 'domestic terrorist.'
She now hopes footage of the shooting deaths of Good and Pretti - who was shot 10 times by two Border Patrol agents in an incident where he appeared to already be subdued - helps sway officials into shifting policies currently in place.
'The system itself is rotten, and the American people are yelling and asking Congress, what the hell are you going to do to keep me alive in this precise moment?' Rep. Ramirez reacted.
'How do you possibly sleep at night, knowing that your own constituents are living in fear?'
Democrats threatened to block long-term funding from the Department of Homeland Security if Republicans do not agree to restrictions on immigration enforcement efforts during Monday's meeting.
Democrats are demanding federal agents be required to wear body cameras and be barred from wearing masks to hide their faces during operations and clear guidelines on when immigration agents are authorized to use force
The hearing included testimony from Brent and Luke Granger, whose sister was shotand killed by ICE agents on January 7
Democrats are demanding federal agents be required to wear body cameras and be barred from wearing masks to hide their faces during operations and clear guidelines on when immigration agents are authorized to use force.
Democrats are also asking for independent investigations into incidents like the shootings of Good and Pretti.
Agents in Noem's DHS were not required to wear body cameras until recently, after she faced calls to resign for making early remarks about Pretti's shooting that was contradicted by witnesses.