"There is no question that having secure borders must be a national priority, former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said during a discussion on the topic on Tuesday evening at Harvard Kennedy School. But the aggressive practices of the thousands of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) officers who have been deployed to various U.S. cities in recent months are actually undercutting that effort, he said."
"The killing of two Minnesota residents last month by federal officers have sparked a national backlash and raised broad concerns about both the tactics and the overall mission, Johnson said. "When I look at the videos of the killing of Alex Pretti and the videos of the killing of Renée Good, I see a force - ICE, CBP - that I don't recognize. I see an angry, ill-trained, undisciplined force that looks like they've come for a fight and that have lost their way,""
Secure borders must be a national priority. Aggressive practices by thousands of ICE and CBP officers deployed to U.S. cities are undermining that priority. The killings of two Minnesota residents by federal officers sparked a national backlash and raised concerns about tactics and the overall mission. The federal force has been described as angry, ill-trained and undisciplined, appearing to have 'lost their way.' In response to public outcry, 700 federal officers in Minnesota were reassigned. The initial deployment of 3,000 agents was criticized as heavy-handed and counterproductive to stated border-security and deportation goals.
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