"Houser who worked for ICE from 2021 to 2023 under ex-President Joe Biden shared his input during a Tuesday appearance on MS NOW's Deadline: White House. Host Nicolle Wallace lamented to him that the American public is tired of the ICE raids. She pointed to Joe Rogan comparing ICE to Adolf Hitler's Gestapo police and Bruce Springsteen demanding immigration agents ditch Minnesota as proof citizens are fed up."
"He continued, saying there have been systemic failures across multiple administrations when it comes to enforcing immigration laws. But he said the way the Trump administration is currently enforcing those laws is starting to personally affect not just migrants, but our communities. Houser said there are a number of issues from political opportunism to quota-arrest targets to driving fear to deter asylum seekers that he takes issue with."
Jason Houser, former ICE chief of staff from 2021 to 2023, reported that not a single ICE agent he contacted believes President Donald Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration has improved public safety. He indicated that many former and current officers, along with dozens or hundreds of state and local police, are disenchanted with how enforcement is being carried out. Political opportunism, quota-driven arrest targets, and tactics aimed at driving fear to deter asylum seekers were identified as problematic. Systemic failures across multiple administrations complicate enforcement. Houser warned that DHS and ICE lack capacity to manage roughly 14 million individuals on the immigration docket, and that current tactics are harming migrants and communities.
Read at www.mediaite.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]