Political rhetoric portraying ICE officers as “Gestapo” is fueling threats and violence against officers, such as in Wednesday’s shootings at an agency facility in Dallas, but that won’t deter the agents’ mission, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Deputy Director Madison Sheahan said on Newsmax, Thursday.
“The job of the men and women of ICE is to enforce immigration law as it’s written. Our job is not to pick winners and losers,” Sheahan told Newsmax’s “National Report.” “If these lawmakers want to criticize ICE for their work, they should consider changing the law, which they fully have the power to do.”
Still, Sheahan said officers face an “increased threat posture” as critics label them as Nazis and fascists.
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