Updated Jun 30, 2018 - Politics & Policy

Trump: Without ICE, you’d be “afraid to walk out of your house”

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President Trump said in an interview with Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo, which will air on Sunday Morning Futures tomorrow, that if ICE was abolished, “you’re going to have a country that you’re going to be afraid to walk out of your house.“

"Well I hope they keep thinking about it. Because they’re going to get beaten so badly. You know ICE, these are the guys that go in and take MS-13, and they take them out.  Because they're much tougher than MS-13, like by a factor of 10. And these are the ones – you get rid of ICE you’re going to have a country that you’re going to be afraid to walk out of your house. I love that issue if they’re going to actually do that."
— Trump to Bartiromo

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