Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) on Wednesday hit President Trump over what he referred to as “photo op” immigration raids following the president’s flurry of immigration orders.
“I think an [Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)] raid, to me anyway, when you’re going into a school or in a community, you do it very publicly with cameras, you’re looking for a photo op … you’re looking to intimidate people,” Kelly stated.
Kelly’s feedback on the “Politico Playbook: First 100 Days: Immigration” occasion comply with Division of Homeland Safety (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem becoming a member of brokers engaged on an immigration enforcement operation in New York Metropolis on Tuesday morning. The newly confirmed DHS secretary shared a video of the operation the identical day that confirmed legislation enforcement taking away a person in an undisclosed location within the metropolis.
“Enforcement operation in NYC. Criminal alien with kidnapping, assault & burglary charges is now in custody – thanks to @ICE,” Noem stated in a Tuesday morning put up on the social media platform X alongside the video. “Dirtbags like this will continue to be removed from our streets.”
Kelly stated Wednesday that “ICE raids into schools, scaring kids, when the plan was to go … look for criminals, I think this is … kinda flipping the script on the … on the American public.”
Trump made immigration central to his 2024 presidential bid, and members of his administration have taken concerted makes an attempt to tout any motion taken on the matter throughout his first few days in workplace.
A prime Division of Justice (DOJ) official and President Trump’s “border czar” had been lately in Chicago overseeing “immigration enforcement efforts,” based on officers.
On Sunday, the Drug Enforcement Company’s Chicago division posted images of “border czar” Tom Homan and performing Deputy Legal professional Common Emil Bove on social media. Bove and Homan, based on textual content that accompanied one of many images, had been at “an operational pre-briefing in Chicago on Sunday.”
The Hill has reached out to ICE and the White Home for remark.
