Border czar Tom Homan said on Feb. 15 he doesn’t like that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents wear masks during operations but said that face coverings are necessary for their protection.
“I don’t like the masks either, but because threats against ICE officers, you know, are up over 1,500 percent, actual assaults and threats are up over 8,000 percent, these men and women have to protect themselves,” Homan said during an interview with fill-in anchor Ed O’Keefe on CBS’s “Face The Nation.”
Homan also pushed back on other policy changes proposed by Democrats that could reopen the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after its funding expired on Feb. 14, triggering a partial government shutdown….
Border Czar Responds to DHS Reform Proposals by Democrats
