Vice President Mike Pence issued a forceful response to New York gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon after she called Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) a “terrorist organization.”
His response came on the same day that he spoke at ICE headquarters and defended the agency amid calls to abolish it:
The calls to abolish @ICEgov are not just outrageous – they're irresponsible. Abolishing ICE would mean more illegal immigration, more violent crime, more vicious gangs, more drugs, and more human trafficking. #IStandWithICE pic.twitter.com/MWTF4x8PG4
— Vice President Mike Pence (@VP) July 6, 2018
In 2017 ICE made 4,818 gang arrests (796 were MS-13) and just last week busted a child sex trafficking ring — yet top Dems like Cynthia Nixon call our ICE agents “terrorists.” Despicable. https://t.co/x0phQWbbru
— Mike Pence (@mike_pence) July 6, 2018
Last year ICE agents rescued 518 human trafficking victims and 904 children subjected to exploitation — yet top Dems like Cynthia Nixon call ICE agents “terrorists.” What a disgrace. https://t.co/x0phQWbbru
— Mike Pence (@mike_pence) July 6, 2018
The vice president touted ICE arrests and the amount of people that the agency rescued from human trafficking and child exploitation. – READ MORE
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