Democrats pushing to abolish US Immigration and Customs Enforcement are digging their own graves, President Trump said Thursday.
“The Democrats have a death wish, in more ways than one – they actually want to abolish ICE. This should cost them heavily in the Midterms,” Trump said in a tweet.
“Yesterday, the Republicans overwhelmingly passed a bill supporting ICE!” he added.
A handful of Democrats have backed calls from activists to abolish ICE because of its aggressive tactics to apprehend, detain and deport undocumented immigrants, including raids on homes and workplaces across the country.
Instead, they say, ICE’s duties could be better handled by other agencies that could focus enforcement on threats from terrorism and criminal activity.
The effort gained steam last month after Trump’s decision to pursue a “zero tolerance” immigration enforcement policy prompted ICE and other Homeland Security agencies to separate migrant children from their parents.
But the Abolish ICE movement has been slammed by Republican leaders as tantamount to abandoning the nation’s immigration laws.
Most Democrats, including House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, have kept their distance from the effort.
That caution was on display Wednesday, as most Democrats voted present rather than take a position for or against the resolution sponsored by Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.).
The vote was 244-35 with 133 Democrats voting present.
With Post wires



