ICE Agents Rebel, Say Trump Betrayed Them

By Stephen Dinan. The country’s immigration enforcement officers launched a website Tuesday demanding that President Trump do more to clean up their agency, saying he has left the Obama team in place and it’s stymying his goal of enforcing laws on the books.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement supervisors in Philadelphia banned officers from wearing bulletproof vests during an operation in the dangerous “badlands” section in the city’s north for fear of offending the immigrant community, according to a new website, JICReport.com.

Meanwhile, officers in one Utah city are required to give city officials seven days’ heads-up before arresting anyone — and by the time they go to make the arrest, the immigrants they are targeting have taken off, the website says.

Compiled by the National ICE Council, which represents ICE officers, the website is part whistleblower and part primal scream for Mr. Trump to pay attention to a group of people who were among his staunchest backers during the presidential campaign.

“ICE Officers grudgingly admit that the only President they ever endorsed hasn’t kept his word, and many officers now feel betrayed,” the officers say on the website. (Read more from “ICE Agents Rebel, Say Trump Betrayed Them” HERE)

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ICE Uproar: Agents’ Union Blasts Trump’s ‘Betrayal,’ Says Obama Holdovers Still in Place

By Fox News Insider. The union representing ICE officers is accusing President Trump of “betraying” them by leaving in place officials from the Obama administration.

The National ICE Council said this week, “ICE Officers grudgingly admit that the only President they ever endorsed hasn’t kept his word, and many officers now feel betrayed.” . . .

Laura Ingraham discussed the situation with Stephen Dinan, who covered the story for the Washington Times, and David Ward of the National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers.

Dinan said there were examples on the council’s website of how the situation is playing out on the ground. In Philadelphia, ICE agents were instructed by an official not to wear bulletproof vests in a dangerous neighborhood out of concern that it would offend residents. (Read more from “ICE Uproar: Agents’ Union Blasts Trump’s ‘Betrayal,’ Says Obama Holdovers Still in Place” HERE)

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