Rep. Tlaib Maintains Support for ‘Abolish ICE’ Despite LA Riots

BALLASY: “Do you — do you think the rhetoric from — the anti-ICE rhetoric from some politicians has fired up the protesters in Los Angeles in any way?”
Tlaib: “So the anti — so, I know for me, for my residents, for years, since 2003, when the creation happened, because we’re a border community in Detroit, I think it’s important to know, when you’re a border community, everybody always thinks the southern border, but in the northern border, over and over again under Obama, under Bush, but even under Obama and under the current president, I had a few incidents under Biden where ICE agents did not follow the law. One tailgated into a neighborhood. You’re not supposed to do that. Didn’t have a warrant, picked up one of my neighbors, actually, known him for years. One of the things that’s important is to listen to the communities. These are folks with mixed statuses, but also Americans like myself who have actually seen ICE agents violate people’s constitutional rights. So, it’s not anti-ICE, it’s pro-constitutional rights, pro-due process, pro-making sure that people are following the law. And ICE agents, and I’ve heard it from people in CPB and field operations and others who tell me the same thing, that ICE does their own thing, and sometimes they don’t even know until it happens, but of course they get blamed for it. But I think it’s important to understand this is not — this is important, to hear the immigrant communities that have been saying since 2003 that ICE has been rogue and it has not followed people’s constitutional rights.”
BALLASY: “Does abolish ICE go too far though?”
Tlaib: “Not for me.”