Homan says "I don't like masks" on ICE, but they "have to protect themselves"

Washington — White House borderline czar Tom Homan appeared unfastened to prohibiting national migration enforcement officers from covering their faces portion connected the job, but said they request to deterioration masks to support themselves against threats and violence. 

"I don't similar the masks either," Homan said successful an interrogation with Ed O'Keefe connected "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" connected Sunday. 

Homan said assaults against Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers person accrued by 1,500% portion threats against them person accrued by 8,000%. The Department of Homeland Security said successful a Jan. 26 news release that assaults against ICE officers had accrued by much than 1,300%. Neither Homan nor the merchandise gave a timeframe for that surge, nor did they springiness a root for the battle and menace claims. 

"These men and women person to support themselves," helium said. 

A partial authorities shutdown centered connected DHS began aboriginal Saturday arsenic legislature Democrats and the White House stay astatine likelihood connected reforms to however ICE and Customs and Border Protection transportation retired migration enforcement. Their behaviour has been progressively scrutinized since national agents fatally changeable Renee Good and Alex Pretti successful Minnesota successful January. 

Congress near municipality Thursday without immoderate statement connected DHS backing and lawmakers aren't expected to instrumentality until Feb. 23. 

Requiring migration agents to deterioration assemblage cameras and identification, banning them from wearing masks, stopping radical profiling and mandating judicial warrants for arrests connected backstage spot are among Democrats' demands. 

Homan, who said helium is not isolated of negotiations connected DHS funding, called immoderate of Democrats' demands "unreasonable." 

"They privation to say, halt radical profiling. That's conscionable not occurring. ICE volition detain, concisely detain and question, but question idiosyncratic based connected tenable suspicion. It has thing to bash with radical profiling." Homan said. "There is nary radical profiling." 

On obtaining judicial warrants, Homan said, "that's not what the national instrumentality requires." 

"If Congress wants that change, past Congress tin legislate. But close now, ICE is acting wrong the model of national statutes enacted by Congress and signed by a president," helium said.