for it to be replaced. the president says it s a fight he would love to have. i ve got a great team to help me break it all down. first, let me explain where we stand right now. the president s latest remarks follow another weekend that saw protesters taking to the streets. this time to oppose his zero tolerance immigration policy and demand that divided families be reunited. but in recent days that debate has shifted to include calls to abolish or least reimagine i.c.e., that s the agency in charge of arresting and deporting immigrants here illegally. now, to be clear, only a handful of democrats have signed on to the abolish i.c.e. position. most notably, senators gillibrand, warren and harris. others have been more careful about what they say. i think what has to change are the policies. we are always going to need immigration enforcement. we abolish i.c.e. now, you still have the same president
vladimir putin. for more on all of this, let s bring in jeff mason, white house correspondent for reuters. jeff, you ve heard the calls from some democrats, gillibrand senator from new york among them to get rid of i.c.e., is that actually going to become a democratic plank? well, i think it s hard to say that or hard to imagine that that will become a democrat plank although the fact somebody like senator gillibrand is talking about means that it is a way for them to express their dissatisfaction with what i.c.e. is doing via by implementing the president s immigration policy. as the president has also said, it gives sort of an easy way for him to illustrate or to suggest that democrats are against enforcement when they criticize i.c.e. directly like that. it is likely i think just to continue to be sort of an example of the divide between the two parties on this very sensitive issue. couple of decades ago, it was the ins, immigration and
facts here. the i.c.e., the u.s. immigrations and customs enforcement agency began in 2003 after 9/11. they enforce immigration laws but also investigate cybercrimes and enforce narcotic laws to protect us from terrorism and security threats. now, 22,000 people work for i.c.e. but this week, democratic socialist alexandria cortez pulled off a shocking primary upset beating the democratic heavy weight in new york, and she campaigned on abolishing i.c.e. she believes i.c.e. is a rogue organization that operates to mass arrest hardworking immigrants and destroy immigrant families. after her win, democratic senators gillibrand and kamala harris and a wisconsin representative and arizona congressman and others came out in favor of abolishing i.c.e. i.c.e. has strayed so far from its mission. it s frankly a terrorist organization of its own. legislation on the floor
implemented those laws when coming into office is not a big surprise. that said, it s sparked this crisis of children being separated from their parents at the border, and that has been really tough for both democrats and republicans to see, and it s been tough on this white house politically. president trump spoke with maria bartiromo in an interview that will be seen tomorrow morning. i want to play what the president had to say to you to her, i should say, about this i.c.e. controversy. here it is. 28-year-old socialist says abolish i.c.e. and get this, more democrats are getting in line with that, gillibrand today saying we need to abolish i.c.e. i hope they keep thinking about it because they are going to get beaten so badly. i.c.e., these are the guys that go in and take ms-13 and they take them out because they are much tougher by ms 13 like by a factor of 10. you get rid of i.c.e., you are going to have a country that you are going to be afraid to walk out of your house
imemploymented those laws implemented those laws when coming into office is not a big surprise. that said, it s sparked this crisis of children being separated from their parents at the border, and that has been really tough for both democrats and republicans to see, and it s been tough on this white house politically. president trump spoke with maria bartiromo in an interview that will be seen tomorrow morning. i want to play what the president had to say to you to her, i should say, about this i.c.e. controversy. here it is. 28-year-old socialist says abolish i.c.e. and get this, more democrats are getting in line with that, gillibrand today saying we need to abolish i.c.e. i hope they keep thinking about it because they are going to get beaten so badly. i.c.e., these are the guys that go in and take ms-13 and they take them out because they are much tougher by ms 13 like by a factor of 10. you get rid of i.c.e., you are going to have a country that you are going to be afra