Fox’s Jesse Watters Suggests ICE Is ‘Being Too Nice’ During Raids: ‘Knock Some Heads Together’
Jesse Watters expressed concern that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are “being too nice” when conducting raids and dealing with protestors.
Thursday’s Jesse Watters Primetime on Fox News showed footage of a standoff between ICE agents and protestors at a farm in Ventura County, California. ICE has been especially active in Southern California, which boasts an immense Latino population. As the footage played, Watters interviewed Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and asked DeSantis whether agents should take a more heavy-handed approach.
“Governor, is ICE being too nice?” Watters asked. “They’re doing, I guess, de-escalation tactics, which probably is the right move. But the more you tangle with these crazy people, the more it gives them confidence. And if you don’t make arrests and knock some heads together and show them that you may get hurt when you come in and block law enforcement, they’re just gonna get more and more angry. Do you think that they could step up some of their tactics?”
DeSantis dodged the question and instead brought the discussion to immigration enforcement in his state.
“I think what would happen, if that were tried in Florida, we would have our state agencies, and I’m sure a lot of the local police and sheriffs would be working,” the governor replied. “And so, ICE has the mission of apprehending the illegals. If we had people that were trying to block a street, we in the state of Florida, we would take care of that no problem and work very cooperatively.”
DeSantis went on to say ICE “doesn’t get the support” in California that is required to carry out their raids.
“I think there’s a lot of police officers, individually, who want to be helpful,” he added. “But the political leadership is not allowing that to happen. So, I wouldn’t necessarily say that it’s ICE that has to take care of all of that because some of that absolutely needs to be done with state and local assets.”
Watters agreed, stating, “It’s actually more dangerous when the locals in California don’t provide backup because then the ICE agents are outnumbered and it gets a little hairy.”
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