He also dismissed the criticism of his background from Durkan.
“As far as me starting my career as a town cop, I truly believe it’s the community that raises you, it takes a community to raise a child, and the community that raises you, the first thing you do is to serve that community,” he said. “I think it’s the right thing to do. It’s an American thing to do, and for a kid that grew up in a small community to become the ICE director – an agency of 21,000 law enforcement officers – I consider that the biggest honor of my life.”
He also noted that ICE enforces hundreds of laws, many that have nothing to do with immigration enforcement, including drug smuggling, firearms trafficking and weapons of mass destruction.
“I want her to understand that ICE is a well-rounded federal enforcement agency, one of the biggest agencies,” he said. “We’ve got over 400 statutes we enforce.”
Fox News’ Andrea Margolis and Bill Melugin contributed to this report.
Adam Shaw is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital, primarily covering immigration and border security.
He can be reached at adam.shaw2@fox.com or on Twitter.
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