Matthew Albence argued that ICE conducts 'operations with professionalism, with compassion and with humanity.'
"I don't think I would speak to the little girl. I would speak to the parents and I would speak to the community at large. Look, I'm a parent, most of our officers and agents are parents – some of the most difficult things that we have to do in our jobs to enforce the laws involve the separation of parents from children," he said.
Pointing out that some ICE agents deal with separating families on a daily basis, he argued that the agency conducts"operations with professionalism, with compassion and with humanity."Albence's answer is similar to comments made by ICE's former acting director Thomas Homan inco-anchor Sandra Smith played a clip of the young girl crying and asked Homan how he would respond to her tears.
"Immigration enforcement is always controversial and emotional, but you know what? The blame needs to be placed on the father," Homan replied."Her father came to this country illegally, he brought his child here illegally. Whether or not she was born here, he put his family in the position of being here illegally in violation of our laws."
A boy and father from Honduras are taken into custody by U.S. Border Patrol agents near the U.S.-Mexico border on June 12, 2018 near Mission, TexasThe hardline immigration policies of President Donald Trump's administration have faced significant backlash since he entered the White House.
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