Overview

• On Fox News, Mace said one of her favorite pastimes is watching YouTube videos of ICE agents dragging noncitizens from court for deportation.
• She credited President Trump’s immigration crackdown with empowering ICE to remove what she described as violent criminals from U.S. streets.
• Mace introduced legislation that would strip federal funding and tax breaks from sanctuary cities that limit local cooperation with immigration authorities.
• Data from the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse shows that as of mid-July, 71.5 percent of the 56,816 people in ICE detention had no criminal convictions.
• Her remarks provoked backlash from across the political spectrum, including former Rep. Joe Walsh, who called the spectacle “twisted and cruel.”