Overview
- In a CBS News interview, President Trump said ICE operations have not gone far enough when pressed about recent enforcement raids.
- He endorsed aggressive measures shown in widely shared footage, referencing tear gas, a smashed car window, and a woman falling.
- Trump argued the tactics are needed to remove people and claimed that many of those detained are murderers.
- The administration frames the operations as part of a tougher migration policy aimed at criminal foreigners and migrants lacking valid papers.
- Critics condemn the raids as arbitrary and heavy-handed with masked personnel, and the government counters that opponents inflame sentiment and provoke attacks on officers.