Booker Dodges on Whether ICE Should Be Abolished

Booker Dodges on Whether ICE Should Be Abolished (The Washington Free Beacon)

Sen. Cory Booker (D., N.J.) avoided answering whether he believes Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) should be abolished, a position that’s grow in popularity among his Democratic colleagues.

Booker said the policies of the President Donald Trump’s administration are the problem, rather than the Department of Homeland Security’s structure under which ICE falls. This puts him somewhat at odds with other potential presidential aspirants in his party, notably Sens. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (N.Y.).

Asked on Fox 5 New York about those saying ICE should be abolished and Trump calling that idea "crazy," Booker answered by criticizing Trump’s policies on immigration.