Wednesday on CNN’s “The Lead,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) said President Donald Trump wanted to “wage a war on people who aren‘t white.” Host Jake Tapper said, “So Democratic Leader Schumer just outlined, Democratic leadership’s demands for changes to ICE. They are tightening use of warrants, ending roving patrols, enforcing a code of conduct, and having ICE agents remove masks and wear body cams. In your opinion, do those demands go far enough, or is that good? Is that sufficient?”
Murphy said, “Well, they certainly don’t go as far as I would like. But, you know, we’re operating in a world where Republicans control the House and the Senate and the white House. So we’re trying to make our demands both impactful and reasonable. I think what we’re thinking about are the practices that are offending and shocking Americans. I think one of those is the masked secret police that should just not be allowed on our city streets, put body cams on these officers, take down the masks. Second, the roving patrols, where they’re just walking around asking people to show their papers. That’s not America. Nobody really wants that. So end those roving patrols.
