Political Stances on ICE Rights

“How does not enforcing the law further the democracy or make us safer?… As a governor one of the big changes that we made in our state was giving judges the permission to detain violent criminals with a history of violence pre-trial so they wouldn’t go back out on the streets kill witnesses or other innocent victims. I think it’ll be a very interesting fight here in New York City […] One of the big reforms we did was in the city of Camden New Jersey, which is 95% African American and Latino, and what we did was we fired the entire Camden City police force because they were so inept at preventing crime and reestablished a new County Police force with a Metro division in Camden, and you know what’s happened, Trey? Murder went down over the next 7 years 75%, armed robbery went down over 80%, shootings went down 70%. When you have police officers who are empowered on the street to work with the community they’re protecting to stop violence crime and you have prosecutors willing to prosecute those cases then you have safe neighborhoods again.”

“There is no higher priority than quickly restoring law and order and public safety in America […] Joe Biden and the radical left politicians have defunded, defamed, and dismantled police forces across America. Murders spiked to all-time highs in Democrat-run cities and radical prosecutors and District Attorneys have given free rein to violent criminals who threaten our citizens. The streets of our once-great cities are now controlled by gangs and cartels, and plagued with mentally ill and drug-addicted homeless.”

“Since I believe the number one job of government is to protect people and property, maybe we can tie some sort of requirement that if youre going to get these government jobs, you need to do your job and you fight crime.”

“We have to start prosecuting according to the law. We have to make sure we have the backs of law enforcement and we have to make sure that were a country of law and order.”

“These hollowed out cities, this is a symptom of Americas decline. And one of the biggest reasons is because you have George Soros funding these radical left-wing district attorneys. They get into office and they say theyre not going to prosecute crimes. […] And as President, were going to go after all of these people because they are hurting the quality of life, and they are victimizing innocent people in every corner of this country, and it will stop when I get into office.”

“We have a crime wave in this country, and we know how to fix it. The question is, do we actually have the spine to do it? More cops in the streets, who are on the streets able to do their jobs without looking over their shoulder for getting sued. And we also have a mental health epidemic in this country. Just over the same period that we have closed mental health institutions, we have seen a spike in violent crime.”