Vance: Trump admin will discipline ICE officers who make ‘mistakes’
Vance: Trump administration will, when ‘justified,’ discipline ICE officers who make ‘mistakes’
MINNEAPOLIS (EXCLUSIVE) — Vice President JD Vance told the Washington Examiner that the Trump administration will take disciplinary action “when justified” against Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers who make “mistakes” effectuating President Donald Trump’s deportation agenda.
Vance’s comments mark a significant departure from what he told reporters in a White House briefing the day after an ICE officer shot and killed Renee Good in Minneapolis. At the time, Vance, like other senior administration officials, suggested that ICE officers have “absolute immunity” while carrying out federal law enforcement proceedings.
Vance sat with the Washington Examiner for a half-hour interview while flying from Toledo, Ohio, to Minneapolis on Thursday morning. In Toledo, Vance likened ICE officers to local law enforcement officers, the overwhelming majority of whom he characterized as good actors, but conceded that sometimes “mistakes” are made on the job.
In the interview, the Washington Examiner posed to Vance that “law enforcement takes accountability for their mistakes” and that officers face “repercussions” for their actions. The Washington Examiner asked Vance directly if the Trump administration will hand down repercussions to ICE officers over misuses of force or the accidental arrests of American citizens in an effort to “limit” those mistakes or “eliminate them entirely.”
“Well, first of all, you’re never going to eliminate, entirely, mistakes,” Vance responded. “You’re talking about human beings. It’s going to happen at the local level. It’s going to happen at the federal level, you know?
“That’s not to say that we’re — you can acknowledge that mistakes sometimes happen while also acknowledging that 99% of our ICE officers are doing the right thing. They’re doing a very tough job in Minneapolis. They’re doing a tough job in incredibly difficult circumstances. I would say the same of police officers.”
The Washington Examiner reiterated that “bad actors” still face repercussions over their mistakes, a point which Vance agreed with.
“Certainly, when we have any accusation of wrongdoing, we investigate, we look into it,” he continued. “If we think that there are disciplinary actions justified, then, of course, we’re going to take those disciplinary actions.”
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Vance did specify that the administration would both try to limit “mistakes” and “defend people who were doing their job in incredibly tough circumstances.”
“You can do both of those things at the same time,” the vice president said. “I also think that what we’re trying to do is actually make it easier for these guys to do their job.”
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