{"id":2631934,"date":"2026-07-19T07:29:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T11:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/some-ice-officers-take-issue-with-trump-approach-to-immigration-enforcement\/"},"modified":"2026-07-19T07:33:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T11:33:57","slug":"some-ice-officers-take-issue-with-trump-approach-to-immigration-enforcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/some-ice-officers-take-issue-with-trump-approach-to-immigration-enforcement\/","title":{"rendered":"Some ICE officers take issue with Trump approach to immigration enforcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsome-ice-officers-take-issue-with-trump-approach-to-immigration-enforcement%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2631934&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A series of fatal incidents involving federal immigration officers has renewed concerns about ICE operations. While the Department of Homeland Security and the White House debate traffic stops,ICE personnel report declining morale,citing issues such as inadequate training,burnout,and organizational chaos under President trump compared to the Biden administration. Officers feel overworked, with little time off and poor treatment from leadership, which contributes to a tense and dangerous work environment. Recent deadly shootings during traffic stops have led to temporary pauses, but then resumed, highlighting ongoing risks. Critics point out that ICE officers, often underqualified and pressured to meet high arrest quotas, lack clear policies and sufficient training, particularly for vehicle pursuits. The agency\u2019s strained conditions have led to internal frustrations, with some officers advocating for reduced expectations and better support. Despite official statements blaming political smears for low morale, the realities faced by ICE workers point to a professional environment under notable stress and disorganization.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>EXCLUSIVE \u2014<\/strong> A <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/4649319\/ice-frozen-trump-mullin-traffic-stop-debacle\/\">string<\/a> of fatal encounters involving federal immigration officers has reignited questions about U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-homeland-security\">Department of Homeland Security<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\">White House<\/a> have focused on whether to continue traffic stops, the debate inside ICE\u2019s ranks is instead focusing at times on whether the job is even worth doing. In a bizarre turn of events, officers who spoke with the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> this week said morale is lower under President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> than it was during the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/4653698\/ice-melting-under-trump-expectations\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>ICE melting under Trump\u2019s expectations, officers say<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/4654489\/doj-alien-terrorist-deportation-court\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>DOJ uses \u2018alien terrorist\u2019 deportation court for first time in history<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/4653293\/markwayne-mullin-ice-turn-up-heat-street\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Markwayne Mullin says ICE is \u2018turning up the heat on the streets\u2019 after traffic stop turnaround<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Current ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations officers, as well as retired senior ICE officials still dialed into daily operations, said the White House\u2019s approach to immigration enforcement may prove detrimental to its mass deportation operation because it puts new recruits on the street who, sources claimed, were not adequately trained. Sources additionally say that officers have burnt out while working overtime month after month \u2014\u00a0all on top of functioning in an already tense and dangerous environment, likening the situation to a powder keg ready to blow.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One ICE officer hired prior to this administration said \u201cmistakes are made because [officers are] overworked\u201d on top of \u201cpressure\u201d from leadership \u201cto get [new recruits] guns and badges quick.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re being pushed to a breaking point. I don\u2019t know where it will go, but it\u2019s nowhere good,\u201d another officer said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The second ICE officer, who had more than a decade of experience in his role, said this administration had managed to upset some agency employees who celebrated Trump\u2019s 2024 electoral win.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMany on the right will think this is an attack on Trump,\u201d he said. \u201cI voted for Trump this time around. I believe in immigration enforcement. But man, it\u2019s so disorganized and chaotic. I\u2019ve talked to many officers who said that at least [former DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas] showed appreciation by giving us admin leave.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first officer said requests for time off were regularly refused or canceled after initially being approved. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo one is happy. If you hear Tom Homan saying, \u2018Morale\u2019s stronger than ever,\u2019 I say, \u2018No, it\u2019s not. No, it\u2019s not.\u2019 I see it. I\u2019ve been out in the field. I see it. I\u2019ve seen senior officers quit,\u2019\u201d the first officer said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\">The 18-page document requires ICE officers to try to identify transgender immigrants and ensure they are appropriately housed in light of their gender identity. | (AP Photo)\u00c2 <\/p>\n<p>&#8221; data-large-file=&#8221;https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2026\/07\/localimages\/1a929025932629817e969b71f6a8107f-scaled-e1784315592121.jpg?w=696&#8243; &#8220;https:><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The 18-page document requires ICE officers to try to identify transgender immigrants and ensure they are appropriately housed in light of their gender identity. | (AP Photo)\u00c2 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h2 id=\"h-tensions-boil-over\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tensions boil over<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Outside of the president, no one in Washington has more input in crafting ICE\u2019s strategy than White House deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller, White House border czar Tom Homan, and DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin. Miller demanded 3,000 arrests per day during a heated meeting with top ICE leaders in Washington in May 2025. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Trump administration has touted roughly 900,000 arrests in Trump\u2019s second term, roughly 1,600 arrests per day \u2014 still the highest rate seen under any administration. Recently, the White House touted 10,000 arrests of illegal immigrants in five days. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the past two weeks, ICE officers have conducted two separate traffic stops that resulted in the shooting deaths of individuals not subject to active immigration enforcement in both Maine and Texas. A third individual was killed after being struck by a tractor-trailer in Florida while fleeing ICE and other immigration enforcement personnel. These deaths follow two deadly shootings in Minnesota earlier this year, where immigration enforcement officers killed American citizens Renee Good and Alex Pretti.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mullin announced earlier this week, in an apparent response to the Maine and Texas incidents, that the department would pause the use of traffic stops during all immigration enforcement proceedings. Just one day later, however, Trump announced on social media that ICE would not pause using traffic stops as a law enforcement tool. Both White House and DHS officials have declined to elaborate beyond the president\u2019s proclamation.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-the-burnout\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">The burnout<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ICE has approximately 6,000 officers tasked with immigration enforcement inside the United States, as well as 10,000 new employees moving through the recruitment pipeline.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Getting weekends or single days off has become the exception, according to current officers and former senior officials. That grind, week after week, month after month, is affecting the workforce.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-26\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey constantly call us into work on our days off. They constantly get on our case about working only eight hours a day after your eight hours are finished and you want to go home,\u201d one immigration enforcement officer told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\">President Donald Trump speaks as he visits the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to see the new blue protective coating being applied as part of a renovation project, Thursday, May 7, 2026, in Washington, as Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin listens. (AP Photo\/Mark Schiefelbein)<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; data-image-caption=&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump speaks as he visits the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to see the new blue protective coating being applied as part of a renovation project, Thursday, May 7, 2026, in Washington, as Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin listens. (AP Photo\/Mark Schiefelbein)<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; data-large-file=&#8221;https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2026\/07\/localimages\/trump-mullin-ice.jpg?w=696&#8243; &#8220;https:><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Donald Trump speaks as he visits the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to see the new blue protective coating being applied as part of a renovation project, Thursday, May 7, 2026, in Washington, as Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin listens. (AP Photo\/Mark Schiefelbein)<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The exhaustion, all agreed, was a leading reason for low morale across the field.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One officer based in Texas said the office he works out of frequently has no working restroom in the building.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe would have to walk to a nearby business establishment to use the restroom, sometimes having to walk past protesters,\u201d said the same officer. \u201cThe media and the public typically demonizes ICE. Meanwhile, our employees are also being treated like crap from management and from this administration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although the border crisis during the Biden administration brought a heavy workload for ICE taking illegal immigrants from Border Patrol custody and either releasing them into the U.S. or removing them from the country, they still had specific teams across regional field offices to focus on national security cases and fugitive operations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, those specialty team officers and those stationed at detention centers are being pulled and sent to help arrest illegal immigrants, leaving few behind to focus on the very worst of the worst, they said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One person suggested that DHS and the White House should draw down their expectations to ease the pressure on officers, provide more training to recruits, and \u201ctone down the rhetoric.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDo you think that the ASMR posts on the official DHS Instagram help officers on the streets when they\u2019re trying to make an arrest and have the social justice warriors filming them? Of course not,\u201d the officer said. \u201cPosts like that only promote hatred toward the agency that only us grunts witness. But I don\u2019t think they care.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">ASMR: Illegal Alien Deportation Flight \ud83d\udd0a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/O6L1iYt9b4\">pic.twitter.com\/O6L1iYt9b4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The White House (@WhiteHouse) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WhiteHouse\/status\/1891922058415603980?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 18, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">James Hamilton, a security consultant and former FBI supervisory special agent, said complaints from ICE were not unusual and part of the job.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat\u2019s law enforcement. I mean, I worked my a** off as an FBI agent. So no one promised you 40-hour weeks,\u201d said Hamilton. \u201cWhat happened in the last four years as an ICE agent, in terms of the frequency and the rhythm, if you will, of work \u2014 it was nowhere near what it is today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere\u2019s no way that you\u2019re not going to have people grumbling. No way, right? Because I can\u2019t imagine, as an FBI agent, them saying, \u2018Hey, don\u2019t arrest bank robbers,\u2019 right? But that\u2019s what an ICE agent was asked to do four years ago. It\u2019s demoralizing,\u201d Hamilton said. \u201cNow, you\u2019ve got to not only arrest bank robbers but go get every single person who even looks at a bank \u2014 that\u2019s where we\u2019re at now. It\u2019s a massive enforcement operation. It\u2019s totally different.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ICE used to have a union to represent employees through the American Federation of Government Employees. However, the AFGE legally separated from the ICE union in July 2022.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-lack-of-training-and-impossible-expectations\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lack of training and impossible expectations<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officers and supervisors hired prior to 2025 claimed that new recruits being put on the street are underqualified and, in some cases, have not completed mandatory federal government background checks or been issued security clearances.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cA supervisor with the fugitive operations unit expressed frustration at how many teams are filled with officers who haven\u2019t even cleared background and don\u2019t have a security clearance. It\u2019s not safe,\u201d said the first officer.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\">Federal immigration officers must complete an obstacle course at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, Georgia, to graduate. (Anna Giaritelli \/ Washington Examiner)<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; data-large-file=&#8221;https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2026\/07\/localimages\/IMG_8054_436131.jpg?w=696&#8243; &#8220;https:><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Federal immigration officers must complete an obstacle course at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, Georgia, to graduate. (Anna Giaritelli\/Washington Examiner)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A retired official who speaks with current ICE leadership regularly said he had heard the same from several field office directors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSome backgrounds take 3-6 months, so the person could have graduated and be working at a field office before their full clearance gets granted or denied,\u201d the official said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officers with significant experience are being \u201cshielded\u201d from going out and making arrests, according to one officer. Instead, ICE is pushing the new recruits into the street as opposed to desk work.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat creates a lot of bad calls out in the field,\u201d said the other officer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following two fatal officer-involved shootings during vehicle pursuits in Texas and Maine this month, the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> asked ICE and DHS if the agency or department had a policy for how ICE should handle vehicle pursuits and traffic stops. DHS did not provide an answer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The former senior ICE official said ICE does not have an approved traffic stop or vehicle pursuit policy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe officers in the field need training, not just on procedures and tactics but on their legal authorities and what constitutes their ability to legally make a traffic stop and question\/detain persons,\u201d the former senior ICE official wrote in a text message. \u201cI have personally been told by officers that they are concerned because without sufficient policies and training they fear they could be held personally liable. The administration keeps telling them to take actions that they don\u2019t have policies\/procedures for and they aren\u2019t trained on; and then they don\u2019t put anything in writing and that becomes a big problem down the line.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The demands from Washington are being pushed out to the field where field office directors who cannot hit arrest goals are being replaced. In order to meet the demands from Washington, field office directors \u201care pushing us to the breaking point,\u201d said the second officer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The high demands are being interpreted by some officers as \u201cleeway to act in a more aggressive fashion\u201d because they know \u201cthey\u2019re going to be protected,\u201d another one said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\">Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, including one wearing a \u2018NOT ICE\u2019 face covering, walk near their vehicles, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Richfield, Minnesota. (AP Photo\/Adam Gray)<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; data-large-file=&#8221;https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2026\/07\/localimages\/AP26016127809169.jpg?w=696&#8243; &#8220;https:><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, including one wearing a \u2018NOT ICE\u2019 face covering, walk near their vehicles, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Richfield, Minnesota. (AP Photo\/Adam Gray)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hamilton suggested that traffic stops are not encounters that federal police are naturally good at because they get so little exposure to them compared to local and state police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLook at the FBI and the Miami shootout in the \u201980s, which was this watershed moment in the FBI. Two FBI agents were shot and killed. Why? Well, because they tried to do a car stop on bank robbers,\u201d Hamilton said, adding that he did roughly 3,000 traffic stops as a sheriff\u2019s deputy as opposed to one when he was a federal agent. \u201cFederal agents are not good at car stops. Nothing has changed since the \u201980s.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hamilton said the best course of action is to call local and state police to assist when it comes to attempting traffic stops.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, the nature of ICE\u2019s work has pushed away virtually all major cities from cooperating with ICE, leaving the federal agency largely on its own.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/4649319\/ice-frozen-trump-mullin-traffic-stop-debacle\/\">ICE SITS FROZEN AMID TRUMP-MULLIN TRAFFIC STOP DEBACLE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When asked about the plethora of officer complaints, a DHS spokesperson stated in an email Friday evening that \u201cleave\u201d for employees across the department was not being canceled and said the department believed morale was most affected by Democratic politicians smearing ICE.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe worst thing for morale is sanctuary politicians\u2019 constant smears against ICE including likening them to the gestapo, slave patrols, and secret police. This type of rhetoric is contributing to our officers facing coordinated campaigns of violence against them including a more than 1,300% increase in assaults against them, 3,300% increase in vehicle attacks, and an 8,000% increase in death threats,\u201d the DHS spokesperson said. \u201cPresident Trump and Secretary Mullin will always stand with our ICE law enforcement officers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exclusive: ICE morale drops amid deadly incidents and policy chaos<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3394,"featured_media":2631935,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ice-officers-new-jersey.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[5052,8364,3813,4326,3634],"class_list":["post-2631934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-enforcement","tag-ice","tag-immigration","tag-policy","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ice-officers-new-jersey.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2631934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3394"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2631934"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2631934\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2631938,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2631934\/revisions\/2631938"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2631935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2631934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2631934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2631934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}