Cotton Blasts Halt To ICE Raids On Farms And Hotels

The Hill reports:

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) on Sunday said he doesn’t believe ICE should “pull back on any kind of enforcement” after the Trump administration directed the agency to pause raids against workers in the agriculture, hotel and restaurant industries.

Cotton told CBS News’s Margaret Brennan on “Face The Nation” that “we need to have robust worksite enforcement” after being asked if he agreed with the move given agricultural business in his state.

“I don’t think we should pull back on any kind of enforcement at all,” Cotton said. “I think worksite enforcement in all industries needs to be able to move forward. And I think ICE agents on the front lines need the support of political leadership.”

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