Democratic Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman urged Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Wednesday to continue arrests and enforcement rather than scale back operations.
ICE faces scrutiny after an agent allegedly shot 37-year-old Renee Good as she blocked a street with her vehicle during an enforcement operation and began driving away when officers approached. Appearing on “The Will Cain Show,” Fetterman said that securing the border and enforcing immigration law are not partisan issues, claiming the nation must confront unlawful entries and criminal conduct head-on.
“As a Democrat, it shouldn’t be unreasonable to want to secure our border,” Fetterman told host Will Cain.
Fetterman said the fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis was tragic, but also said Democrats should not retreat from immigration enforcement.
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“What happened in Minneapolis was absolutely tragic. This is from the Washington Post. This is the latest statistics. [Exactly] 67% have criminal charges, pending ones,” Fetterman said. “So that’s more than two-thirds of the people. Now, there are some people that aren’t involved in any kind of illegal things, but I think two things can be true. Round up all the criminals. Deport them. They shouldn’t have ever been here, and they definitely have to go.”
Fetterman said Democrats must reject extremes on immigration, arguing that both accountability and enforcement can coexist.
“I strongly reject the extreme on either side about this now,” Fetterman said. “And I watched you earlier in your show. You just pointed out that President Obama deported millions of people, and there wasn’t the same kind of outrage here as from Democrats.”
From Jan. 20 through Oct. 15, 2025, roughly 36% of people arrested by ICE had criminal convictions, and about 30% had pending criminal charges, which together amount to about 66%–67% with either convictions or charges, according to a Washington Post report on ICE enforcement data.
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