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Training is 'Critical' For ICE Amid Minneapolis Shootings Says Former Special Agent
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9:13Now PlayingBrian Gant, former special agent in the US Secret Service and associate dean of technology at Maryville University, said that adequate training for ICE agents is 'critical' in learning how to control and de-escalate situations on the ground. Gant also weighed in on the discussion around masked agents, saying that while officer safety is a consideration, accountability is a top priority in the current environment.
President Donald Trump said he was looking to “de-escalate” in Minnesota with a reshuffle of the leadership running his deportation effort in the state following widespread outcry over the killing of two US citizens by federal agents.
Still, the president denied he was pulling back his immigration crackdown and said that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem would remain in her post, as he looked to signal a recalibration rather than a retreat in the aftermath of the Jan. 24 fatal shooting of 37-year-old intensive care nurse Alex Pretti by a Border Patrol agent during an enforcement operation.
“I don’t think it’s a pullback,” Trump said in an interview with Fox News. “It’s a little bit of a change.”
“We’re going to de-escalate a little bit,” he added.
Trump’s decision to dispatch border czar Tom Homan to Minnesota, effectively replacing Greg Bovino, the US Border Patrol commander who became the face of the contentious immigration crackdown in Minneapolis, spurred widespread speculation that the president may be frustrated with how his deportation efforts are being carried out and viewed by the public.
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