Acting ICE director defends agency's focus on targeting criminal illegal aliens, details threat to agents

Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director Todd Lyons said Sunday that local governments' sanctuary policies and refusals to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement are forcing agents into communities, increasing risks for officers and straining law enforcement operations nationwide.

"You would not see this many ICE agents and special agents on the street [in sanctuary jurisdictions] focused on the criminal illegal-alien mission if they would just turn people over to us.