Retiring ICE chief says Biden should have acted 'earlier' to address migrant surge
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Acting ICE Director Patrick "PJ" Lechleitner wishes President Biden would have taken action on the border earlier in his tenure as the migrant surge spiraled. He joined 'FOX & Friends' to discuss.
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"I run the agency, execute. I enforce, but I don't know why they didn't do that earlier," he said. "I know it was in process for a long time. I would have liked to [have] seen it earlier. I think it helped a lot. It did really help our mission, but I wanted to see that earlier."
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Acting ICE Director Patrick "PJ" Lechleitner wishes President Biden would have taken action on the border earlier in his tenure as the migrant surge spiraled. He joined 'FOX & Friends' to discuss.
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