On Monday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Balance of Power,” Rep. Christian Menefee (D-TX), who was sworn in on Monday evening, discussed ICE and said he backs “fully abolishing the agency. I think you have to rip it down to the studs.” And “I want to abolish it. I think you rip it down to the studs, and when it comes back, it shouldn’t be ICE anymore.”
Co-host Joe Mathieu asked, “Well, let’s get real about what should happen. You said at your victory party that it’s time to tear ICE up from the roots. Is that abolishing the agency or reforming it?”
Menefee answered, “I support fully abolishing the agency. I think you have to rip it down to the studs.”