CNBC host Steve Liesman rebuked Rep. Jason Smith for not taking responsibility over deplorable conditions in ICE detention centers, describing them as an embarrassment for the administration.
Congressman Smith joined Squawk Box to discuss the state of affairs on Trump’s tariffs, reorganizing ICE, and the murders of Good and Pretti.
The mood got dark for Smith when Liesman began systematically attacking the DHS over its behavior in Minnesota and the immigration detention centers overall.
Liesman asked if the Border Patrol and ICE need to be reformed, which lead to some heated exchanges.
LIESMAN: There aren’t two people dead as a result of problems in government that need to be reformed. I mean, in Minnesota, right?
I mean, there are people in the streets that are protesting the actions by this agency, and there isn’t concern about what they might do with elections and picking up people off the streets in schools, right?
I mean, that’s a different story. Are you not in favor of reform for ICE specifically?
Rep. Smith, as usual, refused to comment on an ongoing investigation and then blamed President Biden for having porous borders. Kernen let him spew his bullshit about the security of the border under Trump.
Then when asked about the detention centers, Smith did the both-sides jig and Liesman would not have it.
