Jerry Nadler Says People Feel Justified Shooting ICE Agents Because They’re ‘Masked Hoodlums’

Democratic New York Rep. Jerry Nadler claimed Tuesday that United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents were “goons” that people were “justified” to shoot during a rant at a hearing.

ICE has come under fire following the January fatal shootings of Alex Pretti and Renee Nicole Good in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area in incidents involving so-called “rapid response” groups attempting to impede immigration enforcement operations. Nadler claimed during a House Judiciary Committee markup of legislation to prohibit biological men from competing in women’s sports and of a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution that “fascism in our streets” was the “major problem” facing the United States.

“But what is really the major problem in this country today is the fascism in our streets,” Nadler said. “The attacks on American citizens by masked hoodlums. If you were attacked by a masked person, you might think you were being kidnapped, you’d be justified in shooting the person to protect yourself, but we see people being shot for what? For driving a car.”

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“We see people, we see the ICE goons break into people’s homes without a warrant,” Nadler continued. “We see them drag out a man, an American citizen, in his underwear… without even permitting him to get dressed. This is the major problem we have today.”