A conservative attorney and founder of the Article III Project publicly criticized the Department of Homeland Security secretary for scaling back ICE traffic stops, describing the decision as allowing an “invasion” to continue.
On Tuesday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were instructed to stop pulling over vehicles driven by individuals without legal status, a move prompted by two fatal ICE‑involved shootings in Texas and Maine.
The policy change was linked to a Republican senator from Maine, who announced she had urged the secretary to halt non‑urgent vehicle stops and called for an investigation into the shooting of a 26‑year‑old.
The former president responded on his social platform, asserting that the traffic‑stop program is a critical crime‑fighting tool and declaring that it would not be abandoned.
During a televised commentary appearance, the attorney accused the secretary of weakness and also criticized a Supreme Court justice for a recent ruling on birthright citizenship, claiming it extended citizenship to a large number of foreign‑born children.
He emphasized that American citizens are sovereign, that governmental authority derives from the Constitution, and that the nation has the right to control its borders.
The secretary has faced calls for resignation on social media, with critics accusing him of yielding to left‑wing pressure and using vague terminology for illegal entrants.
A conservative commentator labeled the secretary a “RINO” after his statement that he and the former president share the same position on immigration.
In a follow‑up statement, the secretary reaffirmed that illegal entrants will be arrested and deported wherever they are found.
