Ducey emphasized that National Guard troops, Border Patrol agents and ICE agents are keeping the United States safe.
“Last year alone, ICE agents arrested nearly 5,000 members of violent gangs. In one massive and significant 2017 bust, ICE arrested 1,378 individuals across the country,” Ducey said.
He noted that the 2017 arrest “included U.S. citizens engaged in organized and illegal drug trafficking, weapons smuggling, human trafficking, racketeering and even murder.”
Additionally, Ducey said ICE agents are on the front lines fighting the opioid epidemic. Last year, its agents seized 2,370 pounds of fentanyl, which is lethal. Even 2 milligrams of fentanyl could kill most people.
Furthermore, ICE agents kept 31.5 million hits of heroin off the streets everywhere from Nogales, Arizona to New York City.
“Just like our police officers, first responders and members of the armed forces, these professionals are regularly putting their lives on the line to protect our country and do their jobs. The last thing we should be doing is launching political attacks at these fine men and women. Instead, we should be thanking them and applauding them for all they do,” Ducey wrote.
