Overview
- Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear used a national TV appearance to criticize ICE tactics, arguing agents enter homes without judicial warrants and calling for agents to be withdrawn.
- ICE responded on its official X account with a clip of Beshear’s remarks and images of detainees, stating it will continue to "withdraw" criminal aliens from Kentucky regardless of his rhetoric.
- At a Thursday press conference, Beshear defended his comments as protected speech, urged leadership change at the agency, and called for retraining of all agents.
- Beshear alleged that Americans have died because of ICE actions and suggested a pause in operations while reforms are implemented.
- News outlets report no announced policy changes from either ICE or the governor’s office following the public back-and-forth.