Elliot Williams

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222 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jan 2026 last heard 16 Jan

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The Don Lemon Show · LEMON DROP | A Former DHS Official on ICE's Crisis & Lack of Humanity · 16 Jan 2026 podcast

And in fact, a few years ago in 2018, the customs side of the house, many of the leaders wrote a letter to the secretary asking to be broken off into a separate agency.

They just think the immigration stuff is so toxic and so radioactive and bad for them as law enforcement officers.

Now, the folks who, when I say they were lower standards, they didn't have the same educational standards as customs officers and were officers, not agents.

And it gets a little bit complicated.

Now, when...

This administration has tried to surge hiring.

They've certainly had to bend the standards even for the deportation officers and raising age limits and so on.

And I think it comes at a profound cost.

It really does.

This work is difficult.

You want people to be in shape for it at a minimum.

Yeah, that's an interesting question.

And I think an interesting segment of the Don Lemon Show would be to talk to an actual deportation officer.

I think, look, let's put it this way.

I worked for years with Tom Homan, who's now the White House border czar.

And a lot of law enforcement folks just see themselves as standing, holding the line between

freedom and tyranny, right?

That's their ethos and worldview.

And you might be seeing some of that.

I think a lot of folks in law enforcement come from the military.

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