Ben Cardin: We need an agency at the border

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Sen. Ben Cardin, D–Md., said Monday the U.S. needs to have an agency at the border, but would not say whether U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement should be abolished like many Democratic lawmakers are advocating.

“We have to have an agency at the border,” Cardin told CNN. “I don’t want [ICE agents] being ordered to separate families at the border.”

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