ICE director: Unlike animals, ‘MS-13 kills for sport’

By Gabby Morrongiello

Published May 23, 2018 6:44pm ET

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ICE director: Unlike animals, ‘MS-13 kills for sport’ — Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, from left, acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Thomas Homan, acting Assistant Attorney General John Cronan, applaud as President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a roundtable on immigration policy at Morrelly Homeland Security Center, Wednesday, May 23, 2018, in Bethpage, N.Y. | (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Outgoing Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Thomas Homan thinks President Trump was being “kind” when he described illegal immigrant members of the MS-13 gang as “animals” last week.

“I know you’ve been taking a hit on your comments about MS-13 and animals,” Homan said to Trump during an immigration roundtable Wednesday in New York’s Nassau County, an area that has been increasingly infiltrated by the transnational criminal group.

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