Rep. Trey Gowdy (R., S.C.) continued to slam U.S. Immigrations and Custom Enforcement Tuesday on Fox News for playing "political games" and releasing thousands of level-one and level-two offenders under the guise of being forced to by sequester budget cuts.
"Neil, how many of your viewers consider repeat, recidivist DUI offenders to be low risk?" Gowdy asked host Neil Cavuto. "ICE does. But if you're hit by one of them, you don't consider them to be low-risk."
Gowdy mockingly referred to sequestration as "draconian," stating it only cut two cents on the dollar from the federal budget and decried ICE for putting politics before the safety of American citizens.
"I just do not want law enforcement or the criminal justice system playing the same political games we always play with other agencies and institutions of government," he said. "I just would hope public safety would be immune from these kinds of political shenanigans but apparently it's not."