“The View” co-host Whoopi Goldberg reminded fellow panelist Sunny Hostin on Tuesday as she claimed that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have no right to detain or stop a protester from filming.
Hostin referred to the killing of Renee Good, who was shot by an ICE agent on Wednesday when she accelerated her vehicle near where the officer stood, and suggested that Good simply exercised her First Amendment rights. While citing the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) guidelines, Goldberg informed Hostin of the scenarios where ICE agents are legally permitted to arrest U.S. citizens.
“At a protest they can approach you. Yeah, if you’re obstructing space, they can ask you to move. They can ask you to get back if there is a crime scene. They can ask you to move back They cannot ask you to stop filming. They cannot touch you. They cannot push you and they cannot detain you for simply exercising your First Amendment rights,” Hostin said.
“Yes, they can,” Goldberg replied. “So the rights of ICE agents, according to the Constitutional Law Department of Homeland Security … agents can stop, detain and arrest people they suspect of being in the U.S. illegally … This is what I’m told. Well, we know anybody, if you walk up on somebody, and they’re arresting your boyfriend. You cannot get in the middle of it, but you’re not talking about protesters. I’m talking about people agents can stop, detain, and arrest people, they suspect of being in the U.S. illegally.”
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