U.S. President Donald Trump reacts during a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy at the Oval Office of the White House, amid negotiations to end the Russian war in Ukraine, in Washington, D.C.,(Reuters)
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One of President Donald Trump's long-time loyalists, Fox host Sean Hannity, is among those saying that the administration is getting destroyed in the media after federal agents shot and killed another protester in Minneapolis.
The Staten Island Advance suggested Tuesday that the MAGA movement is "at war" with itself following the Fox News primetime host's comments. Hannity is not the only Fox host to heap criticism on the administration, with Fox host Dana Perino pressing administration official Tricia McLaughlin on the Minneapolis shooting in a recent interview.
The Daily Mail reported that Hannity said on his Monday radio show, "Now, is ICE perfect? They’re not. Can they do a better job? They can. So I think that, you know, some of the optics at times, do I think that going into Home Depots and arresting people there is a good idea? I don’t."
"I don’t think that people that — if you’re working at a place, you’re not the immediate problem. Eventually, we’ll have to deal with those people that didn’t respect our laws, borders and sovereignty," Hannity added.
During Trump's 2024 campaign and well into his first term, he said that the administration was only going after murderers, rapists, and other immigrants who committed serious crimes. The problem that the administration faces, however, is that in May 2025, deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller sent Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem a quota to arrest at least 3,000 undocumented immigrants per day, Forbes reported at the time. Miller demanded an increase in workplace raids and the apprehension of noncriminal migrants to meet the goal.
To reach the quota, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) began snatching people in Home Depot parking lots, grabbing parents picking up their children from school, and those working at restaurants.
Hannity suggested giving immigrants money and a free plane ticket.
"There’s gotta be a program where people get to come forward. I think they should then be given transportation home. They can get a check for, what, $2,000? And they can apply to come back in the country legally," Hannity said.
"We can vet them. We can do a health check on them and make sure they won’t be a financial burden on the American people. I think that’d be a more responsible, reasonable way to deal with that problem," he added.
U.S. Border Patrol commander-at-large Greg Bovino was relieved of his duties on Monday, but Trump has yet to boot Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and what the Daily Mail called her "rumored lover" Corey Lewandowski.
The Mail characterized the discussion between Noem and Trump on Monday night as shifting her "focus away from domestic immigration enforcement operations and instead concentrate on securing the Southern Border." Democratic leaders are calling for her immediate dismissal, along with Lewandowski.