Former acting ICE director John Sandweg told me Trump's event today at the WH celebrating ICE "heroes" further politicizes an agency already under public scrutiny and harm it in the long run "They could be tarnished forever as a tool of the far right.” wapo.st/2PqvkXI?tid=ss…
Not a great deal of diversity on White House "Salute to the Heroes" panel on ICE and CBP. (WH director of strategic comms Mercedes Schlapp is the moderator) 
Several cowboy hats on display at the White House ICE/CBP event. In addition to federal officers and agents, some local officials from Arizona, Alabama and South Carolina were invited.
