enforcement. daniel ragsdale was replaced by thomas homan. he has been in ice and removal operations since 2013. there was no immediate reason given for the change, but the homeland security secretary john kelly said, i am confident that homan will continue to serve as a strong, effective leader for the men and women of ice. homeland security said late last night that daniel ragsdale returns to his full-time position as deputy director. and now to the decision to give white house chief strategist steve bannon a seat on the principle s committee. the former nsa director michael hayden expressed concern saying the move seems to put ideology over the expertise of the director of the national security and the joint chiefs chairman. and former obama senior adviser david axelrod is weighing in saying, he woke up
we re going to build the wall. we re going to build the wall. we have to. you know, the border patrol, you know this, 16,500 great people because their job is much tougher when i win because we re going to enforce the laws. they endorsed me. first time they have ever endorsed a presidential candidate. ice the men and women of ice. they re smart, they re tough, they love the country. they endorsed us. it s not me. it s us. what does it mean? it means you have to work harder. these are people that know what they are doing. we are going to break up the gangs. we are going to break up the cartels and the criminal syndicates. terrorizing our cities and our neighborhoods. and they are being terrorized just take a look on long island, new york.
to ice, that primarily goes to three areas, homeland security investigation, office of principal legal advisor and enforcement and removal operations on the left, as you said, there are growing calls now to get rid of the agency some say they have overstepped, they re more focused on two-year-olds instead of terrorists and terrorizing immigrant communities at large. and president trump addressed some criticisms, tweeting in part to the great and brave men and women of ice, do not worry or lose your spirit. you re doing a fantastic job of keeping us staff by eradicating the worst criminal elements and the radical left dems want you out and next it s zero chance, it will never happen. in an interview set to air tomorrow on sunday morning futures, fox s maria bartiromo looked at ice. a 20-year-old socialist who beat out joe crowley says
don t call them animals. remember, she said don t call them animals. then you see what they do and how they do it in the viciousness of it. no, i m sorry nancy, i hate to tell you, nancy, you re going up the wrong tree, nancy. republicans stand proudly with the brave men and women of i.c.e., with border patrol and with our law enforcement. [cheers and applause] every single day, i.c.e. is tracking down drug dealers. child predators, gang members and vicious killers and we are either throwing them in jail or getting them out of our country, and we are doing it fast. [cheers and applause]
spirited law enforcement groups of men and women that i have ever seen. i have watched ice liberate towns from the grasp of ms-13. he says to the great and brave men and women of ice, do not worry or lose your spirit. the radical left dems want you out. next it will be all police. zero chance. it will never happen. i ve never heard anybody say they want to eradicate the police. thank you, cal. we ll keep in close touch and see what s happening as the day progress progresses. let s go to marianna in los angeles. good morning to you. let s talk about the situation where you are. reporter: alex, this march in l.a. is set to start in about an hour and a half. you see organizers behind me. they are setting the stage for a rally that they say will have