House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) told reporters Wednesday that ICE agents don't need any guardrails after the fatal killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis and reported attacks on citizens across the United States.
Democrats have signaled they would like to add additional oversight and potentially cut back on funding for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency after agent Jonathan Ross shot dead 37-year-old Good behind the wheel of her car last week.
"I think there's a lot of Democrats playing games right now with national security and with law enforcement, and I think it's dangerous," Johnson told The Independent's D.C. Bureau Chief Eric Michael Garcia, who shared video of Johnson's remarks on X.
"ICE is doing what ICE is designed to do, by its very name it's Immigration and Customs Enforcement, they're enforcing federal law," Johnson added. "They're going and getting dangerous criminals, sometimes in sanctuary cities, where they get too much resistance, and you know, we've seen the tragic consequences and effects of that so I don't think we need to be cutting funding right now. I think the American people want the law to be enforced. I think we need to let law enforcement do his job."
Mike Johnson tells me he opposes adding additional guardrails or accountability for ICE after the killing of Renee Good pic.twitter.com/VBmlQsh0lj
— Eric Michael Garcia (@EricMGarcia) January 14, 2026