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U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson has defended federal immigration enforcement against allegations of hostility toward religious leaders protesting the Trump administration's deportation push.

At a press conference on Wednesday, Johnson responded to a question from Religion News Service asking him to weigh in on video footage showing federal immigration law enforcement "shooting Christian clergy with pepper bullets, pepper rounds and rubber bullets."

Specific examples cited included videos documenting one minister "being hit in the head with pepper rounds" and a United Church of Christ minister "shot directly in the face with a pepper round." Johnson was asked if he shared "the concern of this clergy that this is a religious freedom issue."

"I can't

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