Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) admitted on Thursday that he is “aware of the optics” regarding Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s handling of immigrants in the streets, but said the Trump administration is simply “trying to do the right thing by the American people.”

Johnson’s comments came on the Stephen A. Smith Show , where he added that President Donald Trump ran on illegal immigration, arguing “chaos” created by the open border was the No. 1 issue last fall.

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