Vice President Talks Border Security, Targets Atlanta Mayor

Vice President Mike Pence speaks Thursday to Immigration and Customs Enforcement employees after receiving a briefing at Homeland Security Investigation Principal Field Offices in Atlanta.

Hyosub Shin / Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, Pool

Vice President Mike Pence’s visit Thursday to Atlanta included a stop at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s field office and a conversation about the “broader mission of border security.”

He also blasted Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms over her decision last year to bar the city jail from holding federal immigration detainees and thanked the men and women who work for ICE.

Pence highlighted some of the ICE arrests made in the area, including one Wednesday night in Riverdale, Georgia, news outlets reported.