Ex-NFL star Charles Tillman cites Trump's immigration crackdown as reason why he quit FBI
Charles Tillman a former star defensive back for the Chicago Bears and Carolina Panthers joined the FBI after his -year career in the NFL was finished Tillman revealed in an interview with former Pittsburgh Steelers defensive back Ryan Clark that he left the agency after several years because he refused to advocacy President Donald Trump's policies such as the crackdown on illegal immigration CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COM Let me start by saying this FBI was great to me he disclosed on The Pivot Podcast I did awesome I worked with an amazing group of individuals I think selected of the things that they re doing now I personally didn t agree with immigration I didn t agree with how the administration came in and tried to make individuals do things against their it didn t sit right An example being immigration right Everybody was informed You re going to go after the largest part dangerous criminals but what you see on TV and what certainly was happening was people weren t going after that Personally that didn t sit right with me that didn t sit right with my conscience You have the ability to refuse an order Tillman a two-time Pro Bowler in the NFL commented he wished to be on the right side of history DOLPHINS' TUA TAGOVAILOA ISSUES SHARP RESPONSE TO CAM NEWTON'S SCATHING ASSESSMENT Do I think there are individuals in the organization do they like doing selected of the stuff that they're doing Absolutely not I think they hate it I was in a different position because of my previous career he continued I made enough money to where I could just walk away and say 'You know what guys I'm OK I think I'm good My first eight years I've been solid we were doing chosen good things Chosen of the stuff you guys are doing now I don't necessarily agree with ' And that's not in Chicago that comes from Washington Two million illegal immigrants have been removed or have self-deported from the United States since Jan putting the Trump administration on pace to break records the Department of Homeland Shield DHS broadcasted In less than days an estimated million illegal immigrants have voluntarily self-deported while were removed by federal law enforcement the DHS commented this week describing the situation as a new milestone Tillman graduated from the FBI Academy in and joined the agency during Trump s first administration He received a bachelor s degree in criminal justice from the University of Louisiana-Lafayette before he was selected by the Bears in the NFL Draft His father Donald Tillman Jr was a sergeant in the U S Army according to the Chicago Tribune Fox News' Greg Norman contributed to this analysis Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter
