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Charles Tillman, a former star defensive back for Chicago Bears and Carolina Panthers, joined the FBI after his 13-year-old career in the NFL finished.
Tillman revealed in an interview with former Pittsburgh Steeler’s defensive back Ryan Clark that he left the agency after several years because he refused to support President Donald Trump’s policies as the crash of illegal immigration.
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Chicago Bears Quarterback Charles Tillman talks during the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award press conference at the Super Bowl XLVI Media Center at JW Marriott on February 3, 2012. (Kirby Lee/Image of Sport/USA Today Sports)
“Let me start by saying this – the FBI was great for me,” he said at “Pivot Podcast.” “I was doing great. I worked with a fantastic group of individuals. I think some of the things they do now I personally did not agree with … immigration. I did not agree with how the administration came in and tried to get individuals to do things against theirs – it was not right. An example of being immigration, right?
“Everyone was told, ‘You want to follow the most dangerous criminals,’ but what you see on TV and what actually happened was, people didn’t go after it. Personally, it didn’t really sit with me who didn’t sit right with my conscience. You have the ability to refuse an order.”
Tillman, a two-time pro bowler in the NFL, said he would be “on the right side of the story.”
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Charles Tillman said he did not agree with Trump’s politics. (Leon Neal/Getty Images)
“Do I think there are individuals in the organization, they like to do some of the things they are doing? Definitely not. I think they hate it. I was in a different position because of my past career,” he continued.
“I earned enough money for the place where I could just go away and say ‘you know what guys? I’m ok. I think I’m good. My first eight years I’ve been solid, we did some good things. Some of the things you guys do now, I don’t necessarily agree with.’ And it’s not in Chicago coming from Washington.
Two million illegal immigrants “have been Removed or has self -wrapped ” From the United States since January 20, when he set the Trump administration at Tempo to break records, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced.
In less than 250 days, an estimated 1.6 million illegal immigrants have voluntarily self -employed, while 400,000 were removed by federal law enforcement, DHS said this week, describing the situation as a “new milestone.”
Tillman graduated from the FBI Academy in 2019 and took up the agency under Trump’s first administration.
Chicago Bears Cornerback Charles Tillman (33) makes an interception against Cincinnati Bengals during the first quarter of Soldier Field on September 8, 2013. (Mike Dinovo/USA Today Sports)
He received a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from the University of Louisiana-Lafayette before being elected by the bears in the NFL draft in 2003. His father, Donald Tillman Jr., was a sergeant in the US Army, according to the Chicago Tribune.
