Dan Patrick and a slate of Republican congressional members were among the public figures who supported Brugman’s clemency, according to a statement from the White House press secretary. When Brugman later approached, he struck one of the men, Angel Jimenez-Saldana, with his foot despite Jimenez-Saldana not fighting back, moving or resisting. “I then turned to a second alien and pushed him to the ground too.”Brugman served in the Coast Guard for eight years and as a border patrol agent for four, the release from the White House said. On both the campaign trail and in the White House, Trump has touted hardline immigration policies that have drawn pushback from human rights groups. A day earlier on Tuesday, Trump pardoned Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, two former border patrol agents who were convicted of assault.