NFL asks DHS to take down post likening violent tackles to treatment of immigrants

• Post came in response to rumor of huge migrant caravan'

• Brian Dawkins says he did not give permission for footage

The NFL has asked the US Department of Homeland Security to take down a video likening former Eagles star Brian Dawkins's most violent hits to a clampdown on immigrants.

The video posted to social media on Sunday shows Dawkins' pregame walkout as he chants The time has come," followed by a series of violent hits from his playing career. The DHS post includes the caption Our time has come" in response to a social media account claiming a huge migrant caravan" is approaching the United States' southern border.