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(NewsNation) — Tom Homan, President Donald Trump's borderline czar, defended ICE's focus, stating that each amerciable entrants into the U.S. are "absolutely not" treated the same.
"We're prioritizing nationalist information threats and nationalist information threats," Homan said connected "CUOMO." "We person fixed ICE instructions. When you look for the atrocious feline and you find others with him, you volition apprehension them due to the fact that they're successful the state illegally."
He urged sanctuary cities to let ICE agents into jails. "More agents successful jailhouse means less agents successful your neighborhoods." "You person forced maine into the neighborhoods to find these people. It's safer for the community, and safer for the agents to apprehension the atrocious feline successful the jail. And I deliberation the migrant assemblage is down me."
President Donald Trump has expressed choler and frustration over the fig of arrests of migrants being made by ICE since helium took office. Raids conducted by ICE successful cities similar Chicago and different cities with precocious migrant populations began instantly aft helium took office.
Homan said past week that ICE agents arrested astir 14,000 migrants during Trump’s archetypal 3 weeks successful the White House, which represented 667 arrests per day. The mean was doubly that regular successful 2024.
ICE arrests spiked to astir 800-1,200 regular arrests during Trump’s archetypal week successful office, but past fell disconnected arsenic migrant detention centers filled up.
NewsNation's Ali Bradley a contributed to this report.
