Homan Warns Daily Migrant Arrests ‘Will Continue to Increase’ as Trump Admin Targets Nonviolent Illegal Aliens
Border czar Tom Homan has warned that deportation numbers will rise in the coming weeks as President Trump’s administration begins to expand its operations.
Homan Made The comment during a Sunday appearance on ABC News’ “This Week” with host Martha Raddatz. The border chief says the administration is currently only targeting violent illegal aliens, but that will soon change.
“You’re going to see the numbers keep going up, the number of arrests across the country as we open the hatch,” Homan said. “Right now it’s concentrating on threats to public safety, threats to national security. It’s a smaller population. So we’re going to do it on a priority basis. That’s President Trump’s promise. But as that hatch opens, there’s going to be more arrests, there’s going to be more arrests nationwide.”
“When you talk about opening the hatches, the estimates of those who have been convicted or arrested in the past are 700,000 to over a million. So once you do that, then you go after everyone who is there illegally?” – asked Raddatz.
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Trump’s incoming ‘border czar’ Tom Homan talks to Fox News. (Fox News)
“If you’re in the country illegally, you’re on the table, because it’s not right, you know, to break the laws of this country. You have to remember, every time you enter this country illegally, you’ve committed a crime under Title Eight, United States Code 1325, that’s a crime,” Homan replied.
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“So if you’re in the country illegally, you’ve got a problem. And that’s why I hope that those who are in the country illegally, who haven’t been ordered by a federal judge to leave,” he added.
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The statement comes after Homan warned sanctuary cities across the US that their policies will not prevent deportations and will instead endanger communities, federal agents and illegal aliens.
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The sanctuary are defined by the policy of not turning illegal aliens over to federal authorities when they are arrested. The aliens are then often released back into the community.
Homan invited Officials in sanctuary cities who helped the effort on “Fox & Friends” last week. “Work with us, because you forced us into the community.”
He continued, “Here’s what’s going to happen. We’re going to find the bad guy, but when we find him, he’s going to be with others, others who may not be a criminal priority. But guess what? If they’re in the United States illegally, they’re going to be arrested, too.”
President Donald Trump has vowed mass deportations of illegal aliens. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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“I want to save lives. A secure border saves lives,” Homan said. “When President Trump locks this border, fewer women and children will be trafficked into this country, fewer aliens will die making that journey. Under President Biden, we’ve had record numbers of people crossing that border [and a] 600% increase in sex trafficking. “
Fox News confirmed Sunday that Tom Holman is in Chicago with Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove to observe and support the immigration process here in the city.
Fox News’ Matthew Finn contributed to this report.
