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Tom Homan: ICE Has Already Arrested Over 308 Serious Criminals

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has already made 308 arrests and is just getting started, Border Czar Tom Homan revealed Wednesday.

Some of the arrests, according to Homan, are “collateral arrests” of illegal immigrants in sanctuary cities harboring criminal aliens.

“There’s going to be more collateral arrests in sanctuary cities because they forced us to go into the community and find the guy we’re looking for,” Homan told CNN’s Dana Bash on Tuesday.

“When you release a public safety threat out of a sanctuary jail and they won’t give us access to him, that means we got to go to the neighborhood and find him, and we will find him, but when we find him, he may be with others,” Homan added. “Others that don’t have a criminal conviction and are in the country illegally. They will be arrested too.”

Homan noted that the Trump administration differs from the previous one in that “ICE is going to enforce the immigration law.”

He added that there’s nothing in the Immigration and Nationality Act stating an illegal immigrant must be convicted of a serious crime to be deported.

Taken aback, Bash pressed Homan to clarify his words, arguing that some illegals may be upstanding members of their communities.

“Let me just make sure that I understand what you’re saying, because at first you said that the first targets are those with criminal records, but you are also saying that those who are undocumented in the U.S. who don’t have criminal records, people who are working in their communities, maybe even have spouses who are American citizens, they could be swept up by ICE today as well?” she asked.

What I’m telling you is, when we go find our priority target, which is a criminal alien, if he’s with others in the United States illegally, we’re going to take enforcement action against him,” Homan replied. “We’re going to enforce the immigration law.”

Homan told Fox News Wednesday morning that ICE has already made hundreds of arrests concentrating on the “worst first.”

“In the last twenty-four hours, ICE arrested over 308 serious criminals. Some of them were murderers. Some of them were rapists. Some of them raped a child, some were sexual assault of a child,” Homan told Fox and Friends host Lawrence Jones. “They’re prioritizing just as the president said they would,” he added. “ICE is performing excellent right now out in the field, and they’re gonna continue every day.”

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About Debra Heine

Debra Heine is a conservative Catholic mom of six and longtime political pundit. She has written for several conservative news websites over the years, including Breitbart and PJ Media.

Photo: WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 19: Tom Homan walks the red carpet at the Turning Point USA Inaugural-Eve Ball at the Salamander Hotel on January 19, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

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