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Border Czar Tom Homan spoke with reporters outside of the White House on Thursday about potential plans to use a Naval base in Chicago for ICE operations.
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00:00Can you confirm that there's a naval base that's going to be used as an ice operations center of North Chicago, a head of operations in the city?
00:10There's discussions about that, yes.
00:13How soon can we see ice agencies?
00:15We'll see. It's under discussions. The planning is still being discussed, so maybe by the end of the day, but it's being discussed.
00:24And how many ice agents are you anticipating on the ground there with national archers? I assume we'll also use that?
00:30Uh, I know, but I'm not going to say it. We're not going to tell you how many resources we're going to send to the city.
00:38We don't want the bad guy to know what we're sending. It'll be a large contingent.
00:42Do you have a response to Mayor Bowser yesterday saying that mask ice agents are ineffective?
00:48Do what?
00:49She said yesterday during that press conference that mask ice agents are ineffective.
00:55Mask ice agents are ineffective?
00:57Yeah.
00:57Well, like, uh, they're extremely effective. I mean, look at the crime rate in D.C.
01:03President Trump's going to make D.C. the model city of the world.
01:07I mean, this is a capital, the greatest capital in the world of the world where we're, it has to be an example of the whole world.
01:18The crime rates already dropped significantly. It's just, it doesn't, it's not based on data. It must be based on her skewed opinion because I see the numbers every day. They're doing a great job. D.C. is much safer today.
01:30She ought to be, if she had an ounce of integrity, she'd be thanking President Trump for making D.C. safer again.
01:35Sir, except that there's reports from different parts of the country that you have criminals now putting on masks, dressing in ersatz, police gear, ballistic vests, and whatnot, and robbing people.
01:48How should Americans be sure that if they're approached by someone wearing a mask, wearing a vest, presenting, pointing a gun at them, that that's a police officer, an ICE agent, federal agent, and not a criminal?
02:04Well, a criminal has been wearing masks for a long time. I mean, I saw groups like Antifa commit thousands of crimes for the past few years wearing masks, and no one complained about it.
02:16But look, every ICE officer has insignia on their, on, it was HSI or ERO. And, you know, I can't prevent somebody from making pretend they're, you know, I've seen in my career, I've seen people paint a car as a Border Patrol color.
02:28Unfortunately, that happens. We'll, we'll hold them accountable when they're caught. But the bottom line is, I don't, I don't particularly like masks, but the ICE officers need the mask because their families are being doxxed.
02:41And believe me, I know, because I'm a victim of it, their families are being doxxed, their children are being doxxed, their families have been put in harm's way.
02:48But no one asks the question, right? And you got all these legislators out there that want to pass laws that prevent ICE from wearing masks.
02:54Meanwhile, I don't see any legislation, Antifa unmasking, or these people do these violent counter-protests.
03:00It's not just protests, it's protests that turn violent and attacks ICE officers. No one's asking for legislation to take their mask off.
03:06So ICE agents are doing what they got to do to make this country safe again. So they're doing a fabulous job. It's a dangerous, important job.
03:13But their families are being attacked. And I know for a fact, because my family's been attacked, I support them wearing masks.
03:20And a lot of it's based on, that question should be given to the lawmakers on Capitol Hill, Democrat lawmakers who want to compare ICE to racists, the Nazis.
03:30You know, it's just disgusting, because ICE is enforcing laws they enacted.
03:34If Congress don't like what ICE is doing, they can certainly change the law.
03:37And the protesters, the ones that turn violent against ICE, why don't they go to Capitol Hill and protest Capitol Hill?
03:41They wrote the law that ICE is enforcing.
03:43So any member of Congress to call ICE a racist or a terrorist for enforcing the law they wrote, is disgusting.
03:50On every level, they shouldn't be a member of Congress.
03:53The other day in the Cabinet meeting, the President talked about trying to find the right balance between the President's tough immigration policies
04:02and also helping out American farmers who rely on undocumented migrants to pick their crops.
04:09What does that compromise look like from your perspective?
04:12I'm not going to get ahead of the President on that.
04:15I'm discussing that with people.
04:17But until the President makes a final decision, I'm not going to get ahead of them.
04:22I'll support what the President comes up with.
04:25Again, this is a job of, you know, Congress, right?
04:28If there's a need for these workers to be in the country, we have a lack of those workers,
04:34and Congress has certainly improved the visa program.
04:36But I'm not going to get ahead of the President.
04:38I'll wait until the President makes his final decision, and we'll go from there.
04:40Sir, how many people are still detained at Alligator Alcatraz, and do you still see a role for that facility?
04:45It's about 50% full right now.
04:50First of all, I disagree with the judge who made the decision.
04:53I went down there.
04:54I walked through detention areas where these people sleep and live.
04:58I saw a clean facility, a well-maintained facility.
05:01I went to the medical center and talked to the nurses there on staff, looked at the medical facility.
05:08It was great.
05:08I even asked whether there's a serious situation here, can you handle it, and they can.
05:14And if it got too serious, there's a helicopter right there on premises and taken to the nearest trauma center.
05:19That's better than a lot of U.S. citizens have.
05:21And I even went to the cafeteria, and I actually looked at what they were serving for lunch that day.
05:27I opened it up and looked at it, and it was good food.
05:31And, you know, the whole environmental concern, I was briefed by the person running the facility that all the waste is removed from that facility every day,
05:38taken off-site and removed from the facility.
05:40And as far as the complex itself, it's built on existing infrastructure.
05:45The runways and the airport was already there.
05:48These are just south-sided facilities.
05:49Now, I'll say this.
05:50I thought it was a great transition facility, but I do think ICE needs more brick-and-mortar facilities.
05:54We've got the money now to build infrastructure, like we're building the wall and other things down there.
05:58We need permanent facilities.
06:00But I'm thanking Governor DeSantis and the other governors who are stepping up and saying,
06:05we want to help you build the detention facilities because they're affected by the last four years of an open border
06:11and all the criminals that are released in this country.
06:13So I welcome the governor stepping up and helping us with these transitional facilities.
06:17Mr. Chairman, as the president talks about sending the National Guard into other cities like Chicago,
06:22is this a way to target sanctuary cities?
06:26No, I think you're sending to, you know, the National Guard would be in cities that have crime problems.
06:32But I'll tell you this, I was in L.A. when that whole thing started there,
06:38and I was there the first couple of nights, and I'm glad the president sent the National Guard to Los Angeles.
06:42Los Angeles is a safer city today because of what President Trump did.
06:46The men and women in ICE were physically attacked.
06:48The facility was physically attacked.
06:50The house aliens that were arrested that put them in danger.
06:53After two days of the governor of California, Mayor Bass, not taking action, President Trump did.
06:58He made the right decision.
06:59So National Guard, they're not out there, you know, being the head of enforcing immigration law.
07:05They're assisting ICE and ICE operations to help with the infrastructure, intelligence, transportation.
07:13ICE officers are making the rest.
07:14But as far as the National Guard going to cities and making it safe again,
07:17I see great success in Washington, D.C., and I agree with the president sending them to cities to have a high crime rate.
07:22If these mayors choose to not address the crime rate, President Trump is going to.
07:27He made a promise to the American people, and that's why he's sitting in the Oval Office.
07:31American people put him in there because he promised America safe again.
07:33That's what he's doing.
07:34Why hasn't that happened in New York yet, considering you called for ICE agents to be more present in New York?
07:41We've had an increase in ICE presence in New York.
07:43What about National Guard?
07:44Do you think they should be sent in an ICE?
07:46I won't get ahead of the president.
07:47Where do we go next?
07:48Mr. Holman, is there a car data on crime reduction numbers due to deportations, self-deportations, and removal of criminals from the United States?
07:59Yeah, there's been several studies by several groups here in D.C.
08:02The crime rate has dropped down in areas where we've done surge operations.
08:06I don't have the exact numbers in front of me, but look, not every illegal alien in this country is a public safety threat, but many are.
08:14For that percentage that are, when we deport them, that makes the city safe again.
08:19And despite what I read in the media, that we're arresting all these non-criminals, I look at the numbers every morning on the way here.
08:24I look at the numbers every morning.
08:25There's about 22 pages of data.
08:2870% of everybody ICE arrested is a criminal.
08:32But the left says, well, not criminal enough.
08:33It's just a DUI.
08:34DUI kills over 10,000 people a year.
08:36That's a public safety threat.
08:37I don't care what anybody thinks.
08:3870% of the people ICE arrest are criminals.
08:41Who's the other 30%?
08:43National security threat.
08:44We arrested thousands of national security threats.
08:46Many of them don't have a criminal history because their whole goal is lay low until they do their dirty deed.
08:51Gang members, a lot of gang members don't have criminal history.
08:53And finally, final deportation orders.
08:55People who had due process at great taxpayer expense, they were already removed by a federal judge, and they didn't leave.
09:02And we're looking for them, too, because we're sending a message to the whole world.
09:05It's not okay to enter this country illegally.
09:07It's a crime.
09:08It's certainly not okay to ignore a judge's order after you're being given due process.
09:13The message we're going to send, we have consequences.
09:15And one of the reasons we have such a secure border right now is not only because of the great work the men and women of the Border Patrol have done,
09:22the president signed executive orders like Remain in Mexico and ending catch and release.
09:25A part of the success of the most secure border in this nation's history is because we're showing the world there's consequences.
09:32You enter this country illegally, it's not okay.
09:35If you get order removed by a federal judge, you're going to leave.
09:37We're going to make sure of that.
09:38And I think the world's seeing ICE operations throughout this nation.
09:41A thousand teams out there every day.
09:43We're sending a message, and that's helped greatly reduce the amount of people who are trying to come to the border.
09:48Mr. Paul, can I ask a question about legal immigration?
09:51There are reports about a multi-agency immigration enforcement operation in Chicago after labor day.
09:57Can you confirm those reports?
09:58And why Chicago?
09:59Look at the crime rate in Chicago.
10:03I mean, when this administration first came to power, Brandon Johnson, mayor there, he said I wasn't welcome to Chicago.
10:11Where was I the first day?
10:12Chicago.
10:13And I was up there in operation.
10:15I remember that first day, if I remember the numbers right, the first day we took like nine predators off the street.
10:22Sexual child predators off the street.
10:24We arrested members to TDA.
10:25We arrested Trenda, Iowa.
10:27We arrested members to MS-13.
10:29We were messaging two people that were convicted of murder that were walking the streets.
10:33Illegal immigrants.
10:34So, in one day, look what we did.
10:37Chicago still has a crime problem.
10:39So, President Trump, again, made a promise to American people, we'll make this country safe again.
10:43So, Chicago has a crime problem.
10:45That's why President Trump's thinking about it.
10:46Mr. Hold on, a question about ramping up after labor day?
10:50Operations are ramping up across the country, but you can see a ramp up of operations in Chicago, absolutely.
10:55You're going to see a ramp up of operations in New York.
10:57You're going to see a ramp up of operations continue in L.A.
11:00And, you know, Portland, Seattle.
11:02I mean, all these sanctuary cities that refuse to work with ICE, where we know public safety threats are being released every day into this country, especially those cities, we're going to address that.
11:12We don't have that problem in Texas and Florida, where all the sheriffs are working with us, and they're actually holding people for us, and letting us know when someone's being released.
11:20So, we're going to take the assets we have and move them to problem areas like sanctuary cities, where we know for a fact they're releasing public safety threats, illegal aliens to the streets every day.
11:30That's where we need to send the majority of the resource, and that's where they're going.
11:34So, on legal immigration, there is, the federal administration is considering reducing the duration of visa for students and journalists.
11:43For journalists, for instance, the iVisa would be, now, last for a year, would be 240 days.
11:50Can you confirm this, and why is this important, why do you consider this important, to limit the duration for visa for journeys?
11:57I can't confirm that, no.
11:59Tom, on a personal or professional level, can you just offer your reaction to the Catholic school shooting yesterday?
12:07It's heartbreaking.
12:08I mean, as a, I made no qualms a lot, I'm a lifelong Catholic, and I actually went to Catholic school, and it's terrible.
12:16It's, what happened was terrible, and, um, I hope y'all hit your knees last night and said a prayer for those children and their families.
12:26I mean, it's a, it's a terrible, terrible thing.
12:31Just terrible.
12:33Gavin Newsom is an embarrassment to position he owes.
12:41Hard stop.
12:42If he had an ounce of integrity, he would be calling President Trump and thanking President Trump for making L.A. safer.
12:49He'd be calling the head of ICE and thanking them for the numbers, the thousands of criminals, public safety threats they've taken off the streets of California.
12:58He'd be calling the Secretary Nomen thanking her.
13:01If he had an ounce of, if the data proves it, anybody can look at the data of who we've arrested in California, he ought to be thanking us.
13:07So, Governor Newsom is, he's an embarrassment, it's a position he holds, and, and, you know, he's trying to be relevant, apparently, whatever.
13:15But, we're going to be in L.A. today, we're going to be in L.A. tomorrow, we're going to be in every California city.
13:20We'll be in San Diego.
13:21I was in San Diego and Seattle Portland last week meeting with men and women at ICE to understand the hate being pushed against them, letting them know that the President has their six.
13:30I have their six.
13:32They're going to keep doing the job without apology so Governor Newsom can stand by and watch President Trump make California safe.
13:39Do you think that alligator arbitrage was a waste of money now that he was being shut down?
13:43No.
13:44No.
13:45I think that, I think the judge made a bad decision.
13:48I was there.
13:49And it's a transitional facility.
13:51It's not a long-term facility.
13:52It's a transitional facility.
13:53I, and I think, I, I, I think the governors are stepping up and saying, let us help you, because they felt the wrath of the last four years of open borders.
14:02Four years.
14:0310.5 million people come into this country.
14:06Most of them are released in the nation.
14:08Right?
14:08And, and again, I'll say it again.
14:10Not every illegal alien is a public safety threat, but many are.
14:14But, we have the most secure border in the history of the nation today because of President Trump and the men and women of the Border Patrol and the men and women of ICE.
14:22This country is safer.
14:24And with illegal immigration down 94 to 96 percent, you all know this, there's been studies done that say 31 percent of women that make that journey get sexually assaulted by the cartels.
14:33Under Joe Biden, we had a record number of aliens die making that journey, over 4,000.
14:39That's a historic number of people dying making that journey.
14:41Historic number of people, according to me, and died from fentanyl poisoning because of that open border and fentanyl flowing across.
14:47Sex traffic and women and children were at historic highs.
14:49Number of known suspected terrorists, over 400, just on the southern border, in historic high.
14:55So, when President Trump has illegal immigration down 94 to 96 percent, how many women aren't being raped making that journey?
15:02How many children aren't dying making that journey?
15:04How many aliens aren't dying making that journey?
15:05How many Americans aren't dying right now from fentanyl overdoses because that border is secured?
15:10How many women and children aren't being sex trafficked in this country because of what President Trump did?
15:14President Trump's success on the border is unprecedented.
15:18He's saving lives by 1,000.
15:19Even the wall.
15:20People want to attack the wall.
15:21Is this a vanity wall?
15:22This is America's wall.
15:23Because every place they build a wall, illegal immigration is decreased, illegal drug clothes decrease.
15:27But one of the most important things no one talks about, the wall saves lives.
15:31Women and children can't get over that wall, which means they go to a place where there's not a wall.
15:35And what's waiting on them?
15:36The men and women on the border are going to take care of those medical needs.
15:39They've got a lot more in bad shape than they get there.
15:41President Trump's on the border.
15:43His success on the border is unprecedented.
15:45I wake up every day proud I'm working with this guy because he's the greatest president of my lifetime, and he proves it every day.
15:51Thank you so much.
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