What’s happening: President Donald Trump’s administration has launched massive Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids across the country, with a recent operation in New York City rounding up violent criminals, including a ringleader of the Tren de Aragua gang. After just one week, ICE reported 3,500 arrests nationwide.

  • Coming along for the ride: Newly appointed Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem joined federal agents during early-morning NYC raids, and Dr. Phil joined border czar Tom Homan on raids in Chicago.

  • “Dirtbags”: Secretary Noem posted a video of federal authorities hauling off a “criminal alien with kidnapping, assault & burglary charges,” promising “dirtbags like this will continue to be removed from our streets.”

Sanctuary policies: In the Chicago raid attended by Homan and Dr. Phil, ICE arrested a child sex offender who was in the US illegally from Thailand. Homan suggested that this man could have been deported while he was in jail, but Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) instead chose to “vilify ICE” and protect illegals.

Local defiance: Many local leaders and governors — like Pritzker — have vowed to protect illegal migrants and refuse cooperation with federal authorities. This prompted the House Oversight Committee to summon the mayors of Boston, Chicago, Denver, and NYC to testify on their policies. Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) characterized their policies as an “abject failure to comply with federal law.”

Especially online, Tom Homan has become the face of mass deportations, cheered on by his conservative fans. Viral videos have circulated of him shutting down reporters’ accusations against him and ICE, even portraying him (positively) as a gangster for his no-nonsense approach.

  • A popular mission: Polls suggest that more than 80 percent of Americans support deporting migrants, both illegal and legal, who have been convicted of a violent crime.

Why it matters: The policy issue that arguably won Trump the presidency is now represented by a bulldog determined to carry out mass deportations without fear from the media or his political opponents. Knowing they have the American people on their side, Trump and Homan are full steam ahead on their mission to clean up the Biden-Harris migration mess.

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From the left: Illegal migrants’ “anxiety and fear” was highlighted by CNN as they reported some children fear they will be deported while at school. Homan has pointed out that many violent gang members are between the ages of 15 and 17 and attend high school, so ICE must have the authority to make arrests there.

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Laney B1 year ago

Homan's message is direct, forceful and desperately needed. Maybe it's my aging ears, but does anyone else find him difficult to understand on TV?

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Carrie Thompson 1 year ago

The Mayors and DAs protecting these habitual criminals and turning them looose again should be prosecuted. And 50 million dollars worth of condoms to Gaza? Really? Where did that money actually go……… I know there’s a lot of people in that small area but not 50 million dollars worth of condoms populated! Wow!🤯 I think our tax dollars need some refunding!!

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sharon smith1 year ago

You said of Homan, " he consistently brings the conversation back to the violent crimes committed against innocent Americans." As well he should. He's trying to undo what the Biden Admin. blatantly did with their open borders policy over the past 4 years. The Constitution stipulates a 'legal' way to gain entry, but that Admin. chose to ignore that pathway and instead, created millions of migrant felons who entered our gates illegally. Those perpetrators on the Left should be arrested first for aiding and abetting those who were allowed through ... Count the number of illegals and divide that number by the number of Congress who voted for their safe, undocumented passage. Then charge each of those in Congress responsible for this travesty to be charged with that number of felons that they created, giving each guilty member of Congress a sentence of one year for each offense and there has to be thousands per Congressional offender! Drain the Swamp!

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Charles Jordet1 year ago

Isn't it strange, the difference in the tactics used by the former biden Jack Boot SWAT Teams, with their weapons drawn, breaking down doors of peaceful American citizens in the wee hours of the morning, making pregnant women stand outside in the freezing cold while they ransacked their home and hauled off their husbands to the googol. vs. Unarmed ICE and local law enforcement knocking on doors and talking the illegal criminal aliens into surrendering with no threat of being shot to death?