Over 1,300 migrants have been detained and deported by federal officials in over ten major U.S. cities, according to Tom Homan, President Donald Trump’s border czar.
Of the 1,300 persons detained, Homan told NewsNation on Thursday that at least 1,000 had criminal histories.
According to Homan, the other ones are either collaterals in sanctuary towns because they compelled us to live there or fugitives who have gone through immigration court and became fugitives.
Approximately 1.1% of all arrests made by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in fiscal year 2024 occurred during the first three days of Trump’s presidency.
The average number of arrests each day in 2024 was approximately 310, but it has since increased to approximately 433, and it is certain to continue to rise.
According to Homan, the Biden administration’s rule that ICE could not detain migrants until they had been found guilty of a major crime has been lifted.
The Immigration and Nationality Act doesn’t require you to have a criminal conviction. “You might be removed if you’re here illegally,” he continued. Threats to national security and public safety are our top priorities. We’re doing just that at the moment.
According to reports, raids have taken place in major cities such as Boston, Denver, New York City, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Seattle, Miami, Washington, D.C., and Newark, N.J.
Newark is one of several of these that have refused to assist federal immigration authorities in deportation proceedings, making them sanctuary cities.
US residents, a US military veteran, and undocumented persons were among those held by ICE officials without a warrant, according to a statement released by Newark Mayor Ras Baraka on Thursday.
According to the statement, Newark will not tolerate the illegal terrorization of citizens.
According to WLS-TV, Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago, another sanctuary city, started a campaign in collaboration with the public transit system that uses digital monitors at train stations to display information about migrants’ rights.
Any policies that the president wants to implement that target Chicago’s working class According to the publication, Johnson said, “We will defend our city.” It really is that easy.
Homan, however, resisted sanctuary cities, saying that federal agents would not need to enter neighborhoods to make arrests if they cooperated by giving ICE access to nearby jails.
The county jail’s sanctuary laws prevent us from entering, but if we can apprehend the criminal in a jail’s safety and security—which is safer for the officer, the aliens, and the community—there will be a lot fewer low-level offenders and fewer arrests, Homan said.
“Sanity cities will get exactly what they don’t want when we force agents into the community: more agents in neighborhoods and more collateral arrests while we’re doing this criminal operation,” he said.
He expressed his hope that the sanctuary cities would change their ways.
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