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Extended interview: Border czar Tom Homan on Minneapolis ICE shooting, more

Published January 8, 2026 | Video Starts at 17:30

I've seen some very sad things. Enforced law, sometimes sad. But because of the actions of President Trump, thousands of lives are being saved every month. 96% less people are coming because they know there's consequences now. which means vulnerable people, the most vulnerable people in the world aren't given criminal cartels or life savings to make that dangerous journey. Sex trafficking has plummeted. (17:30–17:36)

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Asserts a 96% reduction in people attempting to cross the border due to perceived consequences.

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“Nearly 70%. I think it's like 68 point something percent of everybody ICE arrested is a criminal.”
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“President Trump has illegal immigration down 96%, which means 96% less people are now coming.”
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“Less than 10% of people ICE arrest are criminals.”
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“The Trump administration has already found over 129,000 children that the last administration lost track of.”
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“How many people on the terrorist watch list were apprehended crossing the southern border in four years? 14. How many are in Joe Biden? Over…”
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“We got 2.1 million known. 2.1 million known gotaways calling on veto traffic, drone traffic, central traffic.”
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“That's when the fentanyl came across, killed a quarter million Americans.”
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“There has been bloodshed. There's been attacks on ICE officers, been people killed. Even our detainees were killed here in Dallas.”
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“70%. I mean, Washington examiner just came out. They looked at all the data.”
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“Less fentanyl is getting into the country to kill Americans.”
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“Sex trafficking, women and children have declined increasingly so.”
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“One of the reasons we have the most secure border in the history of this nation is because ICE operations.”
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“You want less ICE agents in the street, then let us in the jail. They're a sanctuary city.”
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“I have not seen ICE act out outside of policy.”
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“Because of the actions of President Trump, thousands of lives are being saved every month.”
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“We're not going to stop until we find every one of these 300,000 missing children.”
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“The last administration released [children] without properly vetting who their sponsors were.”
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“President Trump has said there are discussions ongoing with, like, farmers and, you know, other things.”
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“If Trump, 45, came up with a DACA fix, who shut it down? Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer.”
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“When the Biden administration created this humanitarian crisis on purpose, it wasn't an accident. It wasn't incompetence.”
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“On average, 70%, 7 0. 70% of agents were pulled off the line to deal with this humanitarian crisis.”
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“Temporary protective status. I've been doing this since 1984. I don't think I've ever seen TPS be temporary.”
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