Tom Homan: “A lot of politicians are out there on the left and the…”

“I hope more people pay attention to that. And we work with these states to let our officers in the jail. You can't. A lot of politicians are out there on the left and the Democrats saying, okay, ice, we agree you should be focusing on public safety threats. You should be focusing on illegal aliens who have committed serious crimes in this country. But they lock us out of the jail. You can't square that. If you really want us to focus on the criminals, then let us send the jail. That's the safest, most secure place to do our work.” (07:16–07:33)

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