Tom Homan: “ICE arrests U.S. citizens every day for trafficking and…”

“Detentions are short periods of time wherein you try to ascertain someone's identity. You have any idea what percentage of people you're detaining turn out to be American citizens? Well, first, is ICE arresting U.S. citizens? ICE arrests U.S. citizens every day for trafficking and smuggling and drug distribution and weapons dealing. ICE enforces 400 laws and statutes. So yeah, I do arrest U.S. citizens. Are we targeting U.S. citizens as partisan immigration enforcement? Not unless you are protesters that cross the line and committed impediment interference assault.” (05:03–05:12)

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