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Tom Homan: “It hovers around 64 to 70% [of those arrested by ICE] are…”

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Published | Video Starts at 04:24

But you got a lot of the media saying most of the people in DICE detention aren't a criminal. Wrong. I looked at the data this morning. More than half are criminals. And as far as what we're arresting, It hovers around 64 to 70% [of those arrested by ICE] are criminals. And who are the others? 30%, which the media ignores. A lot of them are national security threats. Most national security threats don't have a criminal history. (04:24)

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