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Tom Homan: “Now we got to send the whole team out, cover the back door…”

Featuring: Tom Homan, Border Czar, Trump Administration | National

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Border czar Tom Homan: The mission is going to improve because of the changes we're making

Published | Video Starts at 08:04

We're going to arrest them, so we're going to find them. And what happens is now we got to arrest somebody on his turf who has access to who knows what weapons. Now we got to send the whole team out, cover the back door, cover the front door. Officer safety reasons. Then because of the hateful rhetoric and the attacks on ISIS officers, now we got to send a security team behind the arrest team. (08:04–08:12)

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Asserts that arresting suspects in the community requires more resources and poses safety risks.

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