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Tom Homan: “The majority of the arrests are criminals. Public safety…”

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

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Tom Homan Discusses Immigration Enforcement and Sanctuary Cities

Published | Video Starts at 07:27

It's the right thing to do. And I'm sick and tired of reading in the media that most of the people we arrest aren't criminals. Tell the whole story. The majority of the arrests are criminals. Public safety threats. Who are the others? Many are national security threats. They might not have a criminal conviction. We got over 300 Iranians that we've arrested in the last month or so. (07:27)

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Asserts that the majority of ICE arrests are of criminals and public safety threats.

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