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Tom Homan: “We need to flood the zone and sanctuary cities with…”

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Tom Homan says "I don't like the masks" on ICE agents, but they "have to protect themselves"

Published February 15, 2026 | Video Starts at 06:18

Do you anticipate there'll be others on the scale scene in Minneapolis? I think it depends on the situation. I said from day one that, you know, we need to. We need to flood the zone and sanctuary cities with additional agents. The number of agents depend on the situation on the ground. How many known criminal targets are out there, because we know we have a problem with sanctuary cities because we know they're releasing public safety threats in the public. (06:18–06:23)

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Asserts the need to deploy additional agents to sanctuary cities.

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“Threats against ICE officers, you know, are up over 1,500%, actual assaults and threats are up over 8,000%.”
Tom Homan says "I don't like the masks" on ICE agents, but they "have to protect themselves" | Uploaded February 15, 2026 | 02:47-02:58
“ICE will detain, briefly detain and question somebody based on reasonable suspicion. It has nothing to do with racial profiling.”
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“Congress themselves wrote the Immigration Nationality act that gave power on administrative warrant to arrest somebody.”
Tom Homan says "I don't like the masks" on ICE agents, but they "have to protect themselves" | Uploaded February 15, 2026 | 03:35-03:44
“ICE is acting within the framework of federal statutes enacted by Congress and signed by President.”
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“DOJ interpreted that law saying in certain circumstances administrative warrant on somebody that has a final order removal.”
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“We already removed well over 1000 people and as of Monday or Tuesday we'll remove several hundred more.”
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“We know we have a problem with sanctuary cities because we know they're releasing public safety threats in the public.”
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“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…”
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“Every one of those instances you just talked about were turned over to Internal Affairs. I know the FBI is investigating the cases also.”
Tom Homan says "I don't like the masks" on ICE agents, but they "have to protect themselves" | Uploaded February 15, 2026 | 08:32-08:42
“The bottom line is we have the most secure border in the history of this nation.”
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“We got record numbers of criminal aliens arrested and deported in this country.”
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“We have the Ronnie Scott, the Run CBP has been doing it for 30 years.”
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