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Tom Homan: “We quickly found out, number one, they [children] weren't…”

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WATCH: Walls Work: Fireside Chat with The Honorable Tom Homan at CPAC 2026 - 03/26/26

Published March 26, 2026 | Video Starts at 13:56

I explained to the president they don't have the digital footprint. So we got to count on the digital footprint of who they were released to these unvetted sponsors. And when we started this operation, We quickly found out, number one, they [children] weren't vetted properly. Number two, the addresses were never verified. That's right. So we're going to address at our supermarkets and parking lots and city parks. (13:56–14:01)

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Tom Homan

“Threats are up 8,000% [against ICE officers].”
WATCH: Walls Work: Fireside Chat with The Honorable Tom Homan at CPAC 2026 - 03/26/26 | Uploaded March 26, 2026 | 02:25-02:29
“Over 10.5 million illegal [immigrants] came to the border that we know of.”
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“We also have 2.1 million known gotaways captured on video, drone traffic or sensor traffic.”
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“Since you've been in the Oval office, we're about 827,000 deportations. And that beats any record under Obama we had.”
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“The record was 409,000 [deportations under Obama].”
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“They found right around 145,000 missing children.”
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“31% of women that make that journey with the cartels admitted to being raped.”
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“Today we have the most secure border in the history of this nation.”
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“Joe Biden [administration] 12, 13,000 [illegal crossings] a day.”
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“They hit almost 2 million people coming to the border in just one year.”
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“What happened on the border was the biggest national security failure I've ever seen in the US Government.”
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“Governor Abbott stood up and secured the Texas border as best he could under the Biden administration.”
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“By every illegal alien they [Texas DPS and National Guard] arrested, less fentanyl got in this country, killed Americans.”
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“Biden administration said they vetted everybody. No, they didn't. They didn't properly vet them.”
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“We just hired 10,000 more deportation officers.”
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“We're suing the hell out of sanctuary cities.”
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“We're over 2 million self removals.”
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“One of the reasons we have the most secure border in history, this nation, is because of the great work of the Border Patrol and President…”
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“Under Biden administration, he told ICE, you can't arrest an illegal alien unless he's convicted of a serious offense.”
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“If you look at, let's just say, 825,000, we average between 60 and 70% of those we arrest are criminals.”
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“The number is about 62% criminal. The other two, 38%, are non criminals.”
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“We got record number of arrest, deportation. We're going to do a lot more because we just hired a lot more people.”
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“The addresses were never verified.”
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“That's 145,000 missing children that the last administration lost and weren't even looking for.”
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“President Trump's leadership literally saved thousands of young children's lives.”
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“96% less people are coming.”
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“President Trump's policies are saving thousands of lives every month.”
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“Cartels are going broke. They're losing money.”
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“The intelligence force, I see, they're concentrating on Asia, Asia and Europe right now because they know it's hard here.”
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“We have the same policies now that we had under Obama and Clinton.”
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“Some say they want to abolish ICE, others say, no, we just aren't. The new words are reform, ICE.”
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“They're punishing them because they don't like ICE.”
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“The AG I talked to the AG and there's a law that can't honor detainers in the county jails.”
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“Now we have unprecedented precedented assistance from the counties.”
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“Because of our work up there, that state is less of a sanctuary state.”
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“We want to arrest a bad guy in the safety and security of a jail.”
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“Right guy, right time, right job. That's good. I've talked to him already today.”
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“We're going to enforce the immigration law. We're going to do it like you've never seen before.”
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“We're going to arrest a whole lot of people.”
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“For the Democrats who want to keep beating up on ICE, want to shut down DHS, you're not going to stop us.”
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