Tom Homan: “We're not going to take tools away from them that helped…”

“I want the government back open. So, you know, but I'm not. We're not going to put ICE officers at further risk. We're not going to take tools away from them that helped them to arrest more criminals and national security threats than any time in history. The president made clear. National security, public safety threats. But I am not going to handcuff ICE like they were during the last four years of the Biden administration.” (04:00–04:07)

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