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Tom Homan: “We're not going to turn a blind eye to illegal immigration.”

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

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Extended interview: Tom Homan says ICE embraced "smarter" deportation tactics after Minneapolis

Published | Video Starts at 09:55

It also results in more collateral arrests because we'll find others in the pursuit of the target. And we're arresting them, too. We're not going to turn a blind eye to illegal immigration. So if you want less collaterals, if you want more target enforcement operation, then let us send the damn jail. You know, you chose to arrest somebody and lock him in a jail cell. (09:55–09:58)

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Asserts that ICE will continue to enforce immigration laws.

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