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Tom Homan: “Why is ICE deaths in custody far below any state prison, any…”

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

Published May 5, 2026 | Video Starts at 26:36

Why are so many people dying in ICE custody? And what is being done to address this alarming trend? A better question would be Why is ICE deaths in custody far below any state prison, any federal prison? Why do we have the lowest death in custody of any state prison system or the federal incarceration system? Our deaths in custody are lower than everybody's. (26:36–26:43)

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Claims that ICE has a lower death rate in custody compared to state and federal prisons.

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Tom Homan

“Over 4,000 aliens died making that journey [to the U.S. border] during Joe Biden's administration.”
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“Over a quarter million Americans died from fentanyl coming across the border in historic record.”
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“Under Trump 45, 14 [national security threats] were arrested on the southern border, Joe Biden, over 400.”
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“31% of women who make that journey through the cartels report being sexually assaulted, raped.”
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“We got nearly 700,000 illegal aliens with criminal histories walking the streets of this country.”
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“Actual attacks [on ICE agents] are up 1,400%.”
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“Over 10 million illegal aliens that we know of came to the border.”
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“During Joe Biden's massive, historic illegal immigration crisis, over 2 million known gotaways called on video traffic, drone traffic…”
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“Threats against [ICE agents] are up 8,000%.”
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“As of today, we have the most secure border in the history of the nation.”
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“The President made a promise to the American people, amass deportations.”
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“The numbers [of deportations] have dipped slightly, I think 12%.”
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“We had unprecedented support from county jails across the state [Minnesota] that we didn't have before.”
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“That state's [Minnesota] less of a sanctuary state now because of the cooperation we have.”
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“We got over 800,000 removals between [ICE] and [CBP] since President Trump's been [in the] Oval Office.”
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“Right now the numbers run around 60 to 65% criminal. But let's say 60% of [who] we're arresting is criminal.”
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“You can see because of President Trump's focus on public safety, crime rates [are] dropping across the country.”
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“We're not going to turn a blind eye to illegal immigration.”
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“We got a million and a half, approximately people with final orders had due process.”
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“At least 8, 900,000 of them are executable. Final orders can be deported today.”
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“We just have a massive hiring surge and we got, I don't know, we're going to hire 10,000. I think we got maybe 6 or 7,000 on board.”
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“Millions were released in this country illegally, in my opinion, against established immigration law.”
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“We handed President Biden the most secure border ever back then. And within weeks, they destroyed it.”
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“Many of them unvetted, not properly vetted, because you got Secretary Mayorkas saying, well, everybody's vetted, we're released crap.”
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“President Trump sent me there to fix that problem, and we fixed it.”
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“Under President Obama, we removed 409,000 people.”
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“We beat that number. We got historic numbers now.”
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“We're hiring thousands of more agents.”
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“If they violated the law, they gotta be held. They gotta held responsible.”
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“We have a system in this country, due process.”
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“But due process. It sounds like due process was given because she had final order.”
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“A lot of the Successes we have, unprecedented success is based on executive orders which can certainly be turned around by the next…”
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“I've never seen Congress more broken than it is right now.”
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“Why did 2 million people pay more to get away? Because you play a cartel, you pay one amount of money to get to the border, see a green…”
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“We know there's sleeper cells here.”
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“The Biden administration is going to take us a decade to fix.”
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“Those in detention is more than doubled.”
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“Members of Congress should not be comparing ICE to the Nazis or secret police.”
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“8,000% increase in death threats [against ICE agents].”
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“Name me a law enforcement agency that has an 8,000% increase in death threats. There isn't one.”
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