Border Czar Tom Homan said Tuesday on Fox News Channel's “America Report” that a deportation operation has begun.
Co-host John Roberts said, “Tom, based on your original schedule, we expected that the process of rounding up illegal aliens who have committed crimes and deporting them would begin today.'' It seems like it's been on hold for a while. When can we expect it to happen? Where does it start?”
Homan said, “No, it's started. Once we start, we have all of these teams as of today. We've directed them to prioritize the public safety threats that we're looking for. So we've been working on a target list and the Pacific Operation Plan has been announced. So there was some discussion about Chicago. So we had to look at the situation and re-evaluate. Does this raise any safety concerns? And it does. We addressed that problem and today our entire team is competent.
“So the critics were saying you're going to find people's abuelas and grandmothers and send them back to where they came from. Who are you targeting, at least at this early stage?” Roberts said. ”
Homan said, “There is an immediate threat to public safety. Anyone who is lawfully present in the country who has been arrested and convicted of a serious crime. But let me be clear, if you are arrested, It's not just a threat to public safety. In a sanctuary city, a threat to public safety is not allowed in jail, which means we have to go to the neighborhood and find him. when found him , he may be with others. And unlike the previous administration, we are not going to instruct ICE agents not to arrest illegal aliens once they find them. So sanctuary cities are going to get exactly what they don't want: more neighborhood investigators, more collateral arrests.”
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