White House border czar Tom Homan told Newsmax on Tuesday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are focusing on taking criminal public safety threats off our streets.
Homan told "The Chris Salcedo Show" that "70% of everybody we arrest is a criminal, a public safety threat. The other 30% could be national security threats who don't have criminal histories, gang members that don't have criminal histories."
Some people targeted for arrest, he said, take a while to find since they've taken steps to hide themselves, especially those who know there's a court order for their arrest.
"Final orders, those people who had due process at great taxpayer expense, a federal judge has ordered them deported. It's ICE's job to locate them and deport them," he said.
Homan said there can be no question that ICE agents are targeting the most dangerous illegal aliens for arrest.
"So I want your viewers to understand, we are prioritizing the worst first," he said. "We are prioritizing national security threats and public safety threats."
The result, Homan said, is a significantly safer nation.
"We're removing thousands of criminal aliens from this country, thousands. And I think you're going to see a big difference in the inner cities," he said.
That also means even more focus, he said, on cities that offer special protections for illegal aliens set up by liberal politicians.
"Now, President Trump's doubling down on what he's doing now. I think you're going to see a drastic reduction in crime in these cities," Homan said.
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