Tom Homan C-SPAN immigration debate
Tom Homan went straight to the point when a reporter tried to frame immigration enforcement as something cruel. The exchange started with a question about whether ICE should be arresting parents right in front of their kids at school bus stops. The reporter pushed back by noting the person in question had been living in the country illegally for 20 years without committing any other crimes. Homan didn't buy that distinction. He asked if the person was removable and present in violation of the law. His response was blunt: if you are in the country illegally, you have got a problem. It doesn't matter if your children are citizens. Having a US citizen child does not grant immunity from deportation laws. Homan argued that being here illegally is a problem regardless of family ties. He insisted that mass deportations are necessary rather than selective ones. The message being sent matters. If we tell the world entering illegally is fine because you can just ignore removal orders or claim citizenship through your kids, then law means nothing anymore. Homan pointed out that thousands of migrants died making that journey under current administration policies like Biden's. He emphasized that the reporter admitted the subject was in the country illegally. That admission ends the argument. We said mass deportations, not some deportations.
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Do you believe that ICE should be arresting parents in front of their children at school bus stops? Has ICE arrested parents at school bus stops? In Bridgeport, Connecticut last week. Well, I'm not aware of that. Bottom line, is he known as in the country illegally? He was in the country illegally for 20 years, but did not commit any other crimes while in the interior of the United States. Is he remarkable? Is he here in violation of the law? Should he be arrested in front of his 16-year-old daughter at the school bus stop? I'm not aware of that. And the bottom line is that just because you have... ICE confirmed if you stay in that. No, no, here's the issue. If the message you want to send to the whole world, enter the country, leave, is the crime, it's okay. If you get an order removal, ignore. What message is you send to children at school bus stops? Have a U.S. citizen child and you're good to go. The law means nothing to you anymore. If that's the message we send to the whole world, enter the country, leave, is the crime, don't worry about it. Have a U.S. citizen child and you're off the table, that's a message you want to send to the whole world. The most vulnerable people are putting themselves in harm's way, like under the Biden administration, where 4,000 aliens died in making that journey. No, the law enforcement is meaningful, and if you're in the country legally, you've got a problem. Mr. Holman, have you, with the administration, looked into the US?
