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ICE chief readies national sanctuary city crackdown
Fox News ^ | July 19, 2017 | Paul Bedard

Posted on 07/19/2017 12:14:20 PM PDT by Hadean

Empowered by a president who has "taken the handcuffs off of law enforcement," the nation's chief immigration official revealed Tuesday that deportation targets have surged and that he's planning to deploy more agents and resources to "sanctuary cities" to arrest illegal criminals.

Thomas D. Homan, acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said in an interview that since Trump entered office, illegal border crossings have crashed by almost 70 percent, "an historic low," arrests inside the country have jumped 40 percent and that demands for illegal criminals in local jails has skyrocketed 80 percent.

"You can like President Trump, not like him, like his policies, not like his policies, but one thing no one can argue with is the effect they've had," said Homan, the former chief ICE enforcement boss and a 30-year immigration agency veteran.

He said that the change in immigration enforcement has been radical — and welcome — under Trump. "You'd think everybody would be celebrating these policies," he said during the 45-minute interview in his office.

One group he says are cheering: Border Patrol and ICE agents. "Now they have meaning to their jobs," said Homan. "What this president has done is taken the handcuffs off of law enforcement officers who are charged with enforcing immigration laws," he added.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; ice; illegal; immigration; sanctuarycities

1 posted on 07/19/2017 12:14:21 PM PDT by Hadean
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To: Hadean

ICE: less talk, more action pls.


2 posted on 07/19/2017 12:16:51 PM PDT by sheehan (DEPORT ALL ILLEGALS.)
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To: All
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3 posted on 07/19/2017 12:20:17 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (MAGA!!!)
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To: Hadean

ICE, ICE, baby!


4 posted on 07/19/2017 12:21:24 PM PDT by jdsteel (Give me freedom not more government.)
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To: Hadean
You wanna see The Fellowship of the Ring? Again? Image and video hosting by TinyPic Sure, if I can speak English some more!
5 posted on 07/19/2017 12:39:19 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: Hadean
I am SO glad Foxnews has decided to call these folks exactly what they are, ILLEGAL CRIMINALS.

Personally, I prefer Criminal Aliens, but Illegal Criminals is almost as good. A step in the right direction of correct identification.

The people who write the AP Style Book are prolly having vapors :)

6 posted on 07/19/2017 12:41:37 PM PDT by upchuck (Life is a test. What's YOUR score?)
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To: Hadean

Let’s hear from the mopes who complain he isn’t doing anything significant about Illegalism.


7 posted on 07/19/2017 12:55:09 PM PDT by arrogantsob (Check out "CHAOS AND MAYHEM" at Amazon.com)
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To: Hadean

8 posted on 07/19/2017 12:57:32 PM PDT by PROCON (President Reagan, your worthy successor has arrived to save our beloved America)
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To: arrogantsob

I think it’s great that these rat mayors are herding the illegals to their cities for easier round up.


9 posted on 07/19/2017 12:58:34 PM PDT by hardspunned
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To: sheehan

What are your credentials to make such a statement?

Sounds like keyboard bravado to me.


10 posted on 07/19/2017 12:59:24 PM PDT by bert (K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP .... The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column)
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To: hardspunned

Excellent point.


11 posted on 07/19/2017 1:00:39 PM PDT by arrogantsob (Check out "CHAOS AND MAYHEM" at Amazon.com)
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To: Hadean

Another big Trump win. The karma of enforcing the law in these lawless cities is priceless.


12 posted on 07/19/2017 1:01:02 PM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: Hadean

A sanctuary city is a target-rich environment for ICE.


13 posted on 07/19/2017 1:03:41 PM PDT by AZLiberty (A is now A once again.)
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To: upchuck
I am SO glad Foxnews has decided to call these folks exactly what they are, ILLEGAL CRIMINALS.

They're not talking about Raul the roofer, or Manuela the maid. Fox News doesn't have that kind of courage.

14 posted on 07/19/2017 1:39:00 PM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: Hadean

Homan, the former chief ICE enforcement boss and a 30-year immigration agency veteran.
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Most of his career he’s been told not to do his job by Presidents of both parties.


15 posted on 07/19/2017 1:39:52 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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16 posted on 07/19/2017 6:28:44 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (I was not elected to continue a failed system. I was elected to change it. --Donald J. Trump)
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To: Hadean

Don’t forget Connecticut!!


17 posted on 07/20/2017 5:43:35 AM PDT by KosmicKitty (Waiting for inspiration)
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