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President Donald Trump’s border czar Tom Homan said illegal border crossings are down 93 percent.
Homan shared the update during a Sunday interview on Fox News.
“We’ve got the numbers this morning. The crossings on the border are down 93%. 93%! That’s a bigger decrease than under the first Trump administration,” Homan told Maria Bartiromo.
“So, look, I said it, President Trump’s the game-changer. No one has had the success he’s had in securing the border. He clearly understands we can’t have strong national security if we don’t have border security. We need to know who’s coming in, what’s coming in, where, and why,” he continued.
Homan also reported on the number of migrant criminals arrested since Trump’s return to the White House.
“We’ve achieved success on the border already. We’ve got more work to do. And as far as the deportation operation, we’re just shy of — I think we got 5,000 arrested the first week, and a majority of them being criminals,” Homan said.
“The non-criminals the media’s talking about, who are these non-criminals? The non-criminals are arrested in sanctuary cities because you force us into the community rather than arresting the bad guy in jail, and when we find that criminal, he’s most likely with others, and they’re going to go too. If you want to be a sanctuary city, you’re going to get more agents in the community and more upon-criminals arrested,” he added.
In addition, Trump border czar Tom Homan has announced mass deportations have already begun, with flights heading out daily. As RSBN previously reported, Homan shared the update during an interview on ABC’s “This Week” one week earlier.
“What price do you put on national security? What price do you put on these young ladies that have been raped and murdered and burned alive?” he said.
“If you don’t secure that border, that’s when sex trafficking goes up. That’s when, you know, the fentanyl comes in and kills a quarter of a million Americans, and I don’t put a price on that,” Homan continued.
The border leader noted that over 500 people were arrested on the first day of deportations last week.
“They lock us out of the jails,” he said. “Instead of [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] being able to arrest those people, where the officer is safe, the alien is safe, and the public is safe, they’re released back into the community, which endangers the community. But when we find them, [they’ll] be with others most likely. … If they’re in the country illegally, they’re coming too,” he added.