Tom Homan slams calls to abolish ICE as border enforcement hits records
Border czar Tom Homan slams calls from progressives to abolish the agency as border enforcement actions reach historic levels. Homan highlights recent record-breaking arrests and deportations, emphasizing that seventy percent of those detained are convicted criminals. He also reveals ICE's critical role in rescuing over one hundred and fifty thousand smuggled children, warning of the dangerous consequences of dismantling the agency.DHS said ICE arrested more than 2,150 known or suspected terrorists between Jan. 20, 2025, and Sept. 9, 2026, and deported 2,015 during that period.
"As we reflect on the 25th anniversary of the , the brave men and women of ICE continue to carry out their duty to protect the homeland and keep the American people safe," DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said in the department’s announcement.
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DHS pointed to several recent cases involving alleged terrorists and members of designated foreign terrorist organizations.
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DHS said Alvarez overstayed a visitor visa that expired in 2001 and later received status in 2014. ICE lodged a detainer following his arrest.
Days earlier, ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) arrested Felipe Linares De Oliveira Dell Aquilla, a Brazilian national as a former commander of two designated foreign terrorist organizations.
Authorities said they recovered a handgun, cash and multiple electronic devices after a vehicle and foot pursuit in North Carolina.
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ICE lodged a detainer after his arrest, while investigators pursued additional firearm and kidnapping charges.
Four Venezuelan members of also pleaded guilty in May to charges stemming from a that killed two people.
all four had entered the United States illegally between 2022 and 2023.
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The attacks prompted the largest overhaul of the nation's homeland security apparatus in decades, including and ICE the following year.
Friday's anniversary will commemorate the victims of the attacks and the first responders who rushed into danger, while marking a quarter-century of U.S. efforts to prevent another large-scale terrorist attack on American soil.
