‘That’s A Crime’: Charlamagne Pokes Hole In Journo’s Claim That Trump Is ‘Rounding Up’ Innocent Migrants

Radio host Charlamagne Tha God on Wednesday refuted journalist Morgyn Wood’s claim that President Donald Trump’s administration is arresting migrants that have not committed “crimes.”

Trump’s border czar Tom Homan has emphasized a focus on arresting “public safety threats” and “national security threats,” but has also said that the administration would make collateral arrests of illegal immigrants who do not present such threats. When Wood, on “The Breakfast Club,” suggested this approach was leading to the arrests of innocent people, Charlamagne pushed back, noting that being in the United States illegally is itself “a crime.”

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“President Trump has reportedly ordered all ICE  field offices to make at least 75 arrests per day of illegal immigrants who have committed violent crimes. But ICE agents say those aren’t the only people who could be taken into custody and deported … They’re rounding up anybody who is in the country illegally,” Wood said. “At first, we were thinking it was just going to be those who were committing crimes, but no. It’s just if you are in the country and your status is not up to par, or you’re not in good standing, then you are eligible for deportation … at least under this Trump administration.”