White House border czar Tom Homan said he will stay in Minnesota and will head Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations “until the problem is gone.”
Homan spoke at a news conference Thursday morning, per Fox News.
This was Homan’s first statement since President Donald Trump deployed him there earlier this week.
On the conference, Homan said he had a “very productive” meeting with Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison on Wednesday when Ellison agreed to notify ICE when local jails released violent illegal aliens.
“One ICE agent can arrest one bad guy when he’s behind the safety and security of a jail when he’s behind bars and we know he doesn’t have weapons,” Homan said. “But when you release that public safety threat illegal alien back into the community — We have a job to do. We’re going to arrest him, so we’re going to find him.”
“So now what happens is now we’ve got to arrests somebody on his turf where he has access to who knows what weapons. Now we’ve got to send a whole team out,” Homan added.
Homan said the “hostile rhetoric” and threats against ICE officers needs to stop. He added agents will remain in Minneapolis to do their jobs.
“President Trump wants this fixed, and I’m going to fix it with your help,” Homan said.
