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Tom Homan and the host discuss ICE detention capacity and trafficking concerns, along with political rhetoric and safety in sanctuary cities.
- Kevin Cork highlights the administration’s efforts to curtail trafficking across the border, noting it as a major issue for young women and children who are trafficked. He references reporting that there are around 66,000 ICE detainees, a 70% increase since the president took office, and mentions ICE considering large warehouses to hold more detainees. He asks for insight into whether capacity is a real issue and how it’s being managed.
- Tom Homan updates ICE detention figures at the time of the conversation, stating about 65,000 detainees, and says a surge to 100,000 beds is coming soon. He explains that the plan is to have 100,000 beds because an average bed turns over 10 times a year, with an average stay of 30 to 35 days. Therefore, 100,000 beds could effectively handle about a million bed-overnights annually. He emphasizes the need for a bed for every person arrested to coordinate travel documents and removal itineraries, and asserts the administration’s goal of bringing 100,000 beds online along with 10,000 new agents. He notes there have been historic deportation numbers under President Trump and suggests those numbers will compare to the next year.
- Nicole Sapphire transitions to the New York City mayoral race and cites mayor-elect Zoran Mandani’s threats toward ICE. The discussion returns to safety for ICE personnel, with Sapphire asking what is being done to protect agents and whether current laws deter violence or if Congress must do more.
- Tom Homan responds by pointing to the actions of Pam Bondi and the Department of Justice, highlighting prosecutions under 18 U.S.C. 111 (impeding and injuring federal law enforcement officers) as at historic levels and continuing. He criticizes sanctuary cities like Chicago and New York for releasing perceived public safety threats back into communities, and asserts that the administration will flood sanctuary zones with more agents, planning to hire 10,000 more officers to operate in those cities. He says they will arrest thousands of people in Chicago weekly, with operations tonight and tomorrow, and asserts a commitment to make New York safer with or without cooperation from local leadership. He references the President’s promise to make neighborhoods safer by removing criminal aliens, including in Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York, and urges people to thank President Trump for making neighborhoods safer.
- The program closes with gratitude to Tom Homan and acknowledgment of his ongoing work.