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INTERVIEW WITH BORDER 911 FOUNDER AND FORMER ACTING DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION & CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP, TOM HOMAN
T om Homan is a lifetime law enforcement officer, the former Acting Director of the US Immi- gration and Customs Enforcement under President Trump, a resolute protector of America’s borders, and founder of the new nonprofit Border 911. He has a message for America: border security is national security . Here, Tom shares his life mission and candid thoughts about the urgency of that mission. Together, AMAC and Border 911 aim to focus on this mission in 2024 and beyond. AMAC Tom, you have spent more than three decades protecting America and securing our border, including lead-
ership of Customs & Immigration Enforcement under President Trump. Help us all to put the current crisis in perspective. Tom Homan People do not realize this is not just an overwhelming immigration crisis. This is the worst sex traffick- ing, human trafficking, fentanyl traf- ficking, and terror threat our nation has faced since 9/11, the biggest national security threat since 9/11 . . . When you sideline 70 to 90 percent of America’s Border Patrol, make them change diapers, babysit, prepare food, make sandwiches, what do you think happens? The cartels push millions of criminals and drug traf-
fickers through the gaps, overwhelm the system. AMAC How serious of an issue is this, and why is it different now than from a few years ago? Tom Homan In 2022 alone we saw 1.7 million “got-aways,” not those caught but never caught. We know that from drone footage, cameras. Ask yourself a question. Given this administration lets loose most caught, gives them a plane ticket, hotel room, medical care, three square meals a day, and chance to work perhaps five to seven years, why would another 1.7 million
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