Tom Homan shut down the illusion that some illegal aliens should somehow be immune from deportation during a tense exchange.
The border czar was speaking with CBS News immigration correspondent Camilo Montoya-Galvez when he was presented with a claim about Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainees.
Watch:
Tom Homan explaining basic immigration law to a CBS reporter…
CBS: “Rep. Maria Salazar cited the stat that 50% of ICE detainees don’t have an additional criminal charge here.”
Homan: “Are they in the country illegally?”
CBS: “Yes.”
Homan: “Then they are deportable.”
CBS: “But so are millions of people…”
Homan: “Yea… if you’re in the country illegally you got a problem. You shouldn’t be here.”
— Geiger Capital (@Geiger_Capital) October 2, 2026
“[Rep. Maria Salazar] cited the statistic that 50% of ICE detainees don’t have a criminal charge or a conviction,” he said.
“Are they in the country illegally?” Homan asked.
“Yes,” the correspondent answered.
“Then they are deportable by federal law,” Homan said, explaining what should be very basic common sense.
“But so are millions of people, right?” Montoya-Galvez pressed.
“Yeah,” Homan responded flatly. “If you’re in the country illegally, you got a problem. You shouldn’t be here.”
There seems to be a common belief among leftists that illegals should have to commit other crimes, preferably violent ones, in order to qualify for deportation. They appear to think that violating federal law isn’t a serious problem, and the longer the illegal immigrant flies under the radar of authorities, the less valid an excuse it is to deport the person.
X users had a lot to say about the moment:
My goodness, we have elected some genuinely stupid people to Congress. Homan cut to the chase in one sentence. How about we send one illegal to every elected dumocrat’s home so they can see what it’s like? How long would it take till they want them gone? Not soon enough!?
— Sally Gillies (@SallyGillies12) October 5, 2026
“But so are millions of people right?” Yes that’s the problem. I wonder how there’s millions? If it was a snake it would have bit him.
— Blankenstein (@dkiser6) October 5, 2026
So, about 50% do have an additional charge?
Surely that’s a very high rate.
— 6709E (@CdennehyChris) October 3, 2026
The reporter’s whole premise collapses on the first word: illegal. No extra charge is required to enforce immigration law—CBS knows that; they just want viewers confused enough to oppose deportations.
— Unfiltered N’ Raw (@UnfilteredNRaw) October 2, 2026
Such a basic concept. It’s almost as if they’ve been directed to play dumb.
— mckj (@mckjb5rs) October 2, 2026
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Sierra Marlee is a millennial whose hunger for the truth in a world of fake news has led her to write. Marlee also contributes to BizPac Review.
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