ICE deported a record number of illegal migrants in September, border czar says as he sends warning to NY
MIAMI –– Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported a record number of illegal migrants in Septemeber, President Trump’s border czar Tom Homan boasted Thursday –– as he warned New York to cooperate with its agents.Homan made the revelation while visting the Port of Miami to tout the Trump administration’s border security efforts, which he credited with helping drive down crime across the US.The veteran immigration official, standing alongside US Customs and Borders Commissioner Rodney S.
Scott, said ICE broke its record for arrests every month between June and August this year.Then in September, ICE reportedly deported more illegal migrants than in any other month in the agency’s history.
“This is what American people voted for and this is what they’re getting, a safer America,” Homan said.“Hundreds of thousands of criminal aliens have been removed from this country, which makes your neighborhood safer, which is part of the reason that crime rates are at an all time low,” he added.Asked if he could provide the ICE numbers for fiscal year 2026, Homan said they were still being validated and would be released “soon” by the White House.He also sent a message to New York after Gov.Kathy Hochul signed a new state law earlier this year banning local police departments from working with ICE.Homan said cooperation between ICE and local authorities in other parts of the country had meant federal officers were able to arrest illegal immigrants while they are in jail.“I was hoping places like New York and Chicago would follow that model – work with us, let us arrest the bad guy in the safety and security of the jail.“Because if you don’t, we’re going to do our job, which means we’re going to the neighborhood, and we’ll find the bad guy, and many times they’re with others –– if they’re in the country illegally, they’re coming too, even if they’re not the target of that operation, they’re coming.”Homan also addressed...