WASHINGTON, D.C. (WWNY) - Immigration enforcement is one of the country’s hottest topics and it’s happening right in our own backyard with the man in charge from the North Country.
To Tom Homan, immigration enforcement is simple.
“If you’re in the country illegally, you’re not off the table,” he said.
Homan says 70 percent of ICE arrests made today are criminals. But to him, it doesn’t matter if the person here illegally is a violent criminal or quietly living somewhere. No one gets a pass.
“They are just here illegally. They are just making a better life for themselves. If that’s the message we send to the entire world, again, cross the border, it’s a crime, but don’t worry about it. Just don’t commit another crime while you’re here and you’re free. If that’s the message we send to th