Border Czar Tom Homan responded on Wednesday to President Donald Trump signing the Laken Riley Act into law, telling Fox News anchor Martha MacCallum that it would have prevented needless bloodshed if such a measure had been put in place earlier.
Homan was present at the signing ceremony for the new bipartisan legislation — named for the brutally-murdered Georgia nursing student Laken Riley — which will compel federal authorities to arrest and detain non-citizens who have been charged with, convicted of, or admitted to violent or theft-related crimes.
Following the ceremony, he spoke with MacCallum about what he expected to see change as it was implemented.
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Border Czar Tom Homan on the Laken Riley Act: “If you’re in the country illegally and you get arrested for a crime, you have to detain them. It’s no longer an option. If this was in effect during the Biden administration,…
