{"id":17213,"date":"2018-06-06T14:26:57","date_gmt":"2018-06-06T18:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=17213"},"modified":"2018-12-28T10:23:49","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T15:23:49","slug":"homan-defends-enforcing-immigration-laws-warns-america-of-huge-downside-of-daca-amnesty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2018\/06\/06\/homan-defends-enforcing-immigration-laws-warns-america-of-huge-downside-of-daca-amnesty\/","title":{"rendered":"Homan Defends Enforcing Immigration Laws, Warns America of Huge Downside of DACA Amnesty"},"content":{"rendered":"

Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director Thomas Homan defended his agency\u2019s work to secure the border, including the filing of criminal charges against adults accompanied by minors who knowingly violate the nation\u2019s immigration laws. \u201cThose who choose to come between ports of entry<\/a> are committing a crime,\u201d he said.\u00a0 His comments were made at a recent National Press Club forum hosted by the Center for Immigration Studies.<\/p>\n

Homan explained that while it\u2019s sad to separate children from their parents, Americans who are caught breaking laws and jailed as a result are separated from their children all the time.\u00a0 \u201cChildren and parents get separated every day across this country when a parent is charged with a criminal offense. It\u2019s sad to see children cry when you take a parent out of a home, but because it\u2019s sad, doesn\u2019t mean that we ignore the law.\u201d<\/p>\n

Homan also defended his agency and its mission, noting that some have portrayed his agents to being the equivalent of Nazis for simply doing the job they swore to do and enforcing the laws that are on the books.\u00a0 \u201cIf you think ICE is racist, is Congress racist because they enact these laws?\u201d\u00a0he noted.<\/p>\n

Homan, who is retiring this month, also warned the nation that continued talk of a DACA amnesty without first having the right enforcement tools in place would only be laying the groundwork for another amnesty one or two decades down the road.\u00a0 \u201cIt certainly increases illegal crossings<\/a>, that\u2019s been proven for the last three decades I\u2019ve been around,\u201d\u00a0Homan said.\u00a0 \u201cThose coming in now will be your next DACA<\/a> in ten years,\u201d he said.