Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director Tom Homan shared some tragic news when he spoke at the Republican National Lawyers Association’s annual policy conference.
At the event on Friday, he shared the story of ICE recently rescuing a pregnant 14-year-old girl who had been trafficked, The Daily Caller reported.
“We just found one two days ago. A 14-year-old little girl. Living with two adult males. Who trafficked her,” he said.
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“We found her, she’s pregnant. From trafficking being forced into prostitution. 14 years old. We are taking care of her. Both physically and mentally,” Homan said.
“Despite what the media says, we are not heartless. We care about these kids. I am a father,” he said.
“That s**t (human trafficking) is happening every day. We are going to put an end to it. Everything we can do,” he said.
Since President Donald Trump made his return to the White House, the change in illegal immigrant encounters at the border has been dramatic.
A report from the Department of Homeland Security showed a 93 percent drop in daily encounters, 95 percent less “gotaways,” which are those who managed to sneak in undetected, and an eye-popping 99.99% decrease in illegal migrant crossings.
In April, during an early morning White House press briefing, Homan said that he believes there are at least 20 million illegal aliens in the country, including about 700,000 with criminal charges “walking the streets.”
“Look, I started in the Border Patrol in 1984. I’ve been at this for over 40 years. I’ve worked for six presidents, starting with Ronald Reagan. Every president I ever worked for took border security seriously because you can’t have national security if you don’t have strong border security. We got to know who’s coming in, what’s coming in, where it’s coming in, why it’s coming in, right?” Homan said.
“Even President Obama and President Clinton took some steps to secure the border because they understood national security was important. Joe Biden was the first president in the history of this nation who came into office and unsecured the border on purpose. That’s just a fact. We handed the Biden Administration — after President Trump’s first administration, we handed the Biden Administration the most secure border in my lifetime, and he unsecured it on purpose,” he added.
