CV NEWS FEED // A new viral video shows Trump administration White House Border Czar Tom Homan and former TV host Dr. Phil McGraw confronting an illegal migrant accused of child sex crimes as the migrant was being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers.
“You’ve been charged with sex crimes with children?” Homan, a Catholic, asked Thai migrant Seda Sam in the video.
“Not really,” Sam replied.
“Not really?” the border czar repeated. “And never been deported?”
“Let’s take him in, process him, and lock him up,” Homan directed the administration’s ICE officers on the scene.
The video was shot on Sunday evening in Chicago and quickly posted on social media by Merit Street, a media company run by McGraw.
Earlier in the clip, McGraw had asked Sam if he had ever been previously deported. The migrant replied that he had never been deported but has “been in the system” before.
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“This is an example of sanctuary cities,” the longtime “Dr. Phil” host said. “We’ve got an illegal alien convicted of sex crimes involving children and he’s walking the streets of Chicago.”
“Again, the downfall, the problem with a sanctuary city, that people are just walking the street rather than local law enforcement working with federal agents,” McGraw added. “This is what we’re dealing with.”
Chicago, like many other large American cities long controlled by the Democratic Party, is a “sanctuary city.” According to Chicago’s website, “the City will not ask about your immigration status, disclose that information to authorities, or, most importantly, deny you City services based on your immigration status.”
In another video clip posted by Merit Street the same night, Homan called out Democratic Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Democratic Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson by name.
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Speaking to McGraw, the border czar pointed out that while Pritzker and Johnson “want to vilify the men and women of ICE, ICE saved children today.”
“And it makes me angry,” Homan continued, “Gov. Pritzker the other day went on the internet, social media, saying ICE was attacking our elementary schools. He’s scaring children.”
Pritzker “is scaring the neighborhood, putting fear into the community, where we’re doing the exact opposite, we’re saving children,” the border czar told McGraw. “Every sexual predator we arrest means more safe children.”
Tom Homan says ICE saved Children Today, and Goes Scorched Earth on Governor Pritzker
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Hours before Homan and ICE arrested Sam, Pritzker threatened during a CNN interview that his administration will “stand in the way” of the Trump administration’s “unconstitutional” efforts to secure the border.
In the same Sunday interview, Pritzker claimed that he hopes illegal migrants convicted of violent crimes in Illinois “do get deported,” adding, “We don’t want them in our state. We want them out of the country.”
On the other hand, the liberal governor told CNN “we also have a law in the books in Illinois that says that our local law enforcement will stand up for those law-abiding undocumented people in our state.”
The New York Post noted: “Technically, by definition, all migrants here illegally have broken the law.”
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Monday morning, actress and singer Selena Gomez posted a tearful video to social media decrying the Trump administration’s deportations of illegal migrants. Hours later, the celebrity deleted the widely panned post – which featured a Mexican flag emoji.
“I just wanted to say that I’m so sorry,” Gomez said through sobs in the video. “All my people are getting attacked.”
Gomez, 32, a former Disney Channel star in the 2000s and 2010s, was born in Texas and is a third-generation Mexican-American on her father’s side.
“The children, they don’t understand,” she continued in the now-deleted post. “I’m so sorry. I wish I could do something but I can’t. I don’t know what to do.”
Selena Gomez just posted a video crying about deportations, but deleted it after outrage from fans…. pic.twitter.com/xRTO8x4ND5
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Multiple recent polls have shown that a majority of Americans, including an increasing percentage of Latinos and Democrats, support what the left commonly refers to as “mass deportations.”
Homan responded to Gomez’s message during a FOX News interview Monday.
“I don’t think we arrested any families,” the border czar said. “We arrested public safety threats and national security threats, bottom line.”
“And look,” he continued. “President Trump won the election on this one issue, securing the border and saving lives.”
JUST IN: Border Czar Tom Homan reacts to Selena Gomez’s viral breakdown, says he has “no apologies” and he is going to keep moving forward.
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) January 27, 2025
The reaction we’ve all been waiting for.
“If they don't like it, then go to Congress and change the law.”
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“We’re going to do this operation without apology. We’re going to make our community safer,” Homan stressed. He stated that the Trump administration’s border security measures will eventually result in a decrease in fentanyl deaths, sex trafficking, and other crimes.
“It is all for the good of this nation,” Homan said. “And we’re going to keep going. No apologies, we’re moving forward.”
Gomez recently co-starred in “Emilia Pérez,” a controversial film about a drug cartel leader who comes out as “transgender.” Despite bombing at the box office and receiving an abysmal 24% audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes, the film has been nominated for a record 13 Academy Awards.