Homan defends deporting ‘worst of the worst’ to El Salvador jail

[ad_1] Border czar Tom Homan defended sending "designated terrorists" to prisons just like the one in El Salvador, saying that the "travesties" he’s seen throughout his decades-long profession in border safety justify the Trump administration’s transfer.

Homan appeared on ABC’s "This Week" in a pre-recorded interview that aired Sunday, the place he was requested if he had any qualms about sending individuals to El Salvador’s infamous Terrorist Confinement Center (CECOT) even when they haven't any felony document.

"If individuals wore my footwear for the final 40 years and seen the travesties I've seen, they'd perceive that the worst of the worst must be despatched to a jail like that as a result of we acquired to guard Americans," Homan mentioned. "We acquired to guard this nation."

Homan mentioned his 4 a long time of expertise working in border safety knowledgeable his perception.

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White Home border czar Tom Homan talks with reporters on the White Home, Tuesday, April 15, 2025, in Washington. (AP Picture/Alex Brandon)

"What you do not know, what most readers do not know, they have not seen and skilled what I've seen in my 40 years," Homan instructed ABC’s Jonathan Karl.

"I've talked to younger women, the youngest 9, that had been raped by members of those gang cartels," Homan continued. "I've held lifeless our bodies all through my profession. I've talked to 100 … angel mothers and dads whose youngsters had been killed and brutally murdered by members of MS-13 who simply did not kill them, they mutilated them, they tortured them."

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The Trump administration’s plan of sending the "worst of the worst" migrant gang members to CECOT has brought about nationwide controversy, with some outraged Democrats accusing Trump of "kidnapping" individuals for deportation.

A prisoner is moved on the Terrorist Confinement Heart in Tecoluca, El Salvador, on Wednesday, March 26, 2025. (AP Picture/Alex Brandon)

One Democrat, Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, flew to El Salvador last week to satisfy with deported unlawful alien Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

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Trump officers say Abrego Garcia was appropriately eliminated and contend he is a member of the infamous MS-13 gang, although Democrats argue that he was deported with out due course of, no matter being an alleged gang member.