joining us is former ice acting director tom homan.ad democrats on our program on fox news who say i don't want to get rid of ice. >> i hope these far left governor cuomo and jill a brand and cynthia next, i dislike them all equally, i hope they say it because they are pulling the curtain, open borders -- rob: here's the poll that proves the point, asking democrats on whether they support abolishing immigration and customs enforcement from this country. a big thing. supporting that, only 24%. opposing it at 41% and people who can't make up their mind at 34% on this issue. tell us as a former acting director the importance of this agency. a lot of these people are only looking at what happens with immigration in this country but you do a lot. >> immigration is an important part of it. you get rid of ice, no one is looking. over stay a visa no one is looking forward. you can get arrested, see a judge and get released, no one is looking for it. and take the first half of this year, ice arrested 100,000 criminal aliens in the country illeg

>> smith: behind sessions was the acting director of ice, tom homan. >> i was honored to stand next toions to announce this decision, surrounded by many american heroes wearing green, with one heckler that probably doesn't know the first thing about serving this nation. >> do you have a heart? do you have a soul? get out of here! why do you work for this administration? >> in order to carry out these important pocies... >> it's not a new policy. dhs has not changed their polica on separatinlies. what we're saying is, if you cross the country illegally, beeen the ports of entry, you're going to be prosecuted. we've done it before, now we're just going to do zero tolerance. we made it clear... >> smith: but we hadn't separated families. >> we've been separating families for the 34 years i've been doing this job. >> smith: yes, you've been there's a families threat to the welfare of the child. this is a much broader application of this enforcement. >> agree. we do more of it. >> smiththis decision to enforce the law much more strictly resulted in the separation of somewhere between 2,00to

tom homan who used to be the acting ice director.u're welcome. thank you for having me. steve: all right. straight ahead on this friday. a terrorist compound uncovered in the united states. down in new mexico. a jihadi father trained with training kids to shoot up schools in the future. how did nobody know about it until just the last week or so? we are going to talk about that. brian: plus, as of now, kanye west not backing down from supporting president trump. >> to stand up and put on the hat. it represented overcoming fear. liberals can't bully me. news can't bully me. the hip hop community they can't bully me. brian: all right, diamond and silk are going to weigh in on kanye west's appearance with jimmy kimmel. don't move. ♪ i can't wait much longer ♪ i know i got to be right now ♪ because i can't get much longer m booking a flight at the last minute doesn't have to be expensive. just go to priceline. it's the best place to book a flight a few days before my trip and still save up to 40%. just tap and go... for the best savings

joining me now for reaction is tom homan, the former acting director of the i.c.e. mr. homan, thank you so much for being here. really appreciate it. >> no problem. >> laura: i got to tell you, when i see what's going on in portland, oregon, beautiful portland, a lot of history of political activism, that's fine, this is not your ordinary political activism. what's happening there that the american people are not seeingol because the media will notha adequately cover this story? >> during the time i saw your clips earlier, and chris kramer is right. the mayor has refused to taker action on those folks that have illegally prevented us from doing our jobs by shutting our building for over over a week. how many child molesters, predators, weren't arrested that week? how many criminal aliens, aliens would enter this country illegally and commit yet another crime weren't arrested that week? a lot of criminals are now walking the streets of portland that would have been arrested that week. the mayor turned his back on the citizens of portland for his own political ambitions.o

tom homan explained the difference. >> immigrants are here legally. illegal aliens are here illegally. bottom line, the comment allen made about the family. illegal immigration has been a political issue for decades.ad it's emotional. fact: about two hours ago, i got a text, actually an email from don rosenberg in california. he talked about this case and talked about an l.a. editorial where they talked about politicizing these deaths. don rosenberg reminded me. he said tom, everyone of us, the angel families, we want the president to speak about this. we've been speaking about this for a long time, but we never had the voice until president trump got to be president. he created the voice. victims of immigration crime at i.c.e. here is an angel dead. saying we want a voice. we want at the american people to understand the tragedy. children killed by illegal aliens and we need to talk about it. >> jason: let me -- allen, i've got to show some video. there are those of us that believe in the wall and believe we should lock down the border. on the southe

. >> former acting ice director tom homan says he can't understand how liberal politicians justify puttingitics ahead of safety. >> he is honing in on portland, oregon where ice agents say nearly 40 day anti-ice protests. >> a lot of criminals walking the streets of portland. we saw the mayor turn his back on the citizens of portland for his political ambitions. i don't know who is worse, that mayor or oakland or philadelphia or new york. there are a whole bunch of them and never accepted this president and will put -- out of the public safety of their citizens. ireland the portland mayor because he will hear about this, ice employees are taxpayers and citizens, he has a duty to protect them. >> portland's mayor ted wheeler responding to reports he ordered police to ignore 911 calls from ice agents calling them, quote, inaccurate and inflammatory. todd: donald trump sanctioning officials for refusing to release an american pastor. the white house is turkey's determined of pastor andrew brunson is unfair and unjust. he has been behind bars for two used accused of spying and terrorism. he wa

he served 30 years in law enforcement, took over as acting director after tom homan announced his retirementman pay for his coffee at a convenience store but had no idea he was a country music mega star. >> a lot of money to be honest, that is what you look like, keith urban. he said i am keith urban and i argued he wasn't. rob: rich people dressed like bums. of ruth reed didn't believe him until his bodyguard stepped in to reassure her. she treats a stranger by paying their bill at the store every week and this time she picked a millionaire. looks like he didn't have a lot of money. todd: two top conservatives targeted by antifa. [shouting] todd: candace owens and charlie kirk were having breakfast in philly, 50 and t the -- antifa protesters, the police officers protecting them. jillian: thank you for being here. a lot of people saw this video and were outraged. tell us what happened. >> we had gone to the restaurant and noticed a lot of people had the antifa decal on their backpacks. sally said there antifa. we thought nothing of it, you are allowed to be an extremist organization as long

tom homan, thank you very much. ainsley: thank you, tom, welcome to the family. >> thank you. bears down. it is currently a category 5 hurricane. brian: 3-d map you are looking at showing nearly 6 inches of rain and expected to strike per hour. that's going to be a lot. janice dean is tracking this. >> this is a big deal, category 5 hurricane. the closest a cat 5 has come to these islands in history, since recorded history, and we've only had three hurricanes actually make a landfall on hawaii, so there's not a lot of history here, and i'm concerned that people are complacent. we are going to see a weakening trend over the next 48 hours. that's the good news. however, we're still not quite sure of the trajectory and how strong it is going to be. will it slow down? that will mean the, you know, the difference between 12 to 24 inches of rainfall. so that's going to be the legacy of this storm, we think. tropical storm advisories, tropical storm models showing the northerly track, northwesterly, will it make landfall? that's the question. but every island in its path is going to

acting director, tom homan. our top story tonight from story tonight from a more followed between president trump and attorney general john sessions. the president slamming the ag for failing to bring in the corrupt and out-of-control justice department. >> the dems are very strong in the justice department. and attorney general never took control of the justice department and it's an incredible thing. everybody sees what's going on in the justice department. it is a very, very sad day. jeff sessions recused himself, which he shouldn't have done. drain to the attorney general took on which an responded with a swipe at the president saying, quote, wally and attorney general, the actions of the department of justice will not be improperly influenced by political considerations. i demand high standards and where they are not meant to take action. >> growing chasm between the president and the wayward doj comes more as the radical left are calling for the president's impeachment, an idea the president's attorney, ru

joining me now, tom homan, and immigration attorney alan orr. tom, let's go to you.ou know a little bit about this. i.c.e. are now going to court houses in order to nab some of these illegal immigrants.. the argument is, people aren't going to report crimes because they might be illegal immigrants and they are going to these courthouses and then they are going to be nabbed, too. is that happening? >> it's a great policy. i signed it. it's my policy. it i.c.e.'s policy not to arrest the victims and witnesses of's crimes, and no one me one example that we have arrested a victim or witness of a crime in court.d the guidance is clear. we look at those who are criminals or fugitives at reentrance! >> laura: allen? >> that is not what we are seeing. we are getting the low-hanging fruit in a courtroom and what it's doing is keeping people from doing lawful things. the immigrants thatroit are her, in the judicial process, who deserve due process, as you said before in your former segment, are getting stopped and detainey in court before they have their day in court. they may

director tom homan said, about how to actually fix this problem. >> this is why we need the wall. why we need to fix the loopholes. i'm sick and tired of talking about this issue and meeting yet another angel mom that has been created at the hands of illegal immigrants. >> andrew: is hyper politicized, but even the wall, people here, "the wall, and they get all whipped up. but probably 40 or 50% of illegal immigration in the country is not border crossers, it's people who come into the country illegally and say. but if you don't fix the border enforcement component, there is a lot of rhetoric on both sides. my own position, or what it's worth, is that you have to fix the border enforcement in a way that convinces the country that we are actually serious about enforcing the borders, and then maybe that creates a political space to do all the other things that need to be done. the democrats think that is an extreme position, but i don't think that will be a position that moves. i think if you don't fix that piece first, then you don't get to everything. >> melissa: but what you are

. >> laura: esther, tom homan, former actor and director of i.c.e., had his own reaction ton what cuomo said last night. let's watch. >> but he is saying, hisis actions, are disgusting. to call i.c.e. agents thugs, think about it. these are men and women who aren fathers and mothers and brothers and sisters, sons and daughters, that chose to strap kevlar to a them, protect communities. he calls them thugs. actually, i.c.e. arrest thugs, ms-13 members, gang members, drug traffickers. >> laura: esther, i.c.e. arrest thugs and the democratsug are calling i.c.e. thugs. your reaction? >> it is notable that governor cuomo is not a border state governor. otherwise he would have firsthand knowledge of what i.c.e. officers actually do. they are the frontline defenders and here in san diego they are the first line of defense to disrupt drug trafficking rings,n child molestation rings, and i invite governor cuomo to come down here and see what i.c.e. agents do. by and large, interact with them as an immigration attorney at least once a week learning about the detention facilities. they are some of

joining us now with reaction, tom homan, former actor direct air of i.c.e, along with allen orr, immigrationy. alle? >> this is a problem. not that big of a problem -- >> laura: wait a second. 700,000 -- allen, i adore you. you know that. 700,000 people is not a big problem? >> that is a reporting problem from the government. right now, the way that the government relates to people who leave through banned forces improperly recorded, and sometimes in students change their status, that is notnd properly reported. i don't really trust the facts -- >> laura: you don't trust the numbers from homeland security. >> there have been other reports from robert warren, who used to work for the government and also works for the center foror immigration studies, most of the studies saying this is an exaggeration, another way tora push more restrictive policies and limit immigration. >> laura: you don't think there really is any problem with these overstays? >> i think the overstays as an issue but i don't think bonds are a response. people who have the money to post bond would get a visa. money would not

director tom homan, he was at the white house yesterday. we got his point of view.g your money. it is the third hour of "varney & company" and we're up 75 on the dow. ♪ stuart: president trump returns to coal country tonight. he will campaign in west virginia for patrick morrissey who is hoping to flip the seat, the senate seat from democrat joe manchin. while he is there, mr. trump likely unveils his details on the proposal to rewrite the clean power plan. that was president obama's effort to slow climate change. this president will reorganize that. lou dobbs will have full coverage of the president's rally in west virginia tonight. lou dobbs starting 7:00 p.m. eastern time on the fox business network. >>> president trump tweeting about illegal immigration this morning. here it is. i'm sorry to have to reiterate there are serious and unpleasant consequences to crossing the border into the united states illegally. if there were no serious consequences, our country would be overrun with people trying to get in. and our system could not handle it. come on in, former a

ed: tom homan fired up on this border showing there are real stakes here. told you jillian is full time now, right? ed: good news. brian: still here throughout the whole show. jillian: i will be here all day. thank you for letting me stay here throughout the show. let's start with a fox news alert here. they were accused of training children to shoot up a school. now three of the new mexico muslim extremist suspects are free after their charges were dropped. two other suspects remain in jail on separate child abuse charges resulting in the death of a 3-year-old boy whose body was found at the compound. the d.a. failed to follow state rules requiring evidence to be presented within 10 days of the suspects being charged and jailed. a murder suspect behind bars after the body of a missing boy killed why the brutal gang ms-13 is found. carlos hernandez is accused of murdering the unidentified teenager whose body was found in a shallow grave on long island, new york one year after he went missing. police say the killing may have been the result of gang infightin

tom homan retired after many decades. mr. vitiello is state-of-the-arted in the you -e continues to work at ice ultimately his goals is to enforce the laws of the united states as dictated by congress. ainsley: an immigrants originally from italy is now run foorg congressional seat. you know him as the actor. he has been on on our show a lot. he is running against julia brownley. she is the incumbent. he says we need to put america first and americans first. listen to this. >> i came to the united states tunitedstates as legal i. build a nice wall wall human trafficking, drug trafficking and so much more coming to our country. walls do work and america needs one. more than ever we need a wall, a new wall with an door. put americans first. steve: because is he a conservative out in hollywood, he has been viciously attacked. he has lost a lot of work because he is a conservative. but, nonetheless, got to stand up for what he believes. and he says i'm an immigrant but i think we need the president's wall. brian: one of the found

the ones have to have round them up ice, tom homan. >> it's a great privilege to come in this countryfugee nonimmigrant and to knowingly violate laws of this country after being given such a great privilege, that's somebody who needs to leave. they need to remove that privilege and remove them from the united states and send them home. brian: for example iraqi will came here as a refugee which he was just referring to. this iraqi in our country, multiple times including the latest one in colorado shooting a cop. and, yet, we're blaming ice for the people, for him being here. steve: that man's name right there is now charged with attempted murder of a colorado police officer. weighs involved in a shootout recently. here's the thing. there is no reason he should be in the country back in 2016, during the obama administration he was in ice custody, actually. and the courts said you know what? we are looking at the things have you done in the past and he had a long string of crime and they said that's not enough to deport you. what had he done? assaulted, dui, trespassing, extortion and i

thomas homan is a former director of i.c.e. and he joins us now. tomhese are over stairs in one year. if nothing else, this figure we have heard for years now but 11 million so-called undocumented immigrants is likely to be something of an underestimate, when do you agre agree? >> i think that the overstayed visas make up about 40% of the estimate. but it's something we've got to address. we have asked congress -- again, the same talking points i've used for a long time. we've asked congress to address the visa overstates, to make it a crime to overstate the visa. it's not a crime like entering the united states illegally is a crime. congress can help us by making that a crime and holding people accountable for breaking their promise of leaving the united states. >> mark: just to be clear on this, we live in a modern, high-tech age. many modern countries such as france and united kingdoms have exit controls. they check you out, as it were. why is it that we presumably know these people have overstayed their visas but nothing gets done with it? is it ju