Homan pushes back on alleged ICE arrests of parents at bus stops

White House border czar Tom Homan on Sunday pushed back on the idea of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arresting parents at bus stops in Connecticut, as alleged by Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) this week.

“I pointed out, the last two years, no one can point to one single incidence we arrested anybody in elementary school. We haven’t arrested anybody in the hospital. We haven’t arrested anybody in the church. ICE is real good at their job,” Homan told CNN’s Dana Bash on “State of the Union.”

“Now, did they arrest somebody at a bus stop? I’m not aware of that, but ICE is out there to enforce law against those that have been ordered removed by a federal judge. And especially if they’re a criminal or if they’re a national security threat, there’s no safe harbor for them in this country,” he added.

Earlier this week, Murphy wrote on social media that “ICE was arresting parents at school bus stops” in Danbury, Conn.

“But it’s more sinister. ICE waited until the kids were on the bus so when they are dropped off at the end of the day, they are alone, scared to death they can’t find their parents. I’m heading to Danbury,” the senator added in his Wednesday post.

Throughout President Trump’s second term in office, his administration has faced backlash over its strict immigration agenda. That backlash boiled over earlier this year when two U.S. citizens were killed in Minneapolis by federal immigration authorities, and since then, more people have been killed in confrontations with immigration enforcement in other states including Maine and Texas.

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D) wrote in his own social media post on Thursday that he was “horrified by the stories shared by activists in Danbury.”

“Parents detained dropping their children off at the school bus. 3 year old children watching ICE forcibly detain someone outside their daycare window. Rounding up people at random to meet a quota doesn’t make our communities safer,” he added.