Madison D. Sheahan, ICE Deputy Director, promotes Operation Tidal Wave.
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00:00Yes, everybody that is in this country illegally is a criminal, and so we are processing them
00:13through the immigration courts, the due process to make sure that we get them through the
00:19courts, through the DOJ process, and then from there they will be deported, turning
00:24the outcome of those cases.
00:30Certainly the focus is on the criminal immigrants, but we've certainly seen some stories where
00:33mothers who have either overstated visas or have shown up for a regular appointment, and
00:39they have a deportation order with no criminal history, so that person along with their child
00:45is deported, and we've seen a bunch of instances that make reference as collateral.
00:51Can you speak to that, ma'am, from mothers with no criminal history, with infant child
00:56or babies, are being deported, and is that how the process is supposed to work?
01:00Look, I stand by what we've said since day one, since January 20th.
01:03If you are in this country illegally, you are a criminal.
01:06We have zero tolerance for criminal aliens in this country.
01:09As far as a conversation about children, I think the real conversation we should be having
01:13is about the half a million children that the Biden administration allowed to come unaccompanied
01:18across the border that President Trump has made a priority to get them back home with their families.