ICE Official on 'Operation Tidal Wave': All Illegal Immigrants Are Criminals

Stance on Illegal Immigration

• 🎯 ICE Deputy Director Madison D. Sheahan asserts that 'everybody that is in this country illegally is a criminal.'
• ⚖️ The focus of 'Operation Tidal Wave' is on processing criminal immigrants through the immigration courts and the DOJ process for deportation.

Deportation of Mothers and Children

• ⚠️ Instances have been noted where mothers with no criminal history, who may have overstayed visas or appeared for regular appointments, are deported along with their infant children.
• 🚫 Sheahan reiterates the policy of zero tolerance for criminal aliens, standing by the statement that illegal presence equates to criminality.

Border Security and Unaccompanied Children

• 👶 The conversation is redirected to the half a million unaccompanied children allowed to cross the border under the Biden administration.
• 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 This is contrasted with President Trump's priority to return these children home to their families.