Homeland Security, ICE discuss deportation of migrants to Sudan

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00:00Good morning, everyone, and thank you for coming on last minute's notice.

00:09I'm Tricia McLaughlin.

00:10I'm the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs at the Department of Homeland Security.

00:14I'm joined by Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons and Madison Sheehan, the Deputy Director.

00:21Thank you for joining us to address a diplomatic and military security operation that was conducted

00:26yesterday by the U.S. government.

00:28We conducted a deportation flight from Texas to remove some of the most barbaric, violent

00:34individuals illegally in the United States.

00:37No country on earth wanted to accept them because their crimes are so uniquely monstrous

00:43and barbaric.

00:44These heinous individuals have terrorized American streets for too long.

00:50Every single one of them was convicted of a heinous crime, murder, rape, child rape, rape

00:57of a mentally and physically handicapped victim.

01:00Thanks to the courageous work of the State Department and ICE and the President's National

01:05Security Team, we found a nation that was willing to accept custody of these vicious illegal aliens.

01:12We are removing these convicted criminals from American soil so they can never hurt another

01:17American victim, American man, child, or woman.

01:22They can never attack witnesses, families, victims, or anyone else.

01:26Now, a local judge in Massachusetts is trying to force the United States to bring back these uniquely barbaric monsters

01:34who present a clear and present threat to the safety of the American people and American victims.

01:41While we are fully compliant with the law and court orders, it is absolutely absurd for a district judge

01:49to try to dictate the foreign policy and national security of the United States of America.

01:55These are the monsters that the district judge is trying to protect.

02:00The contrast is brutally stark.

02:04President Trump and Secretary Noem are working every single day to get these vicious criminals

02:10off of American streets, and while activist judges are on the other side fighting to get them back

02:18onto United States soil.

02:20Before I turn it over to Acting Director Todd Lyons, I would like to remind the journalists in this very room

02:26to do your job.

02:28We gave you the names of these monsters, as you have right in front of you.

02:33Now, tell the stories of the innocent Americans who they victimized.

02:37I implore you to stop doing the bidding of these disgusting individuals.

02:44Tell the stories of the innocents.

02:46It's the American victims who actually matter.

02:50Todd?

02:52Good morning. Thank you.

02:53So, these individuals that are up here today, these represent the true national security threats

02:59and public safety threats that ICE officers and agents nationwide go after.

03:03I just want to go over a few of the highlighted cases that you all have in front of you.

03:08So, for instance, we have an individual that's convicted of homicide and armed robbery

03:13and served 15 years in confinement.

03:15Due to countries that won't take their citizens back,

03:19this individual was released back into the community under ICE supervision

03:23to prey upon people again.

03:26Another individual sentenced to life in confinement, convicted of first-degree murder,

03:32his country would not take him back,

03:34forcing ICE to have to re-release him back into the community to re-offend.

03:39As Tricia highlighted before,

03:41we have an individual that raped and sexually assaulted a mentally handicapped victim.

03:47Because his country would not take him back,

03:50ICE had to find a third country to take him back so we can remove this public safety threat.

03:56You know, as a career law enforcement officer and a career officer with ICE,

03:59I've been dealing with these recalcitrant countries for years,

04:02having to see repeated murderers, sex offenders, violent criminals re-release back into the United States

04:10because their home countries would not take them back.

04:14Yet, under President Trump and under the leadership of Secretary Noem,

04:17we are now able to remove these public safety threats

04:20so they won't pry on the community anymore

04:22and they won't have any more victims in the United States.

04:25With that, I'll turn it over to my Deputy Director, Madison Sheehan.

04:27First of all, ICE would like to thank President Trump and Secretary Noem

04:33for their steadfast commitment to the American people and the men and women of ICE.

04:38Our commitment here at ICE remains the same,

04:40that we will remove the worst of the worst from your communities,

04:43including the list of people that are up on this board.

04:46As we work every day to make the American people safer,

04:49we see activist judges stepping in in a way that we have never seen before

04:54to put criminals first and not the American people.

04:57This judge wants these criminals, these rapists, murderers,

05:02out on the streets, in your communities.

05:04ICE will not let that happen and will continue to fight

05:07and put the American people first as the mandate President Trump received

05:11to make sure that we keep America safe.

05:15Thank you, Madison.

05:16And with that, we'll take just a few questions.

05:20Say your name and outlet, Ted.

05:21Ted Hessen with Reuters.

05:23Can you clarify these, are these eight people,

05:27people that you are trying to support to Sudan, South Sudan?

05:31And if so, why South Sudan?

05:34Where are they now?

05:36And are these the only eight on the flight, and are there others?

05:39These are the only eight on the flight.

05:40Because of safety and operational security,

05:43we cannot tell you what the final destination

05:46for these individuals will be.

05:48Brittany, Axios?

05:49The judge asked that you keep these individuals in U.S. custody

05:56once this flight lands.

05:58Is that being followed through?

06:00Has the flight landed yet?

06:01Do they remain on the plane, essentially?

06:03They're still in DHS custody as far as their exact whereabouts,

06:06again, because of operational security,

06:07and given these are such violent criminals,

06:10rapists, child rapists, as I've mentioned,

06:12we cannot disclose that.

06:13I'm sorry.

06:14One more follow-up on Rekalcic countries.

06:16As you're looking for these third countries,

06:18can you just elaborate on how you're working with the State Department

06:21to identify these potential partners,

06:23and what other countries are on the list?

06:25Obviously, El Salvador, potentially South Sudan.

06:28A few others have been floated.

06:29Could you just clarify that?

06:30Yes, State Department has been a fantastic partner

06:32in brokering these agreements,

06:34again, especially when it comes to truly the worst of the worst individuals,

06:37countries that did not want to accept these heinous individuals.

06:40We're grateful that we found a nation through the State Department to do that.

06:44Todd, would you like to speak third to these?

06:46No, I would just like to say that, you know,

06:49these individuals did receive due process.

06:51The Safe Third Country Agreement is in the Immigration National Act,

06:54which was enacted by Congress.

06:56So, as I said, as throughout my career with ICE

06:58and being a career law enforcement officer in immigration,

07:01we've dealt with these recalcitrant countries for years.

07:04And I would just say that through the, you know,

07:06partnership with the State Department, with Secretary Rubio,

07:10and under Secretary's own leadership and vision,

07:12we're able to do this under this administration

07:14to remove these public safety threats.

07:16And I would just like to take the time to thank, you know,

07:18the men and women of ICE who put their lives on the line every day,

07:21the officers of our special response teams

07:25and our high-risk teams that do transportation of these individuals.

07:29These are the most violent people that are in the U.S.

07:31These are the ones that you don't want in your community.

07:35These are the ones that we prioritize every day.

07:37So, again, under those partnerships, we're able to go ahead

07:41and remove these public safety threats from the community.

07:45Julia.

07:49Could you talk more about the agreement with South Sudan

07:52once these people were going to arrive there?

07:55Was the agreement that they would be incarcerated,

07:57much like the Sikha prison conditions in El Salvador?

08:00And were each of their home countries actually notified?

08:04In other words, did you try to send them back

08:06to their home countries before you made this decision?

08:09Yeah, I would caution you to make the assumption

08:11that their final destination is South Sudan.

08:14As far as that agreement goes,

08:16I would definitely refer you to the State Department's for specifics.

08:19But perhaps Madison or Todd, you'd like to add something here?

08:21So, sure.

08:22Yes, I can say that their home countries

08:25refuse to take these individuals back.

08:28ICE is bound by Zavidas, which is a Supreme Court decision.

08:32Again, I've always said ICE detention is impunitive.

08:35We detain and remove.

08:37After six months or 180 days,

08:38if we don't have a country that will take their citizens back,

08:41we do have an option to find a safe third country.

08:44And in all these cases, these individuals were from countries

08:47that were recrocitant or had impediments

08:50or life sentences that led to them

08:52not being able to move to their home nation.

08:55So for that, ICE would go ahead

08:56and follow the laws enacted by Congress

08:58to find a safe third country.

08:59South Sudan is considered a safe third country?

09:02So I can't talk as far as the State Department

09:04and agreements made at this administration

09:06as far as where this final destination is

09:10for these individuals.

09:10So again, I refer you to the State Department.

09:13I think we'll take one more.

09:15Priscilla?

09:18In a court declaration yesterday evening,

09:24one of the attorneys said that when she reached out

09:27about her Burmese client,

09:29that she was told by an officer that it was South Sudan.

09:32So can you confirm that it is one of the countries,

09:35at the very least, that you are working with

09:37to accept these nationals?

09:39And anything more that you can share about the process

09:42by which immigrants in detention are being notified

09:45if they're going to be sent to a third country

09:47and what that looks like?

09:48Yeah, absolutely.

09:49We are following due process under the U.S. Constitution.

09:52These individuals have been given,

09:54and their lawyers have been given,

09:56plenty of prior notice as far as those actual agreements.

09:59We can get to...

10:00Todd, anything to add there?

10:01No, I would just say the same thing,

10:02that we do follow the current laws and restrictions

10:07that do by us by safe third countries,

10:10and I would just say that I would refer you to the State Department,

10:12not necessarily on any final destination

10:14that these individuals may not be going to,

10:17but the State Department has a multitude of countries

10:19that they are working with for safe third countries,

10:21so I'll refer you back to the State Department.

10:22Just one quick question.

10:26You're saying to not conclude that they're going to South Sudan.

10:29DHS is streaming this press conference right now

10:31with the headline that says,

10:33DHS press conference on migrant flight to South Sudan.

10:36So is the department then confirming

10:39that this flight is going to South Sudan?

10:41We're confirming the fact that that's not their final destination.

10:44So, I mean, we have deportation flights

10:46that logistically move internally,

10:48domestically within the United States.

10:50That doesn't mean that their last stop

10:52is internally within the interior of our country,

10:54so absolutely not.

10:56But before we leave, you'll note that I have not given,

10:59we gave you the names of these heinous individuals,

11:02but we didn't say them out loud.

11:04But what we should be saying out loud

11:05is the name of the American victims,

11:07these people who they've victimized.

11:09And I've rarely seen anyone in our press corps

11:13actually write about American victims,

11:15so I would encourage you, I would implore you

11:17to start writing about Americans

11:19and not just doing the bidding

11:20of these disgusting individuals.

11:22Thank you for your time today,

11:24and we'll see you next time.

11:25Patricia, could you just clarify as a flight?

11:30Thank you all.

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