Tom Homan Asked About Report Of 75-Year-Old Cuban National Who Died In ICE Custody

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Border Czar Tom Homan held a press gaggle outside the White House on Monday, where he was asked about a report of a Cuban national who died in ICE custody.

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00:00There are reports of a 75-year-old Cuban national who died in ICE custody.

00:05He had lived in the United States for 60 years.

00:08He was being held in ICE detention in Florida.

00:10Is there anything you can tell us about that?

00:12There's still not a lot of information how he died.

00:15I'm unaware of that.

00:16I'm not aware of that.

00:18I mean, people die in ICE custody.

00:19People die in county jails.

00:21People die in state prisons.

00:22I mean, if you look at, you know, when I was ICE director and we drilled down that,

00:26the question should be how many lives does ICE save?

00:29Because when they go in detention, we find many with diseases and stuff that we deal with right away to prevent death.

00:35So I'm not aware of that specific case, but I'll say this.

00:38People can argue with me all they want, but the facts are the facts.

00:40I think the politicians in New Jersey found this out, that we have the highest detention standards in the industry.

00:47I'll compare an ICE detention facility against any state prison, against any federal facility.

00:52I'll go head-to-head with any of them.

00:54You go to ICE.gov and look at our detention standards.

00:57It's the highest detention standards in the industry at a very expensive cost to the taxpayers.

01:02So, you know, people say, oh, the detention standards are horrendous.

01:05Go look for yourself, then come back and talk to me.

01:08I mean, when we talked about the facility that the congressman tried to get into up in New Jersey, Delaney Hall,

01:13once they got in there, what did they find out?

01:15Detentment standards are outstanding.

01:17Probably the cleanest facility in that entire state.

01:19Again, I'll put already detention standards up to anybody.

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