Pool Reports of May 29, 2025

In-town pool note #1: Homan questions at the sticks

Border Czar Tom Homan took questions at the sticks. It was tough to hear with a truck running in the background, but here are some highlights.

"I think we got the support of a majority of the American people" for deportations.

"I have not been satisfied with the numbers" of arrests. "We've increased the teams a lot; we've increased targeting a lot. We expect a fast increase in the number of arrests."

Self deportation numbers around 8500 for CBP Home app

Asked about Nantucket/Martha's Vineyard ICE operations: "We're doing immigration action throughout the country. We're not — we're not saying we're gonna favor one area over another."

"We're going to flood the zone in sanctuary cities; we'll give exactly what they don't want: More agents in the neighborhoods, more worksite enforcement."

"There is no sanctuary for illegal aliens. You can call it a sanctuary jurisdiction all you want. It's a bunch of crap."

On social media scrutiny of immigrant students: "We look at a lot of different ways to find people we need to find."

"Free speech is legal, but there's a limit to that too. ... I can't sit in a movie theater and yell fire and watch people get trampled to death. That's not free speech, that's a crime. There's a limit to free speech, but we're not arresting people based on free speech. It's what they said plus what they did."

In-town pool note #2: Lunch lid until 12pm

We have a lunch lid until 12pm

In-town pool note #3: Two-minute warning for briefing

We have a two-minute warning

In-town pool note #4: Briefing started

The briefing began at 1:16 p.m. and is being streamed live.

In-town pool note #5: Briefing ends

The briefing ended at 1:49 p.m. after 25 minutes of questions.

In-town pool note #6: Navarro at the sticks

Folks are gathering at the sticks for Peter Navarro

In-town pool note #7: Lid

We have a lid at 6:04 p.m.