{"id":2395804,"date":"2025-01-27T18:38:57","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T23:38:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dr-phil-goes-behind-the-scenes-of-homans-ice-raids-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-27T18:40:01","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T23:40:01","slug":"dr-phil-goes-behind-the-scenes-of-homans-ice-raids-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dr-phil-goes-behind-the-scenes-of-homans-ice-raids-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Phil goes behind the scenes of Homan\u2019s ICE raids &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdr-phil-goes-behind-the-scenes-of-homans-ice-raids-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2395804&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In\u200d a recent episode, talk show host\u2063 Dr. Phil visited\u2063 Chicago to \u2062join Tom Homan, \u200bteh former chief of U.S. Immigration \u200cand Customs Enforcement \u200b(ICE), during an operation targeting a convicted \u200dsex offender from Thailand. Dr. Phil emphasized that ICE is focused on apprehending &#8220;bad actors&#8221; rather\u2064 then conducting sweeping\u200b arrests in communities as some politicians have claimed. Homan defended the actions of ICE, stating that their goal is public \u2064safety and addressing threats to children,\u2063 particularly \u2064from sexual predators. during their discussion,\u200c they confronted misconceptions about ICE&#8217;s operations, with Homan expressing frustration over claims made by local officials that ICE is instilling fear in neighborhoods. They also highlighted the \u2063arrest of \u2062an individual who\u200b had been convicted of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bombshell-report-secret-cia-files-show-agents-committed-sex-crimes-involving-minors\/\" title=\"Bombshell Report: Secret CIA Files Show Agents Committed Sex Crimes Involving Minors\">sex crimes involving minors<\/a>, \u2062arguing that such\u200c actions are\u2064 necessary for \u200ccommunity \u200csafety. Dr. Phil, \u2062who has launched a \u2063new television network after ending\u200c his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/betty-white-tv-icon-dead-at-99\/\" title=\"Betty White, TV Icon, Dead at 99\">daytime talk show<\/a> in 2023, continues to \u200dengage in \u2063discussions on critical\u2062 issues like \u200bimmigration \u2064and law enforcement \u200con his new platform.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Dr. Phil goes behind the scenes of Homan&rsquo;s ICE raids<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1955369\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Talk show host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/dr-phil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Dr. Phil<\/a> traveled to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chicago\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Chicago<\/a> to join border czar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tom-homan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Tom Homan<\/a> while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement<\/a> was arresting a convicted sex offender from Thailand.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Dr. Phil <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DrPhil\/status\/1883566981468827965\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">previewed<\/a> his meeting, detailing the &ldquo;pretty high-risk mission&rdquo; that he and Homan would be undertaking, saying that ICE officers are not conducting sweeps across cities like some are claiming and instead are targeting &ldquo;bad actors.&rdquo; Homan and Dr. Phil then discussed &ldquo;hogwash&rdquo; claims against the agency, with the talk show host suggesting that politicians seeking to work against ICE are &ldquo;creating what they fear the most,&rdquo; which is forcing ICE to go into communities rather than to jails where illegal immigrants could be held.<\/p>\n<p>Homan argued that if &ldquo;that&rsquo;s the game they want to play, game on,&rdquo; stating that public safety is ICE&rsquo;s endgame.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">LIVE NOW: Dr. Phil and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealTomHoman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RealTomHoman<\/a> are in an ICE Command Center in Chicago. <\/p>\n<p>Dr. Phil: Are you going into schools and arresting children at schools?<\/p>\n<p>Tom Homan: No. <\/p>\n<p>Dr. Phil: Is anything like that happening?<\/p>\n<p>Tom Homan: No sir. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ELvIDDM6SN\">pic.twitter.com\/ELvIDDM6SN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dr. Phil (@DrPhil) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrPhil\/status\/1883616999575851514?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 26, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re going to take that public safety threat off the street by any means necessary,&rdquo; Homan said. &ldquo;If we can&rsquo;t get in the jail, then we&rsquo;ll go in the neighborhood.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Phil and Homan also spoke to an illegal immigrant who was arrested by ICE, an accused sex offender from Thailand. During their inquiry, the immigrant stated, &ldquo;You&rsquo;re Dr. Phil,&rdquo; and said he had seen the host on television.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">JUST IN: The first arrest in Chicago with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealTomHoman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RealTomHoman<\/a> was a convicted sex offender and internet predator from Thailand.<\/p>\n<p>For full live coverage of the operation, download the MeritTV app. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KEcphUWDDJ\">pic.twitter.com\/KEcphUWDDJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dr. Phil (@DrPhil) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrPhil\/status\/1883669382242644069?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>Homan said the illegal immigrant was &ldquo;convicted of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">sex crimes involving children&#038;rdquo<\/a>; and was roaming the streets of Chicago, and he said this represents &ldquo;the problem&rdquo; with sanctuary cities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And it makes me angry that Gov. Pritzker the other day went on the internet and social media, saying, &lsquo;ICE was attacking our elementary school. He&rsquo;s scaring children. He&rsquo;s scaring the neighborhood community,&rsquo; when we&rsquo;re doing the exact opposite!&rdquo; Homan said. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re saving children. Every sexual predator we arrest means more safe children, so God bless the men and women of ICE.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"rumble\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/embed\/v6bjilv\/?pub=4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>    <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">From left to right, Tom Homan, Art Del Cueto, V.P. National Border Patrol Control Council, Dr. Phil McGraw. (Photo credit Eric Anthony\/Merit TV)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Homan was interviewed by Dr. Phil in December, during which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3255950\/dr-phil-homan-fix-view-law-enforcement-bad-guys\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">he warned of the danger posed by Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan gang in Aurora, Colorado<\/a>, joking that this gang would have an even bigger problem on Jan. 20 &ldquo;because my gang&rsquo;s bigger than their gang.&rdquo; He also set his sights on changing the people&rsquo;s negative perception of law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>Following the end of his daytime talk show in 2023, Dr. Phil started his television network, Merit Street Media, on which he hosts <em>Dr. Phil Primetime<\/em>. The host has also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3261422\/eric-adams-vows-fight-indictment-dr-phil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">conducted<\/a> an interview with New York City Mayor Eric Adams, in which the mayor vowed to fight his indictments to the &ldquo;bitter end.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1955369\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1955369\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Phil joins Tom Homan in Chicago for ICE raids on a sex offender<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2395805,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Dr-Phil-ICE-scaled-1024x682.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32354,44787,49299,32076],"class_list":["post-2395804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-dr-phil","tag-homan","tag-ice-raids","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Dr-Phil-ICE-scaled-1024x682.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2395804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2395804"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2395804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2395808,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2395804\/revisions\/2395808"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2395805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2395804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2395804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2395804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}