Tom
Homa
said
evoki g
175,000
visas
is
just
the
begi i g.
P eside t
Do ald
T ump’s
bo de
cza
Tom
Homa
eacted
to
the
State
Depa tme t’s
a ou ceme t
of
evoki g
175,000
visas
i
the
seco d
T ump
admi ist atio
so
fa
a d
said
this
is
just
the
begi i g.
The
US
admi ist atio
is
eviewi g
all
visas
a d
they
co side
US
visa
to
be
a
p ivilege;
a d
ot
a
ight.
Appea i g
o
Fox
News’
The
Will
Cai
Show,
Homa
said
the
admi ist atio
is
ot
aski g
fo
somethi g
huge.
“All
we
ask
is
a
couple
thi gs:
Numbe
o e,
be
t uthful
about
who
you
a e
a d
why
you’ e
comi g
he e,
a d
umbe
two,
obey
the
laws
while
you’ e
he e.
So,
you
k ow,
this
is
a
o goi g
p ocess,”
Homa
said.”We
a e
eviewi g
efugee
applicatio s
that
eed
to
be
eviewed
that
we e
just
the
u lawful
p ocess
of
the
Bide
admi ist atio .
All
this
eeds
to
be
eviewed.
Let’s
emembe ,
ot
o ly
did
millio s
come
ac oss
the
bo de
illegally
a d
get
eleased
i to
the
U ited
States,
we
had
ove
half
a
millio
people
f om
Haiti,
Nica agua,
a d
Ve ezuela
come
to
Ame ica
ai po ts,
30,000
a
mo th.
So
we’ e
eviewi g
all
of
this
a d
clea i g
the
system
up
a d
get
id
of
those
that,
umbe
o e,
should ’t
be
he e.
Numbe
two,
that
a e
a
atio al
secu ity
th eat
o
public
safety
th eat.
They
eed
to
go
home,”
Homa
said.
The
bo de
cza
blamed
the
lax
vetti g
p ocess
of
the
p evious
admi ist atio
a d
said
the
p evious
admi ist atio
used
to
believe
that
eve ybody
who
was
let
i
was
p ope ly
vetted.
Calli g
this
a
“sto e-cold
lie”,
Homa
said,
“Whe
they
say
vetted,
they
may
u
agai st
NCIC,
ou
c imi al
database.
They
did ’t
have
access
to
most
cou t ies’
c imi al
databases.
A d
whe
it
comes
to
people
f om,
you
k ow,
Russia
a d
Chi a
a d
Tu key
a d
Sy ia,
do
you
thi k
those
cou t ies
a e
goi g
to
sha e
a y
atio al
secu ity
i fo matio
o
these
people?
You’ e
talki g
te s
of
thousa ds
of
Chi ese
atio als
eleased
i
the
U ited
States.
Do
we
ho estly
thi k
Chi a
will
sha e
with
us
a y
atio al
secu ity
i fo matio
o
these
people?
Of
cou se
ot.””So
P eside t
T ump
ot
o ly
gave
us
the
most
secu e
bo de
i
the
histo y
of
the
atio ,
ot
o ly
a e
we
a esti g
[a d]
depo ti g
a
eco d
umbe
of
illegal
alie s
f om
this
cou t y—p omises
made,
p omises
kept—but
we’ e
looki g
at
the
o es
that
Bide
b ought
i
eithe
lawfully
o
illegally
th ough
pa ole.
A d
we
gotta
clea
house,
a d
P eside t
T ump’s
se ious
about
it
a d
we’ e
all
ove
it.
It’s
the
State
Depa tme t
[a d]
Depa tme t
of
Homela d
Secu ity
[that]
a e
wo ki g
ve y
closely
togethe
alo g
with
the
Depa tme t
of
Justice.”
Who
a e
those
who
got
thei
visas
evoked?
The
State
Depa tme t
said
the
majo ity
of
these
visas
we e
evoked
due
to
law
e fo ceme t
e cou te s
fo
a
a ge
of
c imi al
activity,
with
assault,
d ivi g
u de
the
i flue ce,
theft
a d
d ug
c imes
bei g
the
leadi g
causes.
Othe
easo s
i clude
eckless
d ivi g,
sexual
assault,
child
abuse,
f aud
a d
embezzleme t.
