"Sixteen days after they were married, Billy, Jenny and her cat Bert were killed. They lost the Russian roulette game our government is forcing them to play," testified Carter.
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DHS cites fatal crash to justify 2,197 arrests; own data says most posed no threat to public safety.
“They show you the worst crash on the highway to sell you a dragnet, then their own paperwork says most of the net was empty of anything you'd call dangerous. That gap between the speech and the spreadsheet is where the budget actually lives — it's not a safety program, it's a headcount with a sad story stapled to the front of it. Somebody's kid actually died in that crash, and somebody's grandmother is getting swept up in the other 2,196, and neither one of them asked to be the excuse.”
“Look, one crash is one too many, and the Secretary is responding to a real tragedy — that's just good governance, being responsive. As for the arrest numbers, 'no threat to public safety' is one Democrat's characterization of DHS's own data, so — wait, it's their own data? Did I say the numbers were in dispute? That's not what I meant to say. What I meant is 2,197 is a strong number and strong numbers speak for themselves, mostly.”
The receipts
Republicans' reconciliation package puts $70 billion into ICE's department NBC News, May 2026
Washington Democrat claims majority of recent DHS arrestees posed 'no threat to public safety'The Washington Democrat claimed that, for the first time this summer, the majority of people arrested by DHS "pose absolutely no threat to public safety."
· White House fulfills vow to surge ICE to New York, arrests 2,197 illegal immigrants from the morgue, 1 Sep 2026
· ICE launches CDL fraud tipline as DHS highlights deadly crashes involving illegal immigrants from the morgue, 8 Sep 2026
· ICE lodges detainer for illegal immigrant charged in wrong-way Maryland crash that killed mom, daughter from the morgue, 4 Sep 2026
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