
Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan Tom Homan, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Sen. Thom Tillis
Feb 15, 2026
Thom Tillis, U.S. senator reporting from the Munich Security Conference on NATO, Arctic security and trade. Robert Garcia, former Long Beach mayor now on House Oversight probing the Epstein files and DOJ transparency. Hakeem Jeffries, House Democratic leader on DHS funding, immigration reform demands and 2026 strategy. Tom Homan, former ICE director on DHS operations, enforcement tactics and recent deployments.
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DHS Funding Stalls On ICE Conduct Reforms
- Negotiations over DHS funding center on ICE conduct reforms like IDs, body cams, masks, warrants, and anti-profiling rules.
- Tom Homan says ICE follows federal statutes and masks protect agents amid a large rise in threats.
Administrative Warrants And Operational Tradeoffs
- The administration views administrative warrants as lawful for immigration arrests when due process occurred previously.
- Homan argues operational safety and jail access affect how ICE conducts arrests and surge deployments.
Minnesota Metro Surge Deployment
- Homan described the Minnesota Metro Surge as the largest federal immigration deployment in DHS history.
- He said agents removed over 1,000 people and kept a smaller footprint for fraud and church investigations.




