White House dares critics to compare ICE facilities to other jails and prisons

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President Donald Trump‘s border czar, Tom Homan, defended United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facilities after a federal judge ordered the agency to improve them following detainee complaints.

“I’ll compare our detention standards to any county jail or state prison in the country,” Homan told the Washington Examiner. “I mean that. Anybody can go to ice.gov and look at the detention standards. As a matter of fact, a lot of people might be a little upset we’re spending this much money on detention standards.”

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