Reporters arriving at the White House on Monday morning for a press briefing with Border Czar Tom Homan were met with a stark, unavoidable message: massive posters detailing the heinous crimes committed by illegal aliens arrested since President Donald J. Trump took office. It was a visual confrontation designed to leave no doubt about the Trump administration’s aggressive stance on border security—and it did exactly that.
Meet the scumbags placed on the White House lawn this morning for the world to see — the worst of the worst criminal illegal immigrants sent back where they belong in President Trump's first 100 days. pic.twitter.com/CbQ3OjOQKZ
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) April 28, 2025
In a statement, the White House explained the purpose behind the dramatic display: "Images of the worst of the worst criminal illegal immigrants arrested since President Donald J. Trump took office were placed on the lawn of the White House for the world to see — highlighting the Trump Administration's unprecedented effort to secure our homeland and send these vicious criminals back where they belong."
The crimes showcased on the posters were a brutal catalog of suffering: murder, rape, child rape, assault, burglary, fentanyl trafficking, identity theft, DUI, and more. It wasn’t just a list—it was a reminder of the human cost of lax border policies, a cost that too often gets buried under political rhetoric and media spin.
🔥Tom Homan steps in and absolutely cooks a fake news reporter:
"Let's address that. Trump said Mexico was going to pay for the wall. Have they not? Putting 10,000 military on the border... We're saving millions. We've more than made up for the cost."
pic.twitter.com/7zT9JkMt3q— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) April 28, 2025
Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt pulled no punches during the briefing. She announced that the United States is entering "the beginning stages of carrying out the largest deportation campaign in American history." Under the newly launched Operation Tidalwave, nearly 800 illegal aliens were arrested in the first four days alone.
Leavitt further hammered home the administration’s progress with a staggering statistic: between Trump's inauguration and April 1, only nine illegal aliens were released into the United States. By contrast, under Biden during the same period the year before, over 184,000 illegal aliens were released—a jaw-dropping 99.99% decrease under Trump’s leadership.
🚨Border Czar Tom Homan calls out Biden’s intentional border crisis:
I started in Border Patrol in 1984. I've worked for 6 presidents... Biden was the first president in the history of who came into office and unsecured the border on purpose."
pic.twitter.com/Oe1mQ43jsC— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) April 28, 2025
But the Trump administration isn’t stopping there. President Trump is set to sign an additional executive order later today aimed directly at sanctuary cities—Democrat-run jurisdictions where local officials openly defy federal immigration law by shielding criminal aliens from deportation. The new order is intended to cut off funding and increase penalties for cities that harbor violent offenders, reaffirming Trump’s commitment to putting American citizens' safety first.