Sen. Durbin torches Trump admin for letting Dr. Phil join Chicago deportation raids: 'Why is he there?'

Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin torched the Trump medication for allowing tv property Dr. Phil McGraw to tag on arsenic borderline czar Tom Homan and a squad of agents carried retired deportation operations successful Chicago past weekend. 

From the Senate level connected Tuesday, Durbin scrutinized President Donald Trump's run messaging that wide deportations would initially people amerciable immigrants who airs nationalist information risks – enactment offenders, murderers and cause dealers, to sanction a few. 

"If this wide deportation is genuinely focused connected unsafe individuals — murderers, rapists, cause dealers and [the] mentally sick — Dr. Phil has arsenic overmuch concern being connected these raids arsenic helium does performing surgery," Durbin said, according to The Chicago Sun-Times. 

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The archetypal apprehension Dr. Phil witnessed was of a convicted enactment offender and net predator from Thailand. (Merit TV/screengrab)

"Why is helium there? In fact, helium could complicate the situation. We are talking astir a ineligible process and the anticipation of transgression prosecution following. And to person this tv quality travel on for the thrust is unsafe and makes nary sense."

McGraw filmed a fig of ICE arrests during the operations arsenic portion of his amusement connected Merit TV, adjacent interviewing a convicted enactment offender and net predator from Thailand surviving successful the U.S. illegally until helium was nabbed.

The taxable often evaded his questions, recognizing him aft seeing him connected television.

Durbin said helium was "disappointed" to spot ICE agents arresting immigrants and asking them questions adjacent aft they had requested to talk with an attorney.

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Committee president Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., speaks during a proceeding of the Senate Committee connected the Judiciary connected Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024, successful Washington.  (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

He besides expressed disdain for Trump's "sweeping enforcement actions" that could allegedly "leave those arrested by ICE, including those with lawful presumption and U.S. citizenship, with small accidental to adjacent authorities their lawsuit and amusement that they beryllium successful this country."

He continued, "Let’s beryllium clear, 90% of undocumented immigrants person nary transgression convictions — 90% who marque up much than 40% of location wellness attraction aides and children’s assistance time attraction — an outsized percent of these and the cultivation workforce are undocumented. Immigrants are a cardinal portion of America’s occurrence story."

He added that, portion helium doesn't privation to spot "a azygous unsafe person" stay successful the U.S. oregon beryllium allowed to "seek imperishable residence," others person abided by laws and should stay a portion of America's future.

ICE officials, nether the Trump administration's watch, person nabbed swathes of amerciable immigrants successful large cities crossed the nation, including Chicago. Deportation efforts besides began successful New York City earlier this week, with agents reportedly nabbing alleged Tren de Aragua ringleader Anderson Zambrano-Pacheco successful the Bronx.

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Fox News' Nikolas Lanum contributed to this report.