Dr. Phil Joins Tom Homan For Chicago ICE Raid, Convicted Sex Offender Nabbed
TV personality Dr. Phil defended the actions of Border Czar Tom Homan while going along for a raid with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Sunday.
The 74-year-old talk show host posted on X, saying that one of the men detained in Chicago, who was later identified as Sam Seda from Thailand, was discovered to be convicted of sex crimes involving children.
Dr. Phil, whose real name is Tim McGraw, asked Seda if he had ever been charged with sex crimes involving children.
“Not really,” Seda replied.
“Not really?!” McGraw said incredulously. “And never been deported?” he continued.
“Nope,” Seda confirmed.
When McGraw asked if he was a citizen, the illegal alien said, “My mom’s a citizen.”
“Again, the downfall, the problem with a sanctuary city is that people like this [are] walking the street rather than having law enforcement working with federal agents,” Homan said. “This is what we’re dealing with.”
Homan next told his agents, ‘Let’s take him in, process him, and lock him up.”
JUST IN: The first arrest in Chicago with @RealTomHoman was a convicted sex offender and internet predator from Thailand.
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— Dr. Phil (@DrPhil) January 27, 2025
“This is an example of sanctuary cities, right,” Homan told McGraw, saying the man they detained was one of 270 “high-value targets” they were looking for under President Donald Trump’s new mass deportation policy.
“We’ve got an illegal alien convicted of sex crimes involving children and he’s walking the streets of Chicago,” the border czar added.
McGraw had previously posted about his plans to accompany ICE during raids, saying, “It’s a pretty high-risk mission we’re going on. This truly is a targeted ICE mission, because they’re not sweeping neighborhoods like people are trying to imply.”
In another clip shared on X, McGraw spoke with Homan about arresting Seda. Homan called the allegations that the deportation strategy was racist, calling such claims “hogwash” while denying that federal agents were rounding up children.
“He shouldn’t even be here, but he’s doing this,” Homan said. He also expressed frustration that community members were refusing to report illegal immigrants like Seda, who were “preying on our children.”
Homan told McGraw that prominent Illinois Democrats like Governor JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson “want to vilify the men of ICE.”
ICE made 956 arrests nationwide on Sunday, the agency announced on X. Agents have been targeting migrant criminals every day since President Donald Trump took office last week.