Border Czar Tom Homan spoke to a gaggle of reporters after his Fox News interview and was asked about the reports that illegals are being released back into the country via Catch and Release.

Homan acknowledged that this happened and vowed to get to the bottom of it. He did say he’s been told the releases were related to health concerns that ICE isn’t equipped to deal with, but said he’s going to find out who it was and why, via Pool Report:

“I was made aware of that this morning, and I will address that today, but I’ve been told that some were released because of some health concerns that we could not handle within ICE detention. So I have a meeting with ICE leadership today to find out exactly who was released and why, but the president made it clear we’re ending catch-and-release.”

Regarding arrest numbers and the leaks compromising raids, Homan said:

“When you leak an operation, it means more bad guys are not being arrested, which means more bad guys are walking the streets. So as we address that, you’re gonna see the arrests increase. As the aperture opens up beyond criminals, you’re going to see more arrests. I’ve made it clear that if you’re in the country illegally, you’re not off the table.”

Reiterating what he said on Fox News about the leaks:

This isn’t a game. When operations get leaked like that, it puts our officers at great risk. We know that TDA [Tren De Aragua] is dangerous.Everybody can agree to that, but when they get a heads-up that we are coming, it’s only a matter of time before our officers are ambushed. Their job is dangerous enough. So we are going to address this very seriously.

Look, I said from Day One, we want to be transparent with the American people. We’ve invited numerous media outlets along, but right now it’s all about operational security. So we may have to stop the media ride-alongs because–I’m not pointing the finger at them–but the less people that know about these operations, the safer it is for our agents.