by the former daytime talk-show host Phil McGraw showed him on a ride-along with immigration agents in Chicago on Sunday as authorities .
McGraw, a former psychologist who rose to fame alongside Oprah Winfrey and hosted “Dr. Phil” , said he had “embedded” with Immigration and Customs Enforcement to show what he described as the agency’s targeted efforts to apprehend “known criminals and terrorists.”
Speaking to McGraw in a segment broadcast on the 1-year-old network that the former talk-show host founded — Merit Street Media — Trump administration border czar Thomas Homan told viewers to “forget the false narrative” that immigration authorities are carrying out neighborhood sweeps that target “people that are a different color than us.”
“Look at what we actually do,” he said.
The enforcement actions come what he described as the largest mass deportation plan in U.S history — and as during encounters with authorities, regardless of their immigration status.
On Monday, over the reversal of a decades-old policy last week that prevented immigration agents from conducting raids in “sensitive locations” — including houses of worship and schools — without prior approval.
the agency said, marking the single largest number of arrests made in a single day since Trump took office. Nearly half of those detained don’t have criminal records, according to a senior Trump administration official.
In a video posted on McGraw’s X profile, the former talk show host can be seen questioning a man who appears to be handcuffed and standing on a street next to Homan.
At one point, the man can be heard asking for a lawyer. At another point, when McGraw asks the man if he’d previously been deported, the man asks: “Are you Dr. Phil?”
“How do you know me?” McGraw responds.
“I’ve seen you on ‘Dr. Phil,’” he said.
In the video, Homan describes the man as undocumented and says he has been convicted of sex crimes with children. When McGraw asks the man if he committed the alleged crimes, the man says, “not really.”
A spokesperson for ICE did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
McGraw, who ended his daytime show in 2023, spoke at Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden In an interview afterwards, McGraw said the appearance was not an endorsement.
