White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt denied Monday that President Donald Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, took a $50,000 cash bribe from FBI agents posing as businessmen.
Undercover agents attempted to sway Homan into agreeing to accept the money in exchange for help securing government contracts once President Donald Trump returned to office during a meeting in Texas on September 20, 2024, according to <a href="https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/tom-homan-cash-contracts-trump-doj-investigation-rcna232568" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MSNBC</a>.
The FBI and Department of Justice then waited to see if Homan would help secure the contracts once he entered the White House, according to the news outlet. The Trump administration closed the investigation after FBI Director Kash Patel requested an update on the probe.
During Monday’s White House press briefing, Leavitt hit back at a reporter who asked if the former Immigration and Customs Enforcement chief has “to return the $50,000.”
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&#8220;You should get your facts straight, number one.&#8221;
Karoline Leavitt fires back at a reporter over her question on Tom Homan allegedly taking a $50,000 bribe. <a href="https://t.co/OpVMVVfypw">pic.twitter.com/OpVMVVfypw</a>
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“Mr. Homan never took the $50,000 that you’re referring to, so you should get your facts straight, number one. Number two, this was another example of the weaponization of the Biden Department of Justice against one of President Trump’s strongest and most vocal supporters in the midst of a presidential campaign,” Leavitt said.
Leavitt also asserted that the FBI agents attempted to “entrap &#8230; someone who they knew very well could be taking a government position months later.”
“Mr. Homan did absolutely nothing wrong, and even the president’s Department of Justice, even Kash Patel’s FBI looked into this just to make sure they had a number of different prosecutors and FBI agents who looked into this, they found zero evidence of illegal activity or criminal wrongdoing and the White House and the president stand by Tom Homan 100% because he did absolutely nothing wrong and he is a brave public servant who has done a phenomenal job in helping the president shut down the border,” she said.
In a statement to MSNBC, FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the probe “was subjected to a full review by FBI agents and Justice Department prosecutors” who “found no credible evidence of any criminal wrongdoing.”
“The Department’s resources must remain focused on real threats to the American people, not baseless investigations. As a result, the investigation has been closed,” they said.
The Biden administration launched its investigation in the summer of 2024 after the subject of a separate probe alleged that Homan was offering contracts in exchange for payments if Trump were to win the election, according to MSNBC.
A colleague introduced the undercover FBI agents to Homan, who indicated he would help them once he entered the White House, according to the report.

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The Trump administration has located roughly 25,000 migrant children who crossed the border alone and were &#8220;lost&#8221; under the Biden administration, Border Czar Tom <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1968729638839947531" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Homan</a> revealed Thursday.
During President Joe Biden&#8217;s time in office, roughly 320,000 migrant kids went unaccounted for after they were released into the United States to poorly vetted sponsors, according to an inspector general&#8217;s <a href="https://www.oig.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/assets/2024-08/OIG-24-46-Aug24.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> released last year.
<div id="attachment_205725" style="width: 1033px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-205725" class="wp-image-205725 size-full" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2021/03/pool-2.jpg" alt="DONNA, TEXAS - MARCH 30: Young unaccompanied migrants, ages 3-9 watch TV inside a playpen at the Department of Homeland Security holding facility on March 30, 2021 in Donna, Texas. The Donna location is the main detention center for unaccompanied children coming across the U.S. border in the Rio Grande Valley. (Photo by" width="1023" height="591" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2021/03/pool-2.jpg 1023w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2021/03/pool-2-300x173.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2021/03/pool-2-997x576.jpg 997w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2021/03/pool-2-768x444.jpg 768w" sizes=" (max-width: 1023px) 100vw, 1023px" />Dario Lopez-Mills &#8211; Pool/Getty Images</div>
While some of the children were &#8220;fine&#8221; and hiding with their parents &#8220;because they didn&#8217;t want to be deported,&#8221; many others &#8220;were in sex trafficking&#8221; and &#8220;found in forced labor&#8221; conditions, where they were enslaved to &#8220;work ungodly hours, not going to school &#8230; not being paid, being abused,&#8221; Homan said on Fox News Thursday.
&#8220;We&#8217;ve rescued thousands of children and President Trump is committed, I&#8217;m committed that we&#8217;re not gonna stop looking for these children &#8217;til we find every single one of them or run down the leads on them,&#8221; Homan said.
The former Immigration and Customs Enforcement chief also revealed that 27 of the children had &#8220;unfortunately&#8221; died.
&#8220;So we&#8217;re not giving up. This is a major priority for the Trump administration, we&#8217;re gonna keep going at it.&#8221;
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There were 291,000 migrant <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/guatemalan-traffickers-exploit-bidens-unaccompanied-alien-children-program-records-suggest">children</a> who came to the United States unaccompanied who were never given future court dates as of May 2024, leaving federal immigration authorities with no way to know their locations, the government watchdog found.
An additional 32,000 migrant children who were released into the United States with hearing dates failed to appear in court, according to the report, which tracked cases from October 2018 to September 2023.
Several federal whistleblowers came forward under the Biden administration to expose the faulty vetting system that placed migrant kids into the hands of &#8220;sponsors&#8221; who they believed were trafficking the children.
One whistleblower testified to a Senate panel in July 2024 that the Biden administration&#8217;s Department of Health and Human Services took her off the job and retaliated against her after she alerted supervisors to the fact that children were being placed with people who clearly were not their relatives and that there was evidence of sadistic abuse.
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The vetting procedure amounted to a single phone call to the children 30 days later, but by that point they couldn&#8217;t be reached.
Deborah White, another HHS whistleblower, said the agency wasn&#8217;t able to investigate red flags, adding that they deliberately kept their heads in the sand.
“Children were not going to their parents. Children were being trafficked with billions of taxpayer dollars by a contractor failing to vet sponsors and process children safely, with government officials complicit in it,” she said, adding that it “will haunt me for the rest of my life.”
“We never saw sponsors face-to-face and fake documents were rampant. When we questioned documents, ORR [Office of Refugee Resettlement] leadership said, ‘You’re not a fake ID expert, and your job is not to investigate the sponsor. Your job is to reunify the child with the sponsor,’” she added. She said ORR provided its staff with “no training” to identify human trafficking or fraud, and when she tried to provide it, she was blocked.
“Contacting the Guatemalan consulate in regard to fake documents resulted in a reprimand … When I checked on a child’s welfare at another facility I was told, ‘Do not do that again. Once these children leave here … they’re gone and they are no longer your responsibility.’”

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IRVING, Texas — Border czar Tom Homan said Friday night that he was “amazed” at how quickly the Trump administration was able to secure the southern border.
Speaking at the second annual State Freedom Caucus Summit near Dallas, Homan said illegal immigration was down 96% under President Donald Trump. Homan told the state lawmakers gathered at the conference that “even I am amazed” at how quickly the administration was able to shut down illegal immigration.
“We have the most secure border in the history of this nation,” Homan said. “The men and women of Border Patrol secured that border in seven weeks. … God bless the men and women of Border Patrol.”
Attendees of the summit include Republican lawmakers from across the country who are members of state level Freedom Caucus organizations, which are coalitions of lawmakers who push for conservative governance and legislation. The summit was organized by the State Freedom Caucus Foundation.
Inspired by the House Freedom Caucus, the State Freedom Caucus Network was founded in 2021 with the goal of creating state level organizations of conservative lawmakers and equipping them with “the high-level staff, strategy, and community conservatives need to take ground across the country.”
In a roughly 45 minute speech, Homan recounted Trump recruiting him to come back into his administration for a second time after four years of President Joe Biden allowing a record number of illegal aliens to cross into the United States. Homan said that he woke up every day during the Biden administration “pissed off” at what was happening at the border.
Homan said it was &#8220;bulls***&#8221; that the Biden administration was considered humane because of its lax border policies. He choked up talking about the number of girls who were raped and innocent people killed during human smuggling runs that exploded under Biden.
Homan added that he believed one reason Biden was so lax was because his administration believed most illegal aliens would be future Democrat voters.
“They sold this country out for future political power, and in my opinion, that is treasonous,” he said.
Commenting on resistance to the Trump administration by Democrats like Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, Homan said that they hated Trump more than they loved their own communities.
During his speech, Homan also promised that the Trump administration would go after the Latin American drug cartels that have flooded the United States with drugs.
“They’ve killed more Americans than every terrorist organization in the world. They’ve killed more Americans than any war that we’ve ever had,” Homan said. “And mark my word, President Trump will wipe them off the face of the earth.”
Homan’s comments came after the U.S. military took out a drug trafficking boat coming from Venezuela earlier this week. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the United States would continue to carry out similar operations.

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Border czar Tom Homan pulled no punches in his brutal roast of former President Joe Biden&#8217;s embattled son Hunter Biden, referring to him as the &#8220;former First Drug Addict&#8221; during a recent appearance on &#8220;The Ingraham Angle&#8221; on Fox News.
Homan, a longtime Border Patrol officer who was named border czar by President Donald Trump, joined host Laura Ingraham to share his reaction to a recent Hunter Biden interview. During that interview, an emotional Hunter Biden had lashed out at President Trump&#8217;s border policies and suggested that all illegal immigrants in the United States should simply be allowed to remain. Homan disagreed.
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🚨 LMAO! Tom Homan just ROASTED Hunter Biden after Hunter said &#8220;f— you&#8221; to those who want immigration laws enforced.
&#8220;You know, I don&#8217;t really care what the former First Drug Addict thinks!&#8221; 🤣🔥
Homan is a national treasure. <a href="https://t.co/Okq5XsPGjF">pic.twitter.com/Okq5XsPGjF</a>
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&#8220;I&#8217;ve got to get your reaction, Tom, to one of your old friends who had a message for Americans who care about illegal immigration,&#8221; Ingraham teased the clip of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hunter-biden-defends-illegals-with-slew-of-f-bombs">younger Biden</a>.
&#8220;People are really upset about illegal immigration. F*** you. How do you think your hotel room gets cleaned? How do you think you have food on your f***ing table? Who do you think washes your dishes?” he asked in the clip.
&#8220;Well, I do my own dishes,&#8221; Ingraham said as she cut away from the Biden interview. &#8220;But this idea that the fruit&#8217;s going to rot in the orchards, nobody&#8217;s ever going to have a lawn mowed again if we actually enforce our immigration laws &#8230;&#8221;
&#8220;Well, I don&#8217;t really care what the former First Drug Addict thinks,&#8221; Homan shot back. &#8220;I just thank God every morning I wake up, and we&#8217;ve got President Trump in the Oval Office. And because of President Trump, in seven weeks, we got the most secure border in this nation&#8217;s history. And now we&#8217;re arresting public safety threats and national security every day across this country.&#8221;

Tom Homan Delivers Brutal Roast Of ‘Former First Drug Addict’ Hunter Biden

Tom Homan Delivers Brutal Roast Of 'Former First Drug Addict' Hunter Biden

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Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Border Czar Tom Homan on Monday called for changes to sanctuary city policies following the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/suspect-in-shooting-of-border-patrol-officer-released-under-biden-dhs-says?author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Suspect+In+Shooting+Of+Border+Patrol+Officer+Released+Under+Biden%2C+DHS+Says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shooting</a> of a Customs and Border Protection officer in New York City on Saturday.
Late Saturday evening, the 42-year-old officer and his friend were sitting in Fort Washington Park in Manhattan when two men approached them on a moped. One man walked up to the officer and shot him multiple times in the face and arm. The officer&#8217;s friend was uninjured. The officer shot back, injuring the perpetrator in the leg and groin area, causing him and his accomplice to drive off.
Noem and Homan condemned New York City&#8217;s sanctuary city policies during Monday&#8217;s press conference, saying they made this kind of crime possible by allowing criminals to remain in the country. Noem said she was &#8220;calling on every single mayor in a sanctuary city and sanctuary city governor to change their policies and to change their tactics right now.&#8221;
Homan confirmed her sentiment, <a href="https://x.com/FoxNews/status/1947296175129768370" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a> that &#8220;Sanctuary cities are sanctuaries for criminals.&#8221; Homan also reaffirmed the Trump administration&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-hits-los-angeles-with-lawsuit-after-violent-anti-ice-riots?author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Admin+Hits+Los+Angeles+With+Lawsuit+After+Violent+Anti-ICE+Riots" target="_blank" rel="noopener">policy</a> to target sanctuary cities for illegal aliens, which has led to the arrest of thousands in cities like Los Angeles.
President Donald Trump wrote in a <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1947018535378501871" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a> Sunday following the incident that &#8220;The Democrats have flooded our Nation with Criminal Invaders, and now, they must all be thrown out.&#8221;
&#8220;We should not be here today. The reason these two assailants are inside the United States today is because of failed border policies by the Biden administration,&#8221; CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/noem-visit-cbp-agent-shot-new-york-city-sanctuary-city-policies" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> at a press conference Monday.
Noem <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1947294261537374356" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that the officer and his friend &#8220;were attacked by two individuals that were set on robbing them and, thankfully, he had his service weapon with him and was able to defend himself and his friend.&#8221; She added that &#8220;His quick action speaks to his tenacity and his excellence in training.&#8221;
Noem and Homan recently visited the injured officer, who is in a stable condition.
The suspect, Miguel Francisco Mora Nunez, a citizen of the Dominican Republic, was taken into custody after he limped into a New York City hospital with wounds similar to those inflicted by the officer late Saturday night. The second suspect, Christhian Aybar-Berroa — also a citizen of the Dominican Republic — was taken into custody Monday morning, Noem <a href="https://x.com/Sec_Noem/status/1947300919432905079" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a>.
Nunez&#8217;s criminal <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/07/21/second-criminal-illegal-alien-lengthy-rap-sheet-arrested-involvement-ambush-and" target="_blank" rel="noopener">record</a> lists grand larceny, assault, criminal contempt, and armed robbery with a firearm, all of which occurred between October 2023 and February 2025. Aybar-Berroa&#8217;s record includes reckless endangerment, grand larceny, and reckless driving.
Noem wrote in a post Monday that the second suspect, Aybar-Berroa, &#8220;entered the country illegally in 2022 under the Biden Administration and was ordered for final removed [sic] in 2023 by an immigration judge. He has a criminal record in New York City and detainers were IGNORED thanks to <a href="https://x.com/ericadamsfornyc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@ericadamsfornyc</a> sanctuary city policies.&#8221;

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem Holds News Conference In NYC After Off Duty Customs Officer Shot On Saturday

Trump Admin Denounces Sanctuary Cities After Shooting Of Border Patrol Officer

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President Donald Trump&#8217;s Border Czar Tom Homan made it clear that he was not impressed with Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY), referring to him as a &#8220;buffoon&#8221; and suggesting that he was feigning ignorance of the massive uptick in violent assaults against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.
Nadler was one of several lawmakers whose comments were featured on Fox News&#8217; &#8220;Jesse Watters Primetime,&#8221; and he suggested to correspondent Johnny Belisario that he was unaware of any attacks against agents.
Belisario spoke to Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) first, who attempted to turn the question on its head but suggesting that ICE agents were to blame because they were &#8220;terrorizing&#8221; people.
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Nadler pretends to have never heard of the violent attacks on ICE agents:
“What attacks on ICE agents?&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/2TOLbHjaB0">pic.twitter.com/2TOLbHjaB0</a>
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) <a href="https://twitter.com/WesternLensman/status/1946590196423880827?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 19, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Whan Belisario got to Nadler, the New York Congressman responded by asking, &#8220;What attacks on ICE agents?&#8221;
Homan fired back at Nadler, saying that there was no way he could not be aware of the attacks — and that Democrats were the ones &#8220;encouraging&#8221; them.
&#8220;This buffoon knows exactly what attacks — his party is the one encouraging them. ICE agents are facing an 830% increase in assaults because of smears from the left. Their words have consequences. We won’t let them pretend they don’t.&#8221;
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This buffoon knows exactly what attacks — his party is the one encouraging them.
ICE agents are facing an 830% increase in assaults because of smears from the left. Their words have consequences. We won’t let them pretend they don’t. <a href="https://t.co/wxWbnxKhuu">https://t.co/wxWbnxKhuu</a>
— Thomas D. Homan (@RealTomHoman) <a href="https://twitter.com/RealTomHoman/status/1946598439942492247?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 19, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Trump&#8217;s Rapid Response Team shared a lengthy thread on X several days earlier, blaming the uptick in assaults and attacks — some violent — on the rhetoric often employed by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/reprehensible-assaults-on-ice-agents-skyrocket-up-830-over-last-year">elected Democrats</a>.
Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin shared the staggering statistic along with a statement, saying, &#8220;Brave ICE law enforcement are risking their lives every day to keep our communities safe from the worst of the worst criminals. ICE law enforcement are succeeding to remove terrorists, murderers, pedophiles and the most depraved among us from America’s communities, even as crazed rhetoric from gutter politicians are inspiring a massive increase in assaults against them. It is reprehensible that our officers are facing this threat while simply doing their jobs and enforcing the law.&#8221;

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Tom Homan Thrashes ‘Buffoon’ Jerry Nadler Over Comment On Anti-ICE Attacks

Tom Homan Thrashes 'Buffoon' Jerry Nadler Over Comment On Anti-ICE Attacks

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Border czar Tom Homan pulled no punches in a recent conversation with POLITICO&#8217;s Dasha Burns, providing her with statistics and evidence when she suggested that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents were inviting criticism for wearing masks while conducting raids.
Homan pointed to the backlash against ICE agents — which has led not only to them being targeted in the streets but to them being targeted at their homes, along with their spouses and their children — and argued, just as acting ICE Director Todd Lyons has, that they should be allowed some measure of protection.
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🚨NEW: Tom Homan *STEAMROLLS* Politico&#8217;s Dasha Burns when she casts doubt on need for ICE to wear masks🚨
BURNS: &#8220;I think one of the things that&#8217;s had a lot of folks up in arms is that ICE agents — unlike other law enforcement — have been masked to protect their identities.… <a href="https://t.co/41lSuEhbEu">pic.twitter.com/41lSuEhbEu</a>
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&#8220;I think one of the things that&#8217;s had a lot of folks up in arms is that ICE agents — unlike other law enforcement — have been masked to protect their identities,&#8221; Burns began. &#8220;That&#8217;s not something that we&#8217;ve really had on this scale in this country. Do you—&#8221;
&#8220;Well, we never had the scale of attacks on ICE we have now — up 700% attacks on ICE, doxing against ICE agents,&#8221; Homan interrupted.
&#8220;Well, you&#8217;ve had increased attacks on police officers as well in the wake of the defund the police movement, too. But they haven&#8217;t put masks on,&#8221; Burns protested.
&#8220;Name a police agency that has a 700% increase in assaults,&#8221; Homan challenged. &#8220;Name one. You can&#8217;t.&#8221;
Burns conceded: &#8220;I haven&#8217;t looked at that data, yeah.&#8221;
Homan went on to point out that it wasn&#8217;t just the agents themselves who were being targeted — although that would be serious enough — but activists and extremists were also doxxing their families.
&#8220;You won&#8217;t find one. The attacks on ICE is unprecedented, 700% increased. And we&#8217;re not even talking about the doxing of agents, their spouses, and their children,&#8221; Homan explained. &#8220;So they&#8217;re wearing masks to help give them some sort of protection &#8230; The same people that are complaining about ICE wearing masks, have they ever said anything about BLM protesters wearing masks?&#8221;
&#8220;Well, I mean, that leads me to the question that like: do you have concerns that it—?&#8221;
&#8220;Let me answer though. Let me answer,&#8221; Homan pushed back. &#8220;Did they ever say anything about the masked protesters that became criminals on college campuses that threatened Jewish students and took over buildings, destroyed property? They were all wearing masks. Did anybody pass legislation saying they can&#8217;t wear a mask during a protest? No.&#8221;
&#8220;I support ICE wearing masks &#8230; there needs to be some level of protection because the attacks is unprecedented,&#8221; Homan concluded. &#8220;They&#8217;re trying to make this country safe again — and they&#8217;re being vilified for it and attacked for it &#8230; We&#8217;re not going to tolerate it. Zero tolerance on this.&#8221;

Tom Homan Sticks It To Politico Reporter In Spat Over ICE Agents Wearing Masks

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Border Czar Tom Homan roasted a protester who interrupted his speech at a Turning Point USA event on Saturday.
Homan spoke at the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit in Tampa, Florida, on Saturday evening, defending Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and President Donald Trump’s immigration and deportation policies.
In the middle of his speech, a protester with a large photo of Homan doctored to have gang signs on his knuckles interrupted the border czar to ask if he is “an MS-13 member.”
“I got a question for you: Why don&#8217;t you come up here and hand me that picture, right? Bring it,” Homan taunted back before leading the crowd to begin chanting “USA, USA” as security guards came to escort the protester out.
“They got morons like this all over the country,” Homan continued as the protester was escorted out of the venue. “This guy ain&#8217;t got the balls to be an ICE officer. He hasn&#8217;t got the balls to be a Border Patrol agent. This guy lives in his mother&#8217;s basement.”
“The only thing that surprised me, you don’t have purple hair and a nose ring. Get out of here, you loser. And, hey, if you&#8217;re such a bada**, meet me off stage in 13 minutes and 50 seconds,” said Homan. “I guarantee you he sits down to pee. Guaranteed.”
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🚨 JUST IN: Tom Homan DEMOLISHES a heckler interrupting his speech at TPUSA
HOMAN: “This guy doesn&#8217;t have the balls to be an ICE officer!&#8221;
&#8220;The ONLY thing that surprises me is that he doesn’t have purple hair and a nose ring&#8221;
&#8220;I GUARANTEE you this guy sits down to pee” 🤣🔥 <a href="https://t.co/tEQEyGICS3">pic.twitter.com/tEQEyGICS3</a>
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) <a href="https://twitter.com/nicksortor/status/1944168174997352620?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2025</a></blockquote>
Homan’s speech was also protested outside the event by anti-ICE protesters. The border czar delivered a message for them from the podium, as well, according to the <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/07/12/us-news/border-czar-tom-homan-delivers-stern-warning-to-anti-ice-protesters-you-want-some-come-get-some/">New York Post</a>.
“You want some? Come get some,” Homan said. “I’m tired of it. For the men and women of ICE, I deserve your respect. They’re the finest 1% this country has. And Tom Homan isn’t going anywhere. Tom Homan isn’t shutting up.”
Violence against ICE agents has surged in recent months as immigration enforcement has carried out operations to deport illegal aliens, many of them suspected or convicted of violent crimes and considered to be public safety threats. Last week, Homan said that attacks targeting ICE agents have surged 700% compared to last year.
“The attack on ICE officers … is up nearly 700% now,” Homan <a href="https://grabien.com/story?id=535014">said</a> in an interview on Fox News. Homan said that the increase in violence directed at federal immigration enforcement is at least partly due to irresponsible rhetoric from Democrats.
“The rhetoric against the men and women of ICE is skyrocketing, especially by members of Congress. We have senators, we have congresspeople that compare ICE to the Nazis, compare ICE to racists, and it just continues,” said Homan. “The public thinks, well, if a member of Congress can attack ICE, why can&#8217;t we?”
Some recent verbal attacks on ICE have <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/07/democrats-inspire-vicious-escalating-attacks-on-ice/">included</a> Minnesota Governor Tim Walz calling ICE agents “modern-day Gestapo,” Boston Mayor Michelle Wu comparing ICE to a neo-Nazi group, and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson suggesting ICE agents are “secret police.”

Tom Homan Demolishes Heckler At TPUSA Event: ‘I Guarantee You He Sits Down To Pee’

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President Donald Trump&#8217;s border czar, Tom Homan, blasted leftists who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/violent-leftists-attack-federal-agents-during-immigration-raids-at-california-pot-farms?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=Violent+Leftists+Attack+Federal+Agents+During+Immigration+Raids+At+California+Pot+Farms">attacked</a> federal immigration agents during a raid at a Southern California cannabis farm on Thursday, saying there are &#8220;protesters becoming criminals&#8221; and they are being &#8220;emboldened&#8221; by Democrats.
Homan told Fox News on Friday morning that protesters have a constitutional right to make their voices heard, but added that they cannot cross the line of impeding federal immigration enforcement operations.
&#8220;That&#8217;s a felony,&#8221; Homan said. &#8220;They certainly can&#8217;t put hands on an agent. That&#8217;s a felony. So what happened in California is another example of protesters becoming criminals, and they&#8217;ve been emboldened by &#8230; members of Congress who compared ICE to Nazis and racists and terrorists.&#8221;
&#8220;I mean, the rhetoric is so high. And I said two months ago, it&#8217;s going to end up with a loss of life, and we had one the other day in Texas,&#8221; he added, reffering to the gunman who was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-gunman-in-tactical-gear-killed-after-opening-fire-on-border-patrol-agents">shot dead</a> by authorities after opening fire on a Border Patrol facility, wounding two police officers and a Border Patrol employee.
During Thursday&#8217;s immigration raid at a cannabis farm in Camarillo, California, leftists threw rocks at federal agents&#8217; vehicles that were leaving the farm with detainees. One man was also caught on camera appearing to fire a handgun at federal agents during the operation.
Immigration authorities detained several suspected illegal immigrants and also found 10 children, including eight who were not accompanied by an adult, at the marijuana farm, according to Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott. The farm is &#8220;now under investigation for child labor violations,&#8221; Scott <a href="https://x.com/CBPCommissioner/status/1943511972441391376">said</a>.
&#8220;The work men and women of ICE are doing is incredible,&#8221; Homan added. &#8220;We&#8217;re looking for over 300,000 missing children. We&#8217;ve already found 10,000. Have you heard that anywhere? No, the media is simply not covering it. This should be a nonpartisan issue. Arresting public safety threats and national security threats, everyone should be on the same page on that. Rescuing children should be a nonpartisan issue.”
In August 2024, a Department of Homeland Security Inspector General <a href="https://www.oig.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/assets/2024-08/OIG-24-46-Aug24.pdf">report</a> found that 291,000 unaccompanied children who unlawfully crossed the border in recent years did not receive court notices, meaning those children had not yet appeared before an immigration judge. The report added that &#8220;ICE cannot always monitor the location and status of [unaccompanied minors] once they were released from DHS and HHS custody.&#8221;
Homan then ripped Democrats for criticizing ICE operations.
&#8220;They hate President Trump more than they love their community,&#8221; Homan said. &#8220;They hate President Trump more than they want safe communities.&#8221;
Democrats have been blasted by the Trump White House for their rhetoric on ICE agents, with some Democrats comparing them to the Gestapo, the secret police of Nazi Germany.
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‘Protesters Becoming Criminals’: Homan Rips ‘Emboldened’ Leftists Clashing With Feds At Pot Farm

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As Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents face increasing threats of violence, a Massachusetts lawmaker wants to make them more easily identifiable.
Massachusetts State Representative James Hawkins on Monday introduced a <a href="https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/HD4886" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bill</a> that would require ICE agents to remove face coverings while performing their public duties — making him the latest Democrat pushing to expose immigration officials. On Tuesday, Senators Alex Padilla (D-CA) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/09/dems-push-mask-bills-amid-ice-attacks/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">introduced</a> a bill that would prohibit federal agents from concealing their identities with masks while also requiring them to &#8220;display their name or badge number and the agency they represent.&#8221;
In New York City, lawmakers — including Comptroller Brad Lander, who was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-democrat-nyc-mayoral-candidate-arrested-by-ice-at-immigration-court" target="_blank" rel="noopener">arrested</a> by ICE for interfering with a deportation — <a href="https://www.politico.com/newsletters/new-york-playbook-pm/2025/07/09/unmasking-ice-agents-state-bill-ny-brad-lander-tony-simone-00445241" target="_blank" rel="noopener">introduced</a> a similar bill, with Lander saying ICE agents wear masks &#8220;for the purpose of striking fear into asylum seekers and immigrants in the hope that they will be terrorized by masked gangs who seek to grab and abduct them.&#8221;
But according to White House Border Czar Tom Homan, ICE agents are simply masking up to protect themselves.
&#8220;Some of you here say, &#8216;Why are they wearing masks?'&#8221; Homan <a href="https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/1928093476228317221" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> during a May press conference. &#8220;They&#8217;re trying to protect themselves and their families! &#8230; They&#8217;re being doxxed! … Assaults are up, and it won&#8217;t be tolerated!&#8221;
There has been a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ice-officials-slam-cnn-for-promoting-app-that-helps-illegals-dodge-federal-agents" target="_blank" rel="noopener">500% increase</a> in assaults on ICE agents in recent months, according to the Department of Homeland Security. As The Daily Wire reported, an app called ICEBlock allows users to alert one another to the presence of ICE agents, something the White House says puts agents in imminent danger. Just yesterday, Border Patrol agents <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/far-left-activists-in-l-a-arrested-for-targeting-immigration-enforcement-vehicles-with-tire-spikes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">arrested</a> four people in Los Angeles who are suspected of planting tire spikes in front of vehicles used by federal immigration enforcement agents.
President Donald Trump also underscored why border patrol and ICE agents may need to wear masks.
&#8220;They&#8217;re great patriots,&#8221; Trump <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-seethes-dems-floating-bill-requiring-unmasking-ice-cbp-agents-must-hate-america" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;If you expose them because of, you know, statements like have been made by Democrats and others on the left, usually mostly, I think, probably exclusively, you put them in great danger, tremendous danger.&#8221;
Still, Democrats insist that ICE agents need to be unmasked. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ice-agents-wear-masks-after-threats-to-their-families-but-top-dem-promises-to-id-all-of-them" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pledged</a>  that &#8220;every single&#8221; ICE agent would &#8220;be identified,&#8221; &#8220;no matter what it takes.&#8221;
The Daily Wire reached out to Hawkins&#8217;s office but did not receive an immediate response.

ICE Detains Immigrants Inside New York City Courthouses

Massachusetts Bill Would Expose ICE Agents Amid Rise In Violent Threats

Hakeem Jeffries

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WASHINGTON—Asked about a Catholic bishop in California who told illegal immigrants they no longer have to go to Sunday mass, White House Border Czar Tom Homan did not mince words.
&#8220;This is BS,&#8221; he told The Daily Wire in response to news that San Bernardino Bishop Alberto Rojas issued a decree on July 8 dispensing those in his diocese from attending Mass &#8220;due to potential immigration enforcement actions by civil authorities&#8221; if they have &#8220;genuine fear of immigration enforcement actions.&#8221; His dispensation is in effect until &#8220;such time as this decree is revoked or amended.&#8221;
The bishop was referring to President Donald Trump&#8217;s immigration actions, which include ICE raids throughout the country. Rojas stated that he is &#8220;guided by the Church&#8217;s mission to care for the spiritual welfare of all entrusted to my care, particularly those who face fear or hardship.&#8221;
Homan dismissed the announcement, saying, &#8220;I do not know of a single incident of a church arrest.&#8221;
The bishop&#8217;s decree may stem in part from the Trump administration&#8217;s reversal of a Biden-era policy blocking immigration officials from making arrests at schools, houses of worship, or other &#8220;sensitive locations.&#8221; The Department of Homeland Security said in January that it would not &#8220;tie the hands of our brave law enforcement, and instead trusts them to use common sense.&#8221;
&#8220;We would only go in if there was a violent criminal who was actively hiding out there or something,&#8221; Homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin told The Daily Wire, suggesting that an arrest at a church only might occur if an MS-13 gang member was inside.
The Diocese of San Bernardino did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Daily Wire.

Tom Homan Has Some Choice Words For The California Bishop Who Said Illegals Can Skip Mass

Catholic Church

Border Czar Tom Homan said that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents would continue to apprehend and deport illegal aliens despite a recent rash of ambush attacks aimed at preventing them from carrying out their mission.
Homan joined Fox News anchor Martha MacCallum, host of &#8220;The Story,&#8221; to discuss the news that murder charges had been filed against ten people who had been involved in a &#8220;coordinated attack&#8221; against ICE agents in Alvarado, Texas.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/RealTomHoman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RealTomHoman</a>: &#8220;This is a well-planned attack, and it&#8217;s because of the rhetoric. These nuts that want to take it beyond protests&#8230; they&#8217;re getting rhetoric from members of Congress&#8230; we&#8217;re NOT going to stop enforcing immigration law.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/DnrBEzaqVl">https://t.co/DnrBEzaqVl</a> <a href="https://t.co/xx0w4B3BTD">pic.twitter.com/xx0w4B3BTD</a>
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapidResponse47/status/1942668997201387748?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 8, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;What do you make of the organization and sophistication level of this, and what are you doing to protect your agents in light of these attacks?&#8221; MacCallum asked.
&#8220;I said over two months ago, if the rhetoric continues against ICE agents and Border Patrol agents about being compared to terrorists, like Congresswoman Jayapal did, being compared to Nazis and racists, that it&#8217;s going to end with a use of force that either a criminal is going to die or an officer is going to die,&#8221; Homan explained.
&#8220;I&#8217;ve seen this recipe before,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;I know it&#8217;s coming, and I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s over. &#8230; And look, this was a well-planned attack, and it&#8217;s because of the rhetoric. These nuts that want to take it beyond protests into criminal activity, they&#8217;re getting rhetoric from members of Congress — Senators who compare ICE to the Nazis. And Congresswoman Jayapal compared them to terrorist organizations.&#8221;
&#8220;So these people, these fringe groups, feel emboldened — if a member of Congress can attack ICE, why can&#8217;t we?&#8221; he added. &#8220;But here&#8217;s what they need to understand: we&#8217;re not going to stop enforcing immigration law.&#8221;

‘We’re Not Going To Stop’: Homan Says ICE Will Keep Deporting Illegals Amid Ambush Attacks

'We're Not Going To Stop': Homan Says ICE Will Keep Deporting Illegals Amid Ambush Attacks

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