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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&#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;

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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>
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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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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.

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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.

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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>
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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

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U.S. Border Patrol experienced fewer encounters with illegal aliens last month than agents did on a daily basis under the Biden administration, Border Czar Tom Homan pointed out.
Federal authorities had a total of 6,070 encounters with illegal aliens attempting to enter the United States in the entire month of June, marking a radical drop-off from the Biden era.
“That is less than a single day under Biden. As a matter of fact, the total number of encounters is less than half of a single day under Biden on many days,” Homan <a href="https://x.com/RealTomHoman/status/1940156659084796257">asserted</a> in a post on X.
The figure marks a drastic decline from June 2024 under the Biden administration, when Border Patrol had more than 87,000 encounters with illegal aliens on the northern and southern borders combined. The figures were even higher in 2023 and 2022 under the Biden administration, when Border Patrol had 100,000 and 193,000 encounters, respectively.
June’s figures indicate a 93.1 percent drop in border encounters since 2024 and a 94 percent and 97 percent increase when compared to 2023 and 2022.
Homan also explained that, of those encountered on the border, not a single one was let into the United States. “None of the 6,070 were released into the U.S. ZERO. President Trump has created the most secure border in the history of the nation and the data proves it,” Homan added. “We have never seen numbers this low.”
&#8220;The interior arrests and consequences help to drive down illegal immigration,&#8221; he went on to say in his post on social media.
The Border Patrol similarly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/zero-illegal-aliens-released-into-u-s-in-may-by-customs-and-border-protection?author=Spencer+Lindquist&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=20&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Zero+Illegal+Aliens+Released+Into+U.S.+In+May+By+Customs+And+Border+Protection">indicated</a> that it did not allow a single individual into the United States in the month of May. Agents encountered 8,725 illegal aliens during the month, a sharp 93 percent drop off from May 2024 under the Biden administration, when agents encountered a whopping 117,000 illegal aliens between ports of entry and released roughly 62,000 into the interior of the country.
“This administration has seen the fastest improvement in American border security of all time,” Customs and Border Protection said after announcing May’s border numbers.

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White House Border Czar Tom Homan on Monday slammed CNN for promoting an app that lets users track ICE agents, calling for the Justice Department to investigate the app.
The app, called ICEBlock, tracks the locations of ICE agents, asking its users to pinpoint where ICE agents are. Daily Wire White House correspondent Mary Margaret Olohan brought the app — and the fact that CNN promoted it on air — to the attention of White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.
“It sounds like this would be an incitement of further violence against our ICE officers,” Leavitt <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ice-officials-slam-cnn-for-promoting-app-that-helps-illegals-dodge-federal-agents?author=Spencer+Lindquist&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=ICE+Officials+Slam+CNN+For+Promoting+App+That+Helps+Illegals+Dodge+Federal+Agents" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “It’s unacceptable that a major network would promote such an app that is encouraging violence against law enforcement officers who are trying to keep our country safe.”
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LEAVITT: &#8220;It&#8217;s unacceptable that a major network would promote such an app that is encouraging violence against officers who are trying to keep our country safe.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/Bkd8RpJYqJ">pic.twitter.com/Bkd8RpJYqJ</a>
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On Monday, Homan said the app was &#8220;simply disgusting,&#8221; saying &#8220;any network that covers that is disgusting as well.&#8221;
&#8220;It’s only a matter of time before ICE officers are going to be ambushed by some nut, like what happened in L.A., throwing a Molotov cocktail, throwing bricks at these officers,&#8221; Homan said. &#8220;This is just disgusting at every level, so I hope DOJ dives in this deeply, because ICE is concentrating on public safety threats and national security threats.&#8221;
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/RealTomHoman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RealTomHoman</a> slams a new app that tracks <a href="https://twitter.com/ICEgov?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ICEgov</a> agents as &#8216;DISGUSTING!&#8217; <a href="https://t.co/eKnfqTPKuZ">pic.twitter.com/eKnfqTPKuZ</a>
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CNN&#8217;s Clare Duffy highlighted the app Monday morning, saying that the app developer &#8220;says he does not want people interfering with those officers&#8217; activity, but he does want people to be able to avoid them altogether if they want.&#8221;
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&#8220;So you open the app — it looks like a map — and users can tap the map to report an ICE sighting in their area. And then everybody who uses the platform within five miles of that sighting will get a push alert,&#8221; Duffy added.
&#8220;This shouldn’t be a partisan issue,&#8221; Homan said, noting that assaults on ICE agents have climbed 500%. &#8220;This shouldn’t be an issue anybody is against.&#8221;
ICE agents, Homan said, are &#8220;already in a dangerous job going after the worst of the worst.&#8221;
&#8220;These guys are putting their lives on the line every day going after the worst of the worst, and a national security threat, and this app makes it much more dangerous,&#8221; the border czar added. &#8220;It’s incredible that those who enforce law, all of a sudden they’re the bad guys, the ones who break the law, they’re victims. It’s disgusting.”
Spencer Lindquist contributed to this report.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ice-officials-slam-cnn-for-promoting-app-that-helps-illegals-dodge-federal-agents?author=Spencer+Lindquist&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=ICE+Officials+Slam+CNN+For+Promoting+App+That+Helps+Illegals+Dodge+Federal+Agents">ICE Officials Slam CNN For Promoting App That Helps Illegals Dodge Federal Agents</a>

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Border Czar Tom Homan Blasts CNN For Promoting ICE Tracking App: ‘Simply Disgusting’

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Hollywood stars have taken a knee on the “Trump is Hitler” meme, pivoting to the men and women of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/immigration-and-customs-enforcement-ice">ICE</a> (Immigration and Customs Enforcement).
A gaggle of notable names have ridiculed ICE for daring to enforce the nation’s immigration laws — laws supported by a majority of U.S. voters.
The agents, to date, have mostly focused on the worst offenders. Think illegal immigrants accused of heinous crimes who managed to remain free during the Biden administration.
Now, they’re being targeted by President Trump’s no-nonsense border czar Tom Homan. And progressive stars are raging everywhere they can against Team Homan. Late-night TV. Social media. Interviews.
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Stephen King played <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:h7obn4tkp47wn7gqh4oe5eij/post/3lrxwo2xx322u?ref_src=embed">the Nazi card</a> against ICE officials from the progressive Utopia known as BlueSky, including a misspell of “Gestapo.”
<blockquote>ICE looking more and more like the American Gestpo [sic].</blockquote>
Comedian Patton Oswalt used less incendiary rhetoric, by comparison, to light up ICE during a recent “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” appearance.
Oswalt called them “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YISQeVMl7RE">Pillsbury Stormtroopers</a>,” comparing their alleged physiques to his own lumpy form.
<blockquote>Your knees are hurting, your hips are screaming, and your back is aching … And you’re thinking, ‘Why didn’t I just stay home and play Red Dead Redemption and eat Sun Chips instead of coming out here in the heat where everyone’s booing me and I’m realizing that I’m the biggest douchebag on the planet?’</blockquote>
Oswalt’s rhetoric grew uglier when it came to Trump’s border czar. The “Ratatouille” star, after hearing about death threats tied to Homan, weighed in <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bwvd55e4hsxpuxa5ikrfgqgo/post/3lshyjaky722d?ref_src=embed">via BlueSky</a>.
<blockquote>good. i hope it gets so much worse for this rancid pile of polenta.</blockquote>
The far-Left hosts at “The View” couldn’t let the ICE raids go unnoticed. The ABC squad saw the chaos encircling Los Angeles earlier this month during the open borders protests and found the <a href="https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2025/06/10/view-la-riots-were-peaceful-days-ice-brought-crisis">source of the problem</a>.
They pointed to the ICE agents, not the protesters burning cars and hurling bricks at law enforcement officers.
Co-host Whoopi Goldberg says the city’s pro-illegal immigration rallies were “mostly peaceful” until ICE agents arrived on the scene. She leaned on impeccable sources for her wisdom.
<blockquote>…suddenly these guys showed up and flipped everybody out. So, that&#8217;s what my family is saying.</blockquote>
Sunny Hostin chimed in, playing the “mostly peaceful” card and backing up Goldberg’s anti-ICE assessment.
Credit pop superstar Lizzo with the most deranged take on the matter.
She claimed “illegal” immigrants <a href="https://news.meaww.com/lizzo-sparks-backlash-over-no-such-thing-as-illegal-no-borders-anti-ice-rant-avoid-this-thinking">aren’t real</a> because no one actually owns land.
<blockquote>When people finally understand that these terms and ideas are tools for racism and capitalism we can truly be free. We can finally see the oppressors for who they are.</blockquote>
Sometimes, profanity is a celebrity’s best friend. Take Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny. He <a href="https://variety.com/2025/music/news/bad-bunny-calls-out-ice-video-puerto-rico-raids-1236434813/">blasted ICE agents</a> as “motherf****rs” in a Spanish screed on Instagram, tied to a video of agents interrogating unnamed people.
“Look, those motherf——s are in these cars, RAV-4s. They’re here in Pontezuela,” he posted in Spanish.
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Not to be outdone, “The Late Show” host Stephen Colbert didn’t step in when one of his guests promoted extreme rhetoric from the show’s signature CBS couch. Instead, he piled on.
Congressman Maxwell Frost (D-FL) told the far-Left host ICE agents are <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2025/06/20/stephen-colbert-parrots-dem-rep-max-frosts-claim-ice-illegal-alien-arrests-look-like-kidnapping/">“kidnapping people.”</a>
<blockquote>We have ICE federal agents pulling up, terrorizing our communities, hopping out of unmarked vans, stealing and yes, kidnapping people, not giving them their day in court and yes, human trafficking them to other nations.</blockquote>
Colbert nodded along, doubling down on the kidnapping verbiage.
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Pop superstar and “Wicked” alum Ariana Grande <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/fans-call-deport-ariana-grande-223000803.html?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAF9fz-2bDSEpBRzMDd4UR-7ykCkPfQfpu70OuyRrt3j4byjEGiYJ3tGZZOMNgKx5mQICLWu2lzofdi-_5RFeduexyS7EZfd74zFjiJkwBUN-GTzEmNG613Ev4_ZAoYBEHxv4XH70AONldMD0nHVsHaRm4uZa-6iw905c5TO7gsOH">conflated illegal immigration</a> with lawfare attacks against President Trump to her 270+ million Instagram followers.
<blockquote>Could someone explain which crimes get you deported and which ones get you elected president? It’s so confusing.</blockquote>
Veteran singer Shakira leaned into the fear-mongering part of the celebrity playbook, also conflating legal and illegal immigration during a BBC interview.
She described the immigrant experience as “<a href="https://variety.com/2025/music/news/shakira-immigrant-united-states-constant-fear-1236432560/">living in constant fear</a>.”
<blockquote>Now, more than ever, we have to remain united. Now, more than ever, we have to raise our voices and make it very clear that a country can change its immigration policies, but the treatment of all people must always be humane.</blockquote>
Mark Ruffalo, one of the most outspoken stars in the Hollywood galaxy, <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/mark-ruffalo-jimmy-kimmel-more-stars-protests-no-kings-1236291157/">railed against ICE efforts</a> during California’s “No Kings” June 14 protest.
<blockquote>We see a president who has made himself a king and dictator, and we don’t see an opposition that’s powerful enough to stand up against the trampling of our rights and the trampling of the Constitution that’s happening every single day with executive orders, with the refusal to obey court orders, kidnapping of immigrants, people who are here legally, people who their children are being taken from them.</blockquote>
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Celebrity Nation decried the January 6 riot and demanded protesters pay a stiff price for battling beleaguered Capitol Police officers. Things are different now, apparently. They could have objected to ICE raids on different grounds, suggesting that hard-working illegals should find a path to citizenship, not a one-way ticket out of the U.S.
Instead, in the grand “Spinal Tap” tradition, they turned the incendiary rhetoric up to 11.
Worst of all, none of this is happening in a vacuum. The Department of Homeland Security says attacks on ICE agents have shot up <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/assaults-on-ice-agents-increase-500?author=Catherine+Maxwell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Assaults+on+ICE+Agents+Increase+500%25">500% in recent weeks</a>. ICE agents are routinely doxxed, forcing them to mask up to protect their loved ones.
The stars won’t stop their incendiary rhetoric, apparently, even if it gets someone hurt. Or worse.
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Christian Toto is an award-winning journalist, movie critic and editor of <a href="https://www.hollywoodintoto.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HollywoodInToto.com</a>. He previously served as associate editor with Breitbart News’ Big Hollywood. Follow him at <a href="https://www.hollywoodintoto.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HollywoodInToto.com</a>.
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The &#8220;biggest national security vulnerability this country&#8217;s ever seen&#8221; comes from Biden-era gotaways Trump Border Czar Tom Homan said on Sunday as he warned federal officials do not have a full accounting of all the people from Iran who illegally crossed the border during the last administration.
Homan spoke about the situation after being asked by Fox News anchor Maria Bartiromo on &#8220;Sunday Morning Futures&#8221; about the potential for Iranian sleeper cells after President Donald Trump ordered strikes on Terhan&#8217;s nuclear facilities this weekend.
Citing data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Homan <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/video/6374707951112" target="_blank" rel="noopener">explained</a> that there were 1,272 nationals of Iran released into the United States by immigration officials under President Joe Biden, which is a stark contrast to &#8220;zero&#8221; releases under the Trump administration.
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&#8220;Under Joe Biden, there was 1,272 nationals of Iran released into the country&#8221; after crossing the border illegally, says <a href="https://twitter.com/RealTomHoman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RealTomHoman</a>.
&#8220;Compare that to the Trump Administration — ZERO.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/UhX6WinI0C">pic.twitter.com/UhX6WinI0C</a>
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&#8220;Right now, because of President Trump&#8217;s leadership, we have the most secure border in my lifetime, most secure border in the history of this nation. So we have a secure border. So that was President Trump&#8217;s big win on securing this nation,&#8221; Homan said. &#8220;So we&#8217;re not releasing people into this country. Special interest aliens aren&#8217;t crossing that border undetected. But under Joe Biden, we had over 10 million people cross that border. But my biggest concern from day one, beyond the fentanyl, beyond the sex trafficking of women and children, were the 2 million known gotaways.&#8221;
He continued: &#8220;Over 2 million people crossed that border, we don&#8217;t know who they are, where they came from, because they got away, because Border Patrol is so overwhelmed with the humanitarian crisis that Biden created that over 2 million people crossed the border and got away. That is my biggest concern. And that&#8217;s what created the biggest national security vulnerability this country&#8217;s ever seen.&#8221;
Homan conceded the Trump administration does not know where all the gotaways have gone, but he expressed confidence in the leaders at the FBI, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and White House now compared to when Biden was president.
&#8220;No, the intelligence community under President Trump has been on this since day one. What gives me any comfort at all is that you don&#8217;t have Christopher Wray there [leading the FBI]. You got Kash Patel there. You don&#8217;t have Alejandro Mayorkas there [leading DHS] anymore. You got Kristi Noem. And you certainly don&#8217;t have [former Vice President] Kamala Harris as the border czar,&#8221; Homan said.
&#8220;So President Trump brought a great team, been on this since day one,&#8221; Homan added. &#8220;Do we know where every one of the 2 million are? No. We don&#8217;t know who they all are. We don&#8217;t know why they&#8217;re here or where they came from. But we do know, Border Patrol intelligence over the last four years, they have found prayer mats south of the border. They have found identification from people from Iran, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Syria south of the border.&#8221;
Homan concluded by saying: &#8220;So we know that some terrorists have crossed that border. We&#8217;d be a fool to think zero crossed. The thing is, though, we&#8217;ve got President Trump as a commander in chief who has put all resources on that. That&#8217;s why President Trump from day one of ICE [U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement] operations, despite what the left media says, he has been focused on national security threats and public safety threats. And between ICE and the bureau, we have removed thousands of national security threats because of President Trump&#8217;s leadership on this.&#8221;

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President Donald Trump told reporters on Monday that it would be &#8220;great&#8221; if his border czar, Tom Homan, arrested California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom over the anti-ICE riots that hit Los Angeles County over the weekend.
Homan threatened Newsom and L.A. Mayor Karen Bass with arrest on Sunday if they “cross[ed]” the line&#8221; and impeded federal agents from arresting illegal immigrants. Asked about Homan&#8217;s comments, Trump said, &#8220;I would do it if I were Tom. I think it&#8217;s great. Gavin likes the publicity, but I think it would be a great thing.&#8221;
&#8220;He’s done a terrible job,&#8221; the president added of Newsom. &#8220;Look, I like Gavin Newsom, he’s a nice guy, but he’s grossly incompetent.&#8221;
Newsom responded to Trump&#8217;s comments, saying they are &#8220;an unmistakable step toward authoritarianism.&#8221;
&#8220;The President of the United States just called for the arrest of a sitting Governor. This is a day I hoped I would never see in America,&#8221; Newsom wrote on X. &#8220;I don’t care if you’re a Democrat or a Republican this is a line we cannot cross as a nation — this is an unmistakable step toward authoritarianism.&#8221;
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The President of the United States just called for the arrest of a sitting Governor.
This is a day I hoped I would never see in America.
I don’t care if you’re a Democrat or a Republican this is a line we cannot cross as a nation — this is an unmistakable step toward… <a href="https://t.co/tsTX1nrHAu">pic.twitter.com/tsTX1nrHAu</a>
&mdash; Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) <a href="https://twitter.com/GavinNewsom/status/1932121823925403834?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 9, 2025</a></blockquote>
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On Sunday, Newsom <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/you-know-where-to-find-me-newsom-dares-border-czar-to-arrest-him-over-anti-ice-riots?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=3&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=%E2%80%98You+Know+Where+To+Find+Me%E2%80%99%3A+Newsom+Dares+Border+Czar+To+Arrest+Him+Over+Anti-ICE+Riots">dared</a> Homan to arrest him, telling MSNBC, “He’s a tough guy. Why doesn’t he do that? He knows where to find me.”
“The hell are they doing? These guys need to grow up,” the governor continued. “They need to stop, and we need to push back. And I’m sorry to be so clear, but that kind of bloviating is exhausting. So, Tom, arrest me. Let’s go,” he added. &#8220;But you know what? Let your hands off 4-year-old girls that are trying to get educated. Let your hands off these poor people. They’re just trying to live their lives, man. Trying to live their lives, paying their taxes. Been here for 10 years. The fear, the horror.”
Homan appeared to back down from his threat on Monday morning, saying there was no discussion about arresting the governor.
“What we discussed was for those protesters that crossed the line … you can protest, you get your First Amendment rights, but when you cross that line, you put hands on an ICE officer or you destroy property or I’d say that you impede law enforcement, or you’re knowingly harboring and concealing an illegal alien, that’s a crime, and the Trump administration is not going to tolerate it,” Homan told &#8220;Fox &amp; Friends.&#8221;
“Then the reporter asked me, well, could Governor Newsom or Mayor Bass be arrested? I said, ‘Well no one’s above the law. If they cross the line and commit a crime, absolutely they can,’ so there was no discussion about arresting Newsom,” he added.
In a post on Truth Social earlier on Monday, Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-says-newsom-bass-should-thank-him-for-deploying-national-guard-to-keep-our-citizens-safe?author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=undefined&amp;elementPosition=2&amp;row=3&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+News&amp;rowType=Vertical+Carousel&amp;title=Trump+Says+Newsom%2C+Bass+Should+Thank+Him+For+Deploying+National+Guard+%E2%80%98To+Keep+Our+Citizens+SAFE%E2%80%99">said</a> Newsom and Bass should be thanking him for sending in the National Guard, a move he argues saved L.A. from getting “completely obliterated.” Both Newsom and Bass argued that there was no need to deploy National Guard troops to the city, and Newsom said that the state would file a lawsuit against the Trump administration over the move. The governor said Trump’s move was “unconstitutional” and that the administration did not coordinate with his office before deploying the National Guard, a power typically exercised by governors.
Trump, however, could invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807, which allows the president to federalize the National Guard and deploy the U.S. military to quell domestic disorder or violence.

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‘I Would Do It’: Trump Says It Would Be ‘Great’ If His Border Czar Arrested Newsom

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California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom condemned the Trump administration on Sunday and dared border czar Tom Homan to arrest him amid the anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles County.
Trump drew the ire of California Democrats, such as Newsom and L.A. Mayor Karen Bass, after he deployed the National Guard to shut down the riots that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/national-guard-rolls-into-los-angeles-after-days-of-anti-ice-riots">broke out</a> over the weekend. Homan then warned Newsom and Bass against impeding federal law enforcement officers and threatened them with arrest if they &#8220;cross[ed]&#8221; the line.&#8221; The California governor shot back, imploring the Trump administration to keep their &#8220;hands off these poor people&#8221; who are &#8220;just trying to live their lives.&#8221;
&#8220;He’s a tough guy. Why doesn’t he do that? He knows where to find me,” Newsom said of Homan in an interview with <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/californias-governor-unfazed-threats-arrest-trump-administratio-rcna211752">MSNBC</a>.
“The hell are they doing? These guys need to grow up,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;They need to stop, and we need to push back. And I’m sorry to be so clear, but that kind of bloviating is exhausting. So, Tom, arrest me. Let’s go,” he added.
“But you know what? Let your hands off 4-year-old girls that are trying to get educated. Let your hands off these poor people. They’re just trying to live their lives, man,&#8221; Newsom <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/06/09/us-news/gov-newsom-adds-fuel-to-fire-dares-trumps-border-czar-tom-homan-to-arrest-him-amid-violent-anti-ice-riots/">added</a>. &#8220;Trying to live their lives, paying their taxes. Been here for 10 years. The fear, the horror.”
Over the weekend, federal immigration agents, along with state and local law enforcement officers, were attacked by rioters hurling rocks, concrete, and &#8220;commercial grade fireworks&#8221; — actions that LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell said could have killed the police officers. At least one Customs and Border Protection agent was injured after rioters <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kill-ice-foreign-flags-and-fires-sweep-la-as-riots-erupt-against-immigration-enforcement?author=Tim+Pearce&amp;category=undefined&amp;elementPosition=11&amp;row=3&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+News&amp;rowType=Vertical+Carousel&amp;title=%E2%80%98Kill+ICE%E2%80%99%3A+Foreign+Flags+And+Fires+Sweep+LA+As+Riots+Erupt+Against+Immigration+Enforcement">pelted</a> his vehicle with rocks. Many of the rioters waved foreign flags and burned self-driving robotaxis in the street.
Homan responded to Newsom on Monday morning, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-border-czar-responds-newsoms-arrest-me-challenge-california-riots-over-ice-raids">telling</a> &#8220;Fox &amp; Friends&#8221; that &#8220;no one&#8217;s above the law,&#8221; but added that there was no discussion about arresting the governor.
&#8220;What we discussed was for those protesters that crossed the line … you can protest, you get your First Amendment rights, but when you cross that line, you put hands on an ICE officer or you destroy property or I&#8217;d say that you impede law enforcement, or you&#8217;re knowingly harboring and concealing an illegal alien, that&#8217;s a crime, and the Trump administration is not going to tolerate it,&#8221; Homan said.
&#8220;Then the reporter asked me, well, could Governor Newsom or Mayor Bass be arrested? I said, &#8216;Well no one&#8217;s above the law. If they cross the line and commit a crime, absolutely they can,&#8217; so there was no discussion about arresting Newsom,&#8221; he added.
Newsom <a href="https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5339718-california-lawsuit-trump-national-guard/">said</a> that California would file a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Monday over the National Guard deployment to Los Angeles, arguing that Trump&#8217;s move is &#8220;unconstitutional.&#8221; Newsom stated that the Trump administration did not coordinate with his office on deploying 2,000 National Guard troops, despite Trump&#8217;s order claiming otherwise. Trump has not invoked the Insurrection Act of 1807, which allows the president to federalize the National Guard and deploy the U.S. military to quell domestic disorder or violence.
“We have no problem working collaboratively in a mutual aid system with local law enforcement. But there’s a protocol, there’s a process. He didn’t care about that. And the worst part, he completely lied,” Newsom added.
The Insurrection Act of 1807 was most recently <a href="https://apnews.com/article/insurrection-act-trump-troops-newsom-military-national-guard-a842f79e1c0e244039be274a6f266a7a">invoked</a> by President George H.W. Bush in 1992 to respond to the Rodney King riots in Los Angeles.
On Saturday, Newsom accused the Trump administration of deploying the National Guard because the White House wants &#8220;a spectacle.&#8221;
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Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-vows-to-liberate-los-angeles-shut-down-migrant-riots-and-insurrectionist-mobs?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=Trump+Vows+To+%E2%80%98Liberate+Los+Angeles%2C%E2%80%99+Shut+Down+%E2%80%98Migrant+Riots%E2%80%99+And+%E2%80%98Insurrectionist+Mobs%E2%80%99">blasted</a> Newsom and Bass for allowing the anti-ICE protests to get out of control.
“Governor Gavin Newscum and ‘Mayor’ Bass should apologize to the people of Los Angeles for the absolutely horrible job that they have done, and this now includes the ongoing L.A. riots,” Trump wrote. “These are not protesters, they are troublemakers and insurrectionists. Remember, NO MASKS!”
The president then said he has ordered Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, and Attorney General Pam Bondi &#8220;to take all such action necessary to liberate Los Angeles from the Migrant Invasion, and put an end to these Migrant riots.&#8221; Hegseth <a href="https://x.com/PeteHegseth/status/1931533276985823392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1931533276985823392%7Ctwgr%5Ec83cf98631e82d2adb33d89ce4b46397eadf5190%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailywire.com%2Fnews%2Fderanged-behavior-gavin-newsom-declares-war-on-pete-hegseth-gets-more-than-he-bargained-for">said</a> on Saturday that active duty Marines stand ready to be &#8220;mobilized&#8221; to L.A. &#8220;if violence continues,&#8221; a statement that Newsom called &#8220;deranged behavior.&#8221;

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