President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming “border czar” isn’t just going to address “root causes” like former Vice President Kamala Harris did in the unofficial role — and that, apparently, is making a lot of people angry.
So angry, in fact, that Homan says he’s had to move his family due to death threats.
In an appearance on Fox News this week, Homan said he’d switched his phone off after the news was made public — not just because of the “phone calls, the texts, and emails from the thousands of ICE agents and Border Patrol agents excited about the rumor that I’m coming back,” but also because of those who didn’t want him back and were reportedly willing to resort to threats to make that happen.
Homan was the acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from 2017 to 2018, during which time he aggressively pursued deportation policies for illegal immigrants. According to The Wall Street Journal, “Trump’s aides said Homan will have sweeping oversight of the immigration policies that animated voters and helped propel Trump back to the White House.” Not only that, the role doesn’t require Senate confirmation.
“The advantage he’s gonna have is, there’s no question that Tom Homan will bring the implied authority of the president,” said Ron Vitiello, Homan’s successor as acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement director. “No one’s gonna wonder.”
However, Homan told Fox News, with the role has come a round of threats.
“I have been off the grid for three days because I couldn’t handle all the phone calls, plus all the death threats rolling in,” he said.
“My family is not at home, because that’s starting.”
However, Homan insisted “they are not going to bully me away or shut me up or make me go away.”
“This is the biggest national security vulnerability this nation has seen since 9/11 and we have to fix it.”
During the same Monday appearance on “Fox & Friends,” Homan — a Fox News contributor, it must be noted — talked about his approach to turning his rhetoric into action.
“I’ve been on this network four years complaining about what this administration did to this border. I’ve been yelling and screaming about it and telling them what they need to do to fix it.
“So when the president asked me, ‘Would you come back to fix it?’ Of course. I’d be a hypocrite if I didn’t. I’m honored the president asked me to come back and help solve this national security crisis, so I’m looking forward to it.”
“I think the calling is clear,” he added. “I’ve got to go back and help because every morning I get up and every morning I’m pissed off with what this administration did to the most secure border in my lifetime, so I’m going to go back and do what I can to fix it.”
“Frankly, I don’t care what people think about me, especially on the left.”
While Homan’s position is not one that needs to be approved by the Senate, he will technically be working under Department of Homeland Security nominee Kristi Noem, the governor of South Dakota, if she is approved.
Good for Tom Homan. Throw out all the illegal-alien trash. They are not “migrants”. They are unwanted invaders sucking off of this country. Among them are rapists, murders, drug and child traffickers. Until every jobless/homeless Legal-American-Citizen, who is currently living on the streets is housed and fed, we have no business taking in the foreign riff raff.
Anyone who helps illegal-alien invaders is a traitor to the U.S.
My sentiments exactly!!!!!👍👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
DemoRats/Leftists are unhinged, Satanic, anti-American scum.
Isaiah saw those kinds of people in his day, and described them very well.
Isaiah 5:20
Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Hooray for Homan! It is essential that our border be secured. It is imperative that we know who is entering our country. And no one must be allowed to enter illegally. There are established rules and procedures to follow for immigration. We are a nation of laws or we are not.
THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITRH WANTING TO MIGRATE/IMMIGRATE ETC. INTO THE THE USA PROVIDED IT IS DONE IN JUST AND LEGAL MANNER. SUCH A HORRENDOUS ONSLAUGHT AND PERMISSIVENES GRANTED BY THE CURRENT ONCE ( UN I T E D ) STATES OF AMERICA CAN BEE OBVIOUSLY UNDERSTOOD AS A RIDICULOUSLY PLANNED BENEFIT TO STRENGTHEN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING THESE EMPOVERISHED – OR JUST MAYBE ENEMIES – CRAWLING IN ILLEGALLY TO HARM THE ONCE ( U N I T E D) STATES OF AMERICA – AND MORE SO TRYING (ILLEGALLY) TO HAVE SAID ILLEGAL ENTRIES VOOTE FOR THE CURRENT DEMOCRATIC HYENAS . “I SHOULD ADD THAT MR. FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT , A DEMOCRAT WOULD NOT HAVE ALLOOWED SUCH RIDICULOUS AND UNDERHANDED TRICKERY . IN ADDITION NO OTHER DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT OF OLD WOULD HAVE GONE SO LOW. THEN AGAIN THE CUNNING AUDACITY OF THE MADAM ( PELOSI & OTHER ENEMIES OF THE ONCE U N I T E D STATES OF AMERICA ) FILLED WITH HATE FOR MR. TRUMP WOULD GO SO LOW TO ENDANGER THIS ONCE GREAT COUNTRY AND MAKE IT A LIVING INFERNO . DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN – LET ALL THINK OF THE SAFETY OF THIS HOPEFULLY BEAUTIFUL NATION ONCE KNOWN AS THE : ( UNITED STATES OF AMERICA )
Homan if you need help it’s time to deputize true Americans citizens to help and protect you and your family. We will also help rounding up all illegals to be deported.
This is what America and Americans do in crisis we will take back our country this is one reason why Trump won the country elections. Clean up these cesspool blue states. Illegals leave on your own and try to come back legally OR get caught and go to prison then deport and never be allowed back into the United States ever.
Just wait until the unhinged marxists who are making threats against the HEAD OF HOMELAND SECURITY find out that he has access to any and all methods of finding each and every one of them….
That kind righteous justice and consequences will be a reason to read the newspaper again and I look forward to it! MAGA team at work 2024.
Agreed!!!!! Let the deportations begin!!!!!