Border Czar Slams 'Vilification' of ICE and Border Patrol by Lawmakers: 'The World's Upside Down'

Thomas Homan, Trump's border czar, warned that escalating criticism of immigration enforcement agents could lead to deadly consequences.

Speaking on Fox News' "The Ingraham Angle", Homan stated:

"It is disgusting. A lot of our congressional representatives who are vilifying ICE and the Border Patrol every day. They're driving this hate. I'm telling you, it's only a matter of time before there's an incident where an ICE agent is going to have to take a life or an ICE agent is going to lose a life"

Homan then defended ICE and Border Patrol operations under Trump, citing reductions in fentanyl trafficking, sex trafficking, and migrant deaths. "They gave us the most secure border in the history of this nation," he said, crediting the Trump administration. "Fentanyl trafficking is down over 50%, which means we're saving lives from overdose deaths. Sex trafficking in women and children is down significantly. Migrant death, over 4,000 aliens died making the journey. They're not dying because they're not coming."

Homan's remarks follow several high-profile protests against the agency, as Tampa Free Press points out. Among them is a recent confrontation in San Diego where ICE agents were reportedly blocked by demonstrators. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said agents were "verbally harassed, pounded on car windows, and blocked" during the incident.

Another protest outside a New Jersey detention center involved elected officials and led to charges against Rep. LaMonica McIver for allegedly assaulting law enforcement.

In a separate interview Monday with Fox's Sean Hannity, Homan warned that national security is also at risk due to border enforcement gaps under President Biden. Citing over 2 million of what he labeled as "gotaways" who evaded capture during Biden's term, he said he was "convinced something's coming unless we can find them." When asked whether the threat could reach the scale of 9/11, Homan responded, "It's coming."

He also pointed to a recent attack in Boulder, Colorado by a man who overstayed a visa as an example of risks stemming from what he called "unvetted" legal pathways.