Speaking in a powerful press conference in Minneapolis, Trump Administration Border Czar Tom Homan went after the far-left Democrats who are attacking and insulting with a vengeance, saying that they are hypocrites who refused to comment on the deaths of Americans and migrants during President Joe Biden’s tenure, but now are attacking ICE for defending itself.
Early in the speech, he said, “As far as the agitators, that said, I want to reiterate and make very clear. I want to make it clear. ICE and CBP officers are performing their duties in a challenging environment under tremendous circumstances . . . They are sworn law enforcement officers working tirelessly to enforce our country’s border security, immigration laws, protecting the interests of our country, and preventing dangerous people from walking the streets of this nation when they’re not supposed to be here to begin with.”
Continuing, he noted on how those fighting to defend America are patriots, saying, “These men and women that carry that badge and gun are American patriots. They put themselves on the line for this nation every day. But I want you to remember, they don’t hang their badge, they don’t hang their heart on a hook every day they come to work. They’re mothers and fathers too. They’re sons and daughters too. And if they’ve seen a fraction of the tragedies I’ve seen in my career, they take a lot of damage home every day.”
Then, after giving some examples of what horrors they might have seen as they fight to protect America, Homan added that the hostile rhetoric against them must stop, saying, “These men and women have seen some terrible things. But I want you to remember, they’re mothers and fathers too. Many of them are members of this community. God bless every one of them. The hostile rhetoric and dangerous threats and hate must stop.”
Further, skewering leftist politicians for pushing dangerous rhetoric that has led to ICE agents being assaulted, he said, “Everybody I met here today, we’ve got to stop the rhetoric, the hateful rhetoric, that is causing an increase in assaults . . . I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March, if the rhetoric didn’t stop, there was going to be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn’t right. I don’t want to see anybody die. Not officers, not members of the community, and not the targets of our operations.”
Later on, the border czar snapped, calling out the hypocrisy of leftist politicians, “I also want to remember the politicians are continually attacking us. Where were they the last four years when the number of women and children in sex traffic went all-time high? Where were they when a quarter million Americans died from fentanyl coming across the border?”
He added, “Where were they when women and children were dying making that journey? Where were they when over 4,000 families making that journey died? Historic record. Where were they? Not a word. Now we’re just trying to respond to what happened the last four years and keeping this country safe.”
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Then, noting that ICE and Border Patrol are keeping Americans safe from serious threats to public safety, he said, “And we’re arresting a lot of public safety threats, taking them off the streets to make this country safer. President Trump promised to make this country safe again and that’s what we’re doing. But my three — two and a half days up here, we made a lot of progress. So I think everybody agrees on the criminal and public safety threats.”
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