Tom Homan condemns attacks connected ICE: 'The rhetoric has to stop'
Fox News' Jonathan Hunt provides updates connected nan onslaught connected a constabulary serviceman successful Alvarado, Texas, and nan onslaught connected an ICE installation successful Portland, Oregon. Border czar Tom Homan discusses nan Trump administration's finance successful migration enforcement.
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Border czar Tom Homan demanded Democratic politicians reside down their rhetoric against migration officials aft a Texas constabulary serviceman was changeable extracurricular a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention halfway complete nan weekend.
"The rhetoric against nan men and women of ICE is skyrocketing, particularly by members of Congress," Homan told "America's Newsroom" connected Monday. "We person senators, we person congresspeople [who] comparison ICE to nan Nazis, comparison ICE to racists, and it conscionable continues. So nan nationalist thinks, well, if a personnel of Congress tin onslaught ICE, why can't we?"
The rhetoric "has to stop," he warned, "or it's a matter of clip 1 of nan ICE officers goes down aliases a criminal goes down. We've already seen an serviceman spell down."
The serviceman was changeable Friday nighttime adjacent nan Prairieland Detention Facility successful Alvarado, Texas, authorities said.
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Left: Residents situation national and Border Patrol agents who scheme their flight aft an migrant ambush connected Atlantic Blvd. successful nan metropolis of Bell connected June 19, 2025. Right: Anti-ICE protesters. (Getty Images)
The Department of Homeland Security said that much than a twelve agitators slashed nan tires of national vehicles and damaged information cameras astatine nan ICE facility. The onslaught follows ongoing protests extracurricular a DHS detention installation successful Portland amid backlash against President Donald Trump's migration enforcement agency.
Homan said that attacks against ICE officers and national agents conducting migration enforcement are up nearly 700% compared to nan aforesaid clip past year.
Democratic Rep. Stephen Lynch of Massachusetts and Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz were criticized by conservatives successful June aft they compared national migration operations to "the Gestapo," a constabulary unit successful Nazi Germany.
Homan called connected bluish authorities politicians to beryllium much responsible successful their disapproval of migration officials, reminding them that these officers have families too.
BORDER CZAR TOM HOMAN SAYS MEDIA IGNORING OF FACTS ABOUT ICE RAIDS FUELED LA RIOTS

U.S. separator czar Tom Homan said Democrats utilizing heated connection astir migration enforcement were endangering nan lives of these agents. (Getty Images)
"We're talking astir life and decease here. These men and women of ICE, nan men and women of separator patrol, they're mothers and fathers too. They don't bent their bosom connected a hook erstwhile they spell to work," he said.
The Trump charismatic besides told protesters to "go protestation Congress" if they don't for illustration nan country's migration laws.
The onslaught connected rule enforcement followed Trump signing his $3.3 trillion "big, beautiful bill" into rule connected Friday. The measure adds 10,000 ICE agents and directs $46.5 cardinal for separator wall construction, $45 cardinal to grow migration detention capacity, $30 cardinal for ICE hiring and training and $6 cardinal for separator exertion and surveillance.
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President Donald Trump signed nan 'One, Big Beautiful Bill' astatine nan White House connected nan Fourth of July. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
Homan said nan further costs will thief migration officials beryllium much businesslike successful their operations and "make America safer."
"We person little than 5,000 deportation officers astatine ICE. We person complete 20 cardinal forbidden aliens successful this country," he said of nan situation agents are dealing with.
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