Border Czar Tom Homan Defends Ice Agents Masking Up In Clash With Podcast Host: 'let Me Answer'

Trump management separator czar Tom Homan said Sunday he believes it’s wholly reasonable that Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agents (ICE) are wearing masks while arresting forbidden immigrants successful a caller podcast exchange.

In an question and reply connected Politico’s "The Conversation" podcast, Homan told big Dasha Burns that agents are masking up because they person go targets for attacks.

"The attacks connected ICE is unprecedented, 700% increased. And we're not moreover talking astir nan doxing of agents, their spouses and their children," he said, noting group revealing ICE agents’ identities and location addresses to nan public.

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Trump management Border Czar Tom Homan said this week that he defends ICE agents wearing masks to protect their identities. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Burns noted immoderate Americans person been captious of footage showing ICE agents wearing masks aliases uncovering different ways to obscure their identities while arresting forbidden immigrants, and others person raised concerns astir copycats who tin masquerade arsenic ICE agents for nefarious purposes. 

"I deliberation 1 of nan things that's had a batch of folks up successful arms is that ICE agents — dissimilar different rule enforcement — person been masked to protect their identities. That's not thing that we've really had connected this standard successful this country. Do you––," she said, arsenic Homan interjected successful a clip flagged by The Daily Caller.

"Well, we ne'er had nan standard of attacks connected ICE we person now — up 700% attacks connected ICE, doxing against ICE agents," he said.

During nan Fourth of July weekend, 10 individuals attacked a detention halfway successful Alvarado, Texas wherever nan Department of Homeland Security was holding group accused of migration violations. Authorities charged nan suspects pinch attempted execution of a national serviceman aft 1 of them changeable a constabulary serviceman successful nan cervix during nan attack.

The serviceman is expected to make a afloat recovery. 

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The Prairieland Detention Facility successful Alvarado, Texas wherever a constabulary serviceman was changeable successful nan cervix and respective ICE officers were changeable astatine July 4, 2025. (KDFW)

Later that weekend, a fishy successful a "utility vest" and equipped pinch an battle firearm fired dozens of rounds astatine national agents and a U.S. Border Patrol installation successful McAllen, Texas, adjacent nan U.S.-Mexico border, connected Monday.

A constabulary serviceman was injured earlier authorities opportunity they changeable and killed nan assailant, identified arsenic 27-year-old Ryan Louis Mosqueda.

During their interview, Burns pointed retired to Homan really different rule enforcement groups haven’t adopted nan believe of masking up during their operations. 

"Name a constabulary agency that has a 700% summation successful assaults. Name one. You can't," Homan said, arsenic Burns admitted she hadn’t "looked astatine that date."

"So, they're wearing masks to thief springiness them immoderate benignant of protection," Homan said elsewhere, adding nan question, "The aforesaid group that are complaining astir ICE wearing masks, person they ever said thing astir BLM protesters wearing masks?"

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Burns tried to get a connection successful edgewise, but Homan didn’t fto up. 

"Let maine reply though. Let maine answer. Did they ever opportunity thing astir nan masked protesters that became criminals connected assemblage campuses that threatened Jewish students and took complete buildings, destroyed property? They were each wearing masks. Did anybody walk authorities saying they can't deterioration a disguise during a protest? No."

"There needs to beryllium immoderate level of protection, because nan attacks is unprecedented," Homan added. 

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