All posts tagged "Tom Homan"

President Donald Trump's border czar, Tom Homan, became visibly upset outside the White House, blurting out a shock admission to reporters before storming off.

Homan was talking about Minnesota and other ICE shootings and the public demand for federal law enforcement agents to wear body cameras following to multiple ICE killings, including deaths in Maine and Texas this month.

"All the mistakes they say happened in Minnesota — the mistakes they claim in Minnesota, a lot of them I don't think were mistakes," Homan admitted, shocking onlookers....

New York lawmakers want the Trump administration to know they're not scared as they doubled down on restrictions for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to a new report.

"Tom Homan can shove it," Democratic New York state Sen. Andrew Gounardes told reporters in reference to Trump's border czar, according to reporting by Politico.

The remark is a defiant shot back at Homan, who called out New York at a border security expo earlier this month. Homan threatened to 'flood the zone' with ICE agents if the state passes legislation limiting cooperation with federal immigration enforcement....

The new leader of the Department of Homeland Security is operating as nothing more than a "figurehead" who can't control infighting, according to a recent report.

Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin "is more like a figurehead. I don't think he realized that going in," a senior Trump administration official told the Daily Mail in a Thursday article. The anonymous official described his predecessor, Kristi Noem, as more of "a monarch, a queen with real power."

"The White House is reportedly 'gating' Mullin's influence at every turn," a White House source told the Mail, adding that "he has a seat at the table...but it's a table." ...

WASHINGTON — Border czar Tom Homan’s goodwill tour continues, but members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus aren’t buying it.

In Minneapolis on Thursday, Homan — who as an aide to President Donald Trump has vowed to “run the biggest deportation force this country has ever seen” — announced the end of the immigration crackdown that has upended the city and roiled the nation.

On Capitol Hill, Homan’s claim that ICE is pulling out, after federal agents killed two protesters in three weeks, was met with suspicion from leading members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. ...

President Donald Trump's border adviser Tom Homan was confronted by reporters about the incident with Customs and Border Protection that shut off airspace around El Paso, Texas — but he didn't have any answers to give on the subject.

"Sorry to go a little off topic here, but can you confirm that CBP actually hit a party balloon instead of a drone with laser during the incident in El Paso?" asked a reporter. "And why wasn't that action coordinated with the FAA?"

"I have no information on that. It's out of my league," replied Homan....

The Trump administration has felt the fierce public backlash against ICE after the death of two civilians in Minneapolis and the masked agents' aggressive tactics against immigrants — and it could force the White House to change direction entirely, according to analysis Thursday.

Although border czar Tom Homan's tone had noticeably shifted during a press conference in Minneapolis, questions have remained over what comes next in Minnesota, according to analysis from CNN's Aaron Blake.

"Even as Homan is signaling there will be a softer, more focused and by-the-books effort and fewer agents in Minneapolis, we got word Trump is pulling out of the other state where he’s launched a similar immigration enforcement effort," Blake wrote. ...