Last week’s NewsNation town hall produced a moment every patriotic American should appreciate: ESPN loudmouth Stephen A. Smith tried to lecture Border Czar Tom Homan about ICE agents wearing masks, and Homan answered with facts so sharp they left Smith speechless. The exchange — which played out on a national stage at the Kennedy Center — exposed once again how the mainstream media prefers righteous indignation over reality.
Homan didn’t dodge the hard truth: ICE officers and their families are being targeted with doxxing, threats, and a surge in violent attacks that Homan says is unprecedented, forcing agents to conceal their identities to survive. This isn’t theater — DHS and multiple reporters have documented dramatic increases in assaults and online threats against immigration officers, a reality the media would rather ignore when it contradicts their narrative.
The border czar went even further, revealing the personal cost of doing his job under a hostile press: reporters allegedly trying to track down his family and death threats so serious that he has not lived with his wife for months. Those are not abstract talking points for political debate; they are real threats to the basic safety of American public servants and their children.
Conservatives have been saying for years that law and order matters, and that those who enforce it deserve protection — not moralizing lectures from celebrities who profit from outrage. The same people who demanded citizens wear masks during lockdowns now shriek when ICE agents take sensible precautions to protect themselves from targeted violence; that hypocrisy is not just embarrassing, it’s dangerous.
If America is going to remain a functioning republic, we must defend those who step between the chaos and our communities. Tom Homan stood up on a national stage and did what real leaders do: tell the truth and defend his people. The press and entertainers like Stephen A. Smith would do well to stop posturing and start asking how to make our streets safer instead of cheering the mobs that stalk our enforcers.
