Tom Homan doubled down this week with a chilling warning to the country: stop the hateful, inflammatory rhetoric aimed at ICE before it gets more people hurt. The border czar forcefully defended federal agents and urged Americans to reject the violence and chaos being justified in the streets by radials who call for the end of law enforcement.
The backdrop to Homan’s plea is the tragic, widely reported fatal shooting in Minneapolis that set off a wave of anti-ICE protests and violent clashes with law enforcement. Video and on-the-ground accounts show a chaotic scene and furious crowds that made a dangerous situation even worse, and the city has been roiled by questions about operational tactics and public safety.
Homan didn’t mince words when he accused some elected officials and media figures of pouring gasoline on the flames by rushing to judgment and branding the incident “murder” before investigations conclude. He warned that such rhetoric predictably incites more violence and could lead to more bloodshed against federal officers doing a hard, dangerous job to secure our communities.
He also reminded viewers that this administration is enforcing the law aggressively — pointing out the surge in arrests and enforcement actions and, bluntly, that ICE has been rounding up thousands as part of the nationwide effort to restore order. Homan has said publicly that ICE arrest numbers are in the tens of thousands range and even warned he would seek prosecution of local officials who deliberately obstruct federal operations. That’s not bravado; it’s the rule of law finally being applied after years of excuses.
Let’s be clear: the country cannot tolerate armed mobs or vigilante interference that turns enforcement into a spectacle. Patriots who love their neighborhoods know that supporting law enforcement does not mean condoning mistakes, but it does mean rejecting the anarchic, unhinged behavior that endangers innocents and officers alike. Americans deserve both safe streets and thorough, transparent investigations — not partisan theater that inflames the worst impulses.
If you value order and the rights of everyday citizens to live without fear, now is the time to stand up for the men and women who enforce the law and demand accountability where it’s due. Call for a full, professional probe into what happened in Minneapolis, insist on the facts before verdicts in headlines, and refuse to let mobs and their enablers bully our nation into surrendering basic public safety. The rule of law must be defended, and conservatives will keep fighting to protect our communities and those who risk their lives to keep them safe.
