US EditionHoman once warned against sweeping immigration enforcement raids
Tom Homan emphasized that prioritizing immigrants with additional crimes is key to maintaining public approval amid ongoing raids and protests, with 39% approval reported in January.
- On June 16, Tom Homan urged targeting immigrants with criminal convictions to `keep the faith of the American people` in immigration enforcement.
- Greg Bovino, Border Patrol commander, ran sweeping, location-based raids that began June 6 in the Los Angeles Fashion District, sparking five weeks of protests and prompting National Guard and Marine deployment.
- A New York Times/Siena poll found 61% of respondents said ICE's tactics had gone too far amid public backlash last month after officers detained a U.S. citizen and asked gas stations to prove citizenship.
- Homan replaced Bovino after backlash, reducing Minneapolis' 3,000 Border Patrol and ICE personnel by 700 last week and linking staffing cuts to local law enforcement support.
- While officials say operations targeted specific individuals, public data show roughly one-third of ICE arrests lacked criminal convictions, and internal DHS records exclude Border Patrol arrests.
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Homan once warned against sweeping immigration enforcement raids
White House border czar Tom Homan said last year that federal immigration enforcement operations should be targeted, rather than sweeping, according to a forthcoming book. In a June interview for “Undue Process: The Inside Story of Trump’s Mass Deportation Program,” by NBC News’s Julia Ainsley, Homan said “the vast majority of the American people think…
(LPL) – Border czar Tom Homan warned that the Trump administration should focus on more targeted immigration raids—primarily against undocumented immigrants with criminal records—for fear that broader tactics would lead to a loss of public support. Homan, who has served in Homeland Security under both Democratic and Republican administrations, maintains that most Americans support the deportation of immigrants who have committed crimes, but migh…
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The Independent (US)Tom Homan warned immigration crackdown needed to be ‘humane’ or risk support: report
Official drafted in to restore order to federal operations in Minneapolis argued last June that Americans would only back missions that prioritized the apprehension of criminals
Tom Hohman Warned Deportations Should Be Targeted
Long before taking charge in Minneapolis, border czar Tom Homan warned that mass deportations would lose public support if they weren’t narrowly targeted, NBC News reports. In an interview for an upcoming book, Undue Process: The Inside Story of Trump’s Mass Deportation Program, he argued the administration should prioritize immigrants who have committed additional crimes, saying most Americans support removing “criminal illegal aliens.” Strayin…
Border czar warned immigration operations should be targeted to 'keep the faith of the American people'
Long before border czar Tom Homan took over in Minneapolis, he warned that a targeted approach to immigration enforcement would be needed to “keep the faith of the American people.”Any immigrant in the U.S. illegally can be arrested and deported, but Homan, who has served as a Homeland Security official under the Obama and both Trump administrations, has long said immigrants who have committed additional crimes should be prioritized for arrest an
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