US EditionHoman claims ICE officers ‘don’t need probable cause’ to ‘briefly detain’ people
UNITED STATES, JUL 11 – Tom Homan confirmed ICE agents can detain individuals without probable cause using personal appearance, sparking legal experts' criticism of racial profiling under aggressive immigration enforcement.
- Tom Homan, the Trump administration’s immigration czar, claimed ICE officers do not need probable cause to briefly detain and question individuals based on personal appearance.
- Homan’s remarks follow the administration’s broader policy empowering ICE and Border Patrol to stop people solely by how they look, a practice criticized as racial profiling and illegal without reasonable suspicion.
- Legal and political experts, including attorneys and legislators, condemned these assertions as a violation of constitutional protections and described the approach as authoritarian and discriminatory policing.
- Homan stated, “ICE can detain anyone based on 'suspicion' and physical 'appearance'” and explained that when countries refuse deportees, the U.S. seeks other nations to accept them, revealing a policy of third country deportations.
- The controversy illustrates ongoing tensions over immigration enforcement tactics, raising concerns about legal overreach, civil rights infringements, and the administration’s estimation of its immigration policy mandate.
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Homan: Trump WH Seeking Countries to Take Deportees
The Trump administration is looking to close deals with other nations to accept illegal immigrants whose homelands can't or won't take them back, border czar Tom Homan said on Friday. Speaking to Politico's Dasha Burns on "The Conversation," Homan was asked about the status of eight men deported to South Sudan, a country that the State Department has warned is too dangerous for all but essential personnel due to "crime, kidnapping, and armed con…
Trump Border Czar Boasts ICE Can 'Briefly Detain' People Based On 'Physical Appearance'
Tom Homan claimed on Fox News Friday that immigration law enforcers don't actually need "probable cause" to detain a possible suspect — despite it being a key part of the Constitution's Fourth Amendment.
'Racial profiling': Trump border official blasted for claim ICE can detain for 'personal appearance'
President Donald Trump’s hand-picked border czar, Tom Homan, is facing backlash from legal and political experts after asserting that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents do not need “probable cause” to detain individuals—and can do so based on factors like “personal appearance.”“Look, people need to understand,” Homan told Fox News on Friday. ICE officers “don’t need probable cause to walk up to somebody, briefly detain and question them.…
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