US EditionTrump border czar dismisses Democratic demands to reform ICE
Tom Homan rejected demands to end racial profiling and remove ICE agents' masks, defending agency tactics amid a DHS funding standoff that led to a partial shutdown.
- On February 12, 2026, White House border czar Tom Homan dismissed Democratic demands for ICE changes and said agents will not remove their masks, adding, 'I don't like the masks either' as protection amid rising threats.
- Democratic lawmakers sent a 10 demands list earlier this month seeking to halt racial profiling and bar officers from entering homes without judicial warrants, refusing DHS funding and drawing GOP grandstanding claims.
- Homan insisted ICE stops rest on 'reasonable suspicion', denying racial profiling while a Supreme Court ruling last year allowed stops based on factors like brown skin or speaking Spanish.
- DHS entered a partial shutdown on Saturday but continues essential operations, and with Congress in recess until Feb. 23, no resolution emerged after Sunday talk shows.
- GOP Senator Markwayne Mullin argued 'All this is a political theater because the State of the Union is coming up a week from Tuesday', while Senator Chris Coons credited an 'outcry from Americans' for White House talks.
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Border Czar Brushes Off Democrats on ICE Changes
President Trump's border czar dismissed Democratic lawmakers' demands for changes to ICE before they agree to fully fund the Department of Homeland Security, saying agents will not be removing their masks. At the same time, Democrats stuck to their list that also includes ending racial profiling in policing and officers...
Schumer Puts His Foot Down, Demands Reforms To ‘Rogue’ ICE
During an interview Sunday on CNN with Jake Tapper, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) laid out Democrats’ demands to rein in federal immigration enforcement, stating that Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has become a “rogue” force operating without basic safeguards followed by police departments across the country. Pressed by Tapper on whether Democrats would
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