In a fiery, impromptu speech at a Trump Administration press event, former ICE Director and current Border Czar Tom Homan delivered a blistering takedown of the D.C. elites, RINOs, and open-borders Democrats standing in the way of real border security. His message was clear: the southern border crisis is not a matter of incompetence—it’s a matter of choice.
President Trump himself called Homan to the stage unexpectedly, saying, “I wasn’t going to do this, but I see Tom Homan sitting there… I don’t call up the Speaker of the House. I don’t call up Marco or Peter. But I want to call this guy, because this guy is keeping us very, very safe. Come on up.”
And Homan did not disappoint.
Speaking with the urgency of a man who has spent decades on the front lines, Homan tore into Congress—particularly the obstructionists holding up Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill,” a sweeping piece of legislation that would dramatically enhance border security and put real teeth back into immigration enforcement.
“This bill should be non-partisan,” Homan said. “People are dying every day, and yet they’re playing politics while criminal illegal aliens roam our streets.”
Homan revealed the staggering scope of the crisis: over 600,000 illegal aliens with criminal records are walking free in the United States. Meanwhile, there are fewer than 5,000 deportation officers to handle them. “This should be a no-brainer,” he said. “We get this bill passed, we get more agents on the ground, more beds, more transportation, more flights. Every single day we’d be taking dangerous criminals off our streets.”
But the most emotional moment came when Homan addressed the real human cost of Washington’s inaction—the grieving families who’ve lost loved ones at the hands of criminal illegals.
“I get pissed off,” he said bluntly. “Because I’m sick of meeting Angel Moms and Angel Dads. You want to talk about family separation? They buried their children.”
His comments hit a nerve with many Americans who feel abandoned by their own government—a government that seems more interested in protecting illegal aliens than the law-abiding citizens footing the bill.
Still, Homan offered a glimmer of hope: “I’ve done this since 1984. I’ve worked for six presidents. No one—not one—had the success that President Trump had. Under his leadership, we had the most secure border in the history of this nation.”
That security, however, is under siege again. Homan called for funding to finish the border wall, increase personnel, and invest in technology to stop fentanyl, human trafficking, and even potential terrorist crossings.
“Walls save lives,” he declared. “Women and children can’t be trafficked through a steel barrier. They go where there’s no wall—and what’s waiting there is evil.”
He concluded with a gut-punch: “Fentanyl seizures are down by half. That’s not a success—it’s a tragedy. We need to stop all of it. Not most of it. Not half of it. All of it. Zero fentanyl. Zero sex trafficking. Zero terrorists crossing that border.”
Tom Homan’s powerful words were a wake-up call—and a rallying cry. The time for excuses is over. The time to secure the border and protect American lives is now.
