"Border Czar" Tom Homan suggests ICE can detain people based on ‘physical appearance’
In his latest Fox News appearance, Homan said: “Look, people need to understand, ICE officers and Border Patrol don’t need probable cause to walk up to somebody, briefly detain them, and question them. They just need totality of the circumstances, right? They just go through the observation, get our typical facts — based on the location, the occupation, their physical appearance, their actions.”
NBC News reported earlier this year about concerns related to racial profiling as part of the Trump’s administration immigration raids, and hearing the White House border czar talk about ICE agents being able to detain people based on “their physical appearance” will likely make those concerns worse.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | July 12, 2025 3:12 PM
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Homan's on-air comments sparked quick pushback from Capitol Hill. Rep. Daniel Goldman said via Bluesky that the border czar's assessment was "patently false."
The New York Democrat added, "DHS has authority to question and search people coming into the country at points of entry. But ICE may not detain and question anyone without reasonable suspicion — and certainly not based on their physical appearance alone. This lawlessness must stop."
Complicating matters, this was not Homan’s only notable quote from the last 24 hours. He also spoke with Politico and talked up the idea of reaching new agreements on third-party deportations. “When you’ve got countries that won’t take their nationals back, and they can’t stay here, we find another country willing to accept them,” Homan said.
As part of the same interview, Politico noted the recent Supreme Court ruling that cleared the way for eight men to be deported to South Sudan. The border czar said he was unsure of the status of the eight men — or whether they are detained there — saying that they are no longer in U.S. custody.
“They’re living in Sudan. And will they stay in Sudan? I don’t know,” he said. “When we sign these agreements with all these countries, we make arrangements to make sure these countries are receiving these people and there’s opportunities for these people. But I can’t tell if we remove somebody to Sudan — they can stay there a week and leave. I don’t know.”
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | July 12, 2025 2:19 PM
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[quote]there’s opportunities for these people
In Sudan? These were supposedly violent criminals sent to a country, not their own, on the brink of civil war. What a moron.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | July 12, 2025 2:24 PM
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Translation: let's arrest anyone who's skin is darker than beige
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | July 12, 2025 2:27 PM
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I can barely understand what he is saying in that clip, is he a r----d?! This is far from the best America has to offer.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | July 12, 2025 3:10 PM
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