Border Czar Tom Homan did not mince words when he took on New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and congressional hopeful Darializa Avila Chevalier over their call to dismantle Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Homan, who has long been a tough voice for border security, had plenty to say about the socialist fantasy of abolishing the very agency tasked with protecting the nation from criminal illegal aliens.
During a recent appearance, Homan reminded [1] both Mamdani and Chevalier that the American people put Donald Trump in the White House for a reason.
It was not to coddle border lawbreakers but to protect the sovereignty of the United States.
He pointed directly to the Trump administration’s record of securing the border and removing dangerous criminals from the streets as proof that strong enforcement works.
“He doesn’t even want to deport criminals, people who have been not only just charged but people who have been convicted of crimes in this country. And this is a far left socialist movement that intends to sweep across the country. Well, I don’t think it will be successful,” Homan said.
His comments cut straight through the leftist spin that ICE somehow represents cruelty rather than law enforcement.
Backing up his words with hard numbers, Homan cited more than 800,000 deportations under Trump’s leadership, with about 60 to 70 percent involving convicted criminals.
“We’ve removed hundreds of thousands of criminals off the streets of this country because of President Trump’s leadership. We’re not going to stop,” he said firmly.
That is the kind of clear law and order mindset most Americans support and that progressives love to sneer at.
Homan’s bluntness is exactly what infuriates radical Democrats like Mamdani and Chevalier, both of whom have proudly aligned themselves with the Democratic Socialists of America.
The DSA’s national goal of abolishing ICE is every bit as reckless as it sounds.
It would gut immigration enforcement at a time when the border is already under unprecedented pressure from illegal crossings.
Yet the left continues to push the idea as a hallmark of compassion.
Mamdani recently endorsed Chevalier in her bid to represent New York’s 13th Congressional District, further cementing his alliance with the anti ICE agenda.
DSA backed hopefuls are spreading their message into every level of government, hoping to capitalize on discontent and social media activism to win local and federal offices.
Homan’s message to them was unmistakable: the American people are not buying it.
“They can talk to talk all they want,” Homan said.
“We’re going to keep doing our job of removing public safety threats because that’s what the majority of American people want. These politicians are nuts. They lost their minds. We’re going to keep doing our job.”
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That kind of unapologetic stance is exactly why Homan remains one of the strongest voices in the fight for serious border enforcement.
It is remarkable that Democrats like Mamdani and Chevalier can claim to care about communities while pushing policies that would flood those same communities with criminal offenders.
ICE agents do not target innocent people. They go after the individuals who have already committed crimes inside the United States.
Dismantling the agency means letting those very offenders back onto American streets.
For years, the left has tried to portray ICE as a bogeyman for enforcing laws that Congress passed in the first place.
The call to abolish ICE is nothing more than a stunt to energize the progressive fringe and signal defiance to Trump’s policies.
But contrary to their fantasy world, the work ICE does keeps families safe and upholds the rule of law.
Homan’s challenge exposes the deep divide between Americans who value national security and those who dream of a borderless utopia.
It also reveals how completely out of touch socialist Democrats have become.
To them, protecting the border is a moral failing. To everyday Americans, it is basic common sense.
The message from Homan to the far left could not be clearer.
The men and women of ICE will continue doing their duty, arresting and deporting dangerous individuals regardless of political posturing.
The loudest Twitter radicals and city hall activists will not stop them. No matter how many anti ICE slogans show up on signs in New York, law enforcement is not going anywhere.
The left can keep playing politics with national security.
Officials like Tom Homan will keep working to protect the country and enforce the law while reminding these so called progressives that most of America rejects their radical open borders obsession.
In the end, ICE is not the problem. The problem is politicians who value socialist ideology over public safety.