Homan: Anti-ICE “Nuts” Want To Take It Beyond Protest Into Criminal Activity, Getting Their Rhetoric From Congress
Border czar Tom Homan talks to FOX News host Martha MacCallum about anti-ICE activists.
MARTHA MACCALLUM, HOST: Let’s bring in Border Czar Tom Homan. Good to have you with us, sir. Thank you for being here. So, we’ve got body armor, we have ARs, we have Faraday bags to protect the cell phones that they were using, pamphlets in the car, 20 to 30 rounds at the officer. What do you make of the organization and sophistication level of this and what are you doing to protect your agents in light of these attacks? TOM HOMAN, BORDER CZAR:Well, look, unfortunately, Martha, I said over two months ago, I said on your network, numerous networks, I do a lot of interviews, I said over two months ago, if the rhetoric continues against ICE agents and Border Patrol agents about being compared to terrorists, like Congressman Jay Paul did, being compared to Nazis and racists, that it’s going to end with a use of force that either a criminal is going to die or an officer is going to die. I’ve seen this recipe before. I knew it was coming and I don’t think it’s over. And look, this is a well-planned attack, as the person said, and we’re investigating on the connections between the Texas incident and the incident in the Alvarado facility, the two incidents of Border Patrol and ICE. There are some connections, but I’m not going to get in the middle of that criminal investigation. It’s ongoing. This is a well-planned attack. And it’s because of the rhetoric. These nuts that want to take it beyond protesting to criminal activity, they’re getting rhetoric from the members of Congress, the senators who compare ICE to the Nazis, and Congressman Jay Paul compared to the terrorist organizations. So these people, these fringe groups, feel emboldened. If a member of Congress can attack ICE, why can’t we? So in response to this, ICE facilities, the security protocol has been heightened to the highest levels, along with Border Patrol facilities. But here’s what they need to understand. We’re not going to stop enforcing immigration law. President Trump made a promise to the American people to secure the border. We have the most secure border in the history of the nation today. Now we’ve got a lot of illegal, alien, criminal, public safety threats, national security threats we need to find and remove. It’s not going to slow us down. We’re going to do this job.
