Trump administration Border Czar Tom Homan issued a stark warning to criminal aliens on Saturday, vowing that they would all be arrested and reaffirming his promise to immigrant terror groups to “wipe you off the face of the earth.”
He also issued a new warning to blue cities that are sheltering illegals by refusing to cooperate with federal immigration authorities.
Homan, the former acting director of ICE who now spearheads the administration’s border enforcement efforts, told an engaged audience at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) that the number of illegal immigrant “gotaways” has dropped by 95%, Fox News reported.
“We had about 1,800 a day in 2023. You know how many we had yesterday? Forty-eight,” he said. “You’re talking about 2,000 miles of border, and only 48 people escaped. But that’s 48 too many. I’m not going to be happy till that number’s zero.”
Homan also announced that in Trump’s first month in the Oval Office, ICE arrested 21,000 illegal aliens.
“I’m happy with the numbers, but I’m not going to be satisfied until every criminal alien gang member, every criminal alien, every Tren de Aragua is eradicated from this country and [we’ve] sent their ass to Gitmo, where they belong,” he said.
Addressing criminal migrant groups such as Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua and El Salvador’s MS-13—both recently designated as “foreign terrorist organizations” by the Trump administration—Homan declared that the administration is delivering on its promise to eliminate them.
“He’s going to wipe you off the face of the earth,” he said. “You have killed more Americans than every terrorist organization in the world combined. You are now a terrorist organization. So, word out to anybody that assists them, anybody that sells their drugs on a street, anybody assists these cartels in any way, you are helping a terrorist organization.”
“We’re going to save lives, because when 95% less people [are] coming across the border, how many women aren’t being raped? How many Americans aren’t dying from fentanyl overdoses? How many … terrorists aren’t getting in the country? How many women and children aren’t sex trafficked in this country? When you have a border lockdown, we’re saving lives,” he said.
Homan went on to address Democrats and their media allies over complaints that illegal migrants are being arrested along with those who have criminal charges. “Yeah, damn right we did. Because you’re in a country illegally, which happens to be a violation of our law,” he said.
“Entering this country illegally is a crime, and we’re not going to forgive it,” he said.
The border czar went on to address the persistent pushback on ICE efforts from Democrat-run “sanctuary cities” that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration authorities: “Game on.”
“Sanctuary cities are a sanctuary for criminals,” he said. “We’re enforcing the laws enacted by Congress, and we’re not going to apologize for it, not under this administration.”
Homan called out Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox, who recently reaffirmed the city’s sanctuary policies and stated that his officers would not cooperate with ICE in deportation operations, Fox reported.
“You said you doubled down on not helping the law enforcement officers of ICE. I’m coming to Boston, and I’m bringing hell with me,” he said. “I looked at the numbers this morning, I counted, I stopped counting at nine. Nine child rapists that were in jail in Massachusetts, but rather than honoring an ICE detainer, you released them back into the street. You’re not a police commissioner. Take that badge off your chest. Put it in the desk drawer. Because you became a politician. You forgot what’s it’s like to be a cop.”
Homan took a moment to thank federal law enforcement agencies, including ICE and Border Patrol.
“God bless the men and women of ICE. God bless all the DOJ components, we’ve got the U.S. marshals, DEA, FBI, ATF, all these five agencies helping us,” he said.
And to the men and women of Border Patrol, Homan added, “I love each and every one of you wearing that green uniform. You are the finest 1% of this country.”