Tom Homan, President Trump’s Border Czar, speaks to The Alex Marlow Show podcast in Washington
Tom Homan, President Trump’s Border Czar, speaks to The Alex Marlow Show podcast in Washington, D.C. on why he chose to help the government make the southern border safer.
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Homan had a long chat with Alex Marlow, the editor-in-chief of Breitbart, about the consequences to people and society of policies that favor mass immigration.
Homan got a job with the U.S. Border Patrol in 1984. Later, he became the first person from the Department of Homeland Security to lead Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). He has always been a strong supporter of stronger immigration and border enforcement throughout his entire career.
Breitbart reported that Homan worked for six presidents, the first of whom was Ronald Reagan. People thought he was neutral in both Democratic and Republican governments for a long period.
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Since he went back to work for the federal government, Homan has become one of the most targeted officials in the Trump administration. A lot of people who don’t like the administration’s immigration policy have been pretty harsh on him.
When Marlow confronted Homan about the threats and attacks he gets every day, Homan said, “I don’t care.”
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I remarked, “This is the second time I’ve come out of retirement for the president.” “It’s hard to say no to the president of the United States and help him fix something where thousands of people have died,” Homan said. “So I knew the hate was coming.” “And, you know, sadly, my family has to pay the price.” I haven’t lived with my family in months because of the threats on my life. But my family realizes how important this task is.
Homan said during the interview that his opponents would understand how serious he is about border security more if they had gone through what he has over the past three and a half decades.
He claimed that his long career in immigration enforcement has made him even more eager to protect the country’s borders, which he called a very personal and highly effective mission.
Homan said, “These are just a few things.” “If they held the dead kids I’ve held, talked to little girls as young as 9 who were raped multiple times by cartel handlers, stood on the back of a tractor-trailer when 19 people were at your feet because they baked to death, including a 5-year-old boy…running an operation in Arizona where alien smuggling cartels are ripping bodies apart with drugs, and when someone couldn’t pay their smuggling fees, they would torture them and call their relatives and let them listen while they torture them and kill them because they couldn’t pay the fees.”
“If you wore my shoes for three and a half decades, you wouldn’t ask that question because I’ve seen so much tragedy in my life that it’s who I am today.” “So when they ask me to come back and protect the border and you know it will save lives, how do you say no?”
Homan got angry as he talked about the five-year-old boy and nine-year-old girl he had met in his job. He said that what they went through and how much anguish they were in stayed with him.
“The 19 dead aliens in the back of a tractor-trailer break my heart the most.” Homan said, “When I got to the back of that tractor-trailer, there were already several bodies on the ground. When the doors finally opened, people rushed out to get air, and some of the dead bodies that were fighting for a small hole where the break light used to be to breathe were pushed out.”
“I noticed a dead five-year-old boy in his underpants when I glanced back inside. His father was holding him on top of him. He said, “Most of them, if not all of them, were in their underwear because they were trying to cool off in that steel cage.”
DOJ Indicts 14 Members Of ‘Extensive’
The Justice Department announced that it has charged 14 members of an “extensive alien smuggling organization,” while eight other people were also arrested for smuggling hundreds of illegal migrants into the U.S.
A grand jury in Las Cruces, New Mexico, returned an indictment against 14 individuals for conspiracy to transport, harbor, and bring illegal aliens into the United States. According to a DOJ press release, eight of those charged were arrested.
The Justice Department announced that it has charged 14 members of an “extensive alien smuggling organization,” while eight other people were also arrested for smuggling hundreds of illegal migrants into the U.S.
A grand jury in Las Cruces, New Mexico, returned an indictment against 14 individuals for conspiracy to transport, harbor, and bring illegal aliens into the United States. According to a DOJ press release, eight of those charged were arrested.
“Today’s indictment alleges that the defendants engaged in a sophisticated conspiracy to smuggle aliens into and throughout the United States at great danger to the aliens, resulting in the death of one person,” said Supervisory Official Antoinette T. Bacon of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
“The Justice Department worked with our partners at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to dismantle an alien smuggling organization based in Mexico that has allegedly smuggled hundreds of illegal aliens, including unaccompanied children, through New Mexico and South Texas,” Bacon continued.
“We are committed to eliminating transnational alien smuggling organizations that exploit migrants purely for profit and undermine our national security.”
According to the indictment, the defendants were involved in a conspiracy to unlawfully bring undocumented individuals from Mexico into the United States via the southern border. The indictment claims that the defendants also facilitated the transportation of these individuals within the U.S. and concealed them in “stash houses” along the route, said the press release.
In some instances, the defendants allegedly evaded law enforcement by driving at high speeds and advising the undocumented individuals on how to flee from U.S. Border Patrol and bypass checkpoints. The indictment further alleges that one undocumented individual died from heat exposure during a smuggling attempt and was abandoned in the desert, the DOJ added.
“Human smuggling organizations threaten our national security and exploit vulnerable individuals for profit, putting their lives at risk and undermining public safety,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Holland S. Kastrin for the District of New Mexico.“The U.S. Attorney’s Office in the District of New Mexico is committed to continuing to work with our federal, state and local partners to dismantle transnational human smuggling organizations, hold their leaders accountable, and seize the illicit proceeds generated by these exploitative enterprises,” Kastrin continued.
The arrests come following a series of executive orders signed by President Donald Trump ordering reversals of nearly all of the Biden-Harris immigration and border policies that essentially created an “open border” situation for most of their four-year term.
During the last administration, it is estimated that nearly 8 million people were detected crossing illegally into the U.S. under Biden-Harris.
“We are appreciative of our brave law enforcement partners for their continued vigilance in investigating and apprehending members of transnational criminal organizations who conspire to undermine our nation’s immigration laws for their profit, with a callous and reckless disregard for the sanctity of life,” said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations (ICE HSI) El Paso Special Agent in Charge Jason T. Stevens.
“As this case sadly demonstrates, human smuggling is a crime that takes lives and puts the public at risk. ICE HSI is passionately devoted to using its abundant authority to identify, investigate, and arrest criminals who prey on the vulnerabilities of people they treat as human cargo,” Stevens noted further, per the DOJ press release.
Each defendant is charged with conspiracy to bring, transport, and harbor illegal aliens in the United States. If convicted, they face a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.
A federal district court judge will determine the final sentence, taking into account the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors, the DOJ added in its press release.
“Today’s indictment alleges that the defendants engaged in a sophisticated conspiracy to smuggle aliens into and throughout the United States at great danger to the aliens, resulting in the death of one person,” said Supervisory Official Antoinette T. Bacon of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
“The Justice Department worked with our partners at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to dismantle an alien smuggling organization based in Mexico that has allegedly smuggled hundreds of illegal aliens, including unaccompanied children, through New Mexico and South Texas,” Bacon continued.
“We are committed to eliminating transnational alien smuggling organizations that exploit migrants purely for profit and undermine our national security.”
According to the indictment, the defendants were involved in a conspiracy to unlawfully bring undocumented individuals from Mexico into the United States via the southern border. The indictment claims that the defendants also facilitated the transportation of these individuals within the U.S. and concealed them in “stash houses” along the route, said the press release.
In some instances, the defendants allegedly evaded law enforcement by driving at high speeds and advising the undocumented individuals on how to flee from U.S. Border Patrol and bypass checkpoints. The indictment further alleges that one undocumented individual died from heat exposure during a smuggling attempt and was abandoned in the desert, the DOJ added.
“Human smuggling organizations threaten our national security and exploit vulnerable individuals for profit, putting their lives at risk and undermining public safety,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Holland S. Kastrin for the District of New Mexico.
“The U.S. Attorney’s Office in the District of New Mexico is committed to continuing to work with our federal, state and local partners to dismantle transnational human smuggling organizations, hold their leaders accountable, and seize the illicit proceeds generated by these exploitative enterprises,” Kastrin continued.
The arrests come following a series of executive orders signed by President Donald Trump ordering reversals of nearly all of the Biden-Harris immigration and border policies that essentially created an “open border” situation for most of their four-year term.
During the last administration, it is estimated that nearly 8 million people were detected crossing illegally into the U.S. under Biden-Harris.
“We are appreciative of our brave law enforcement partners for their continued vigilance in investigating and apprehending members of transnational criminal organizations who conspire to undermine our nation’s immigration laws for their profit, with a callous and reckless disregard for the sanctity of life,” said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations (ICE HSI) El Paso Special Agent in Charge Jason T. Stevens.
“As this case sadly demonstrates, human smuggling is a crime that takes lives and puts the public at risk. ICE HSI is passionately devoted to using its abundant authority to identify, investigate, and arrest criminals who prey on the vulnerabilities of people they treat as human cargo,” Stevens noted further, per the DOJ press release.
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Each defendant is charged with conspiracy to bring, transport, and harbor illegal aliens in the United States. If convicted, they face a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.
A federal district court judge will determine the final sentence, taking into account the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors, the DOJ added in its press release.
