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BumRushDaShow

(172,302 posts)
Fri May 8, 2026, 06:07 AM May 8

'I'm Sure': Trump Border Czar Says ICE Agents Certainly Detain U.S. Citizens -- 'But We Don't Deport Them'

Source: MEDIAite

May 7th, 2026, 6:13 pm


Trump border czar Tom Homan admitted on Thursday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have most likely detained U.S. citizens while sweeping for undocumented migrants.

During a gaggle outside the White House, a reporter asked how Homan makes sure that U.S. citizens and legal immigrants are protected from deportation operations.

“We do our job,” Homan answered. “If you’re a U.S. citizen, you’ve got nothing to fear. We deport people that are going to be deportable. We arrest people that will be deportable based on suspicion. Have U.S. citizens ever been shortly detained based on suspicion? I’m sure. I’m sure,” he repeated.

“You know, if you have reasonable suspicion on aliens, and once you do that, you’ve got reasonable suspicion for a short detention. And once it is determined, Okay, you’re not the guy we’re looking for, you are released. But we don’t deport U.S. citizens.”. Earlier during the gaggle, Homan raged against New York Gov. Kathy Hochul for declaring she wanted no part of ICE in her state.

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/im-sure-trump-border-czar-says-ice-agents-certainly-detain-u-s-citizens-but-we-dont-deport-them/

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Walleye

(45,484 posts)
1. Head is so far up the ass. It's not the reflecting pool that makes America, beautiful, it's our constitution.
Fri May 8, 2026, 06:14 AM
May 8

dem4decades

(14,384 posts)
2. "So we slap you around a bit, we don't kill you. Okay, maybe we do."
Fri May 8, 2026, 07:08 AM
May 8

But we're just doing our jobs screwing with Americans, especially brown ones.

Firestorm49

(4,565 posts)
8. "Don't deport them".....right! American citizens will just be incarcerated there and die under deplorable conditions.
Fri May 8, 2026, 09:35 AM
May 8

BeneteauBum

(780 posts)
9. Homan and his ilk should experience unwarranted detention
Fri May 8, 2026, 09:55 AM
May 8

Going through the anxiety of being temporarily detained by the American Gestapo would give them a new perspective of the stress they put citizens through. We have become a ‘Show me your papers’ society.

Peace ☮️

bluestarone

(22,466 posts)
10. So Noam was removed and replaced by this Knuckle head, that claims in Minnesota that ICE will get better but
Fri May 8, 2026, 10:00 AM
May 8

Then goes after New York? What a fucking HYPOCRITE!!!

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