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Border czar Tom Homan says "I don't like the masks" on ICE officers, but they "have to protect themselves"
Tom Homan cites a 1,500% rise in assaults and 8,000% increase in threats against ICE officers to justify mask use amid congressional calls for reform.
- During a Face the Nation interview Sunday, Homan, White House border czar, defended ICE officers' mask use, saying `I don't like the masks either`, Homan said.
- Amid debates over DHS funding, Democrats demand mask bans and measures like visible IDs after last month's shootings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good, Homan said.
- Homan pointed to dramatic increases, saying assaults against Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers rose 1,500% and threats increased 8,000%, while Department of Homeland Security and ICE releases lacked clear timeframes or sources.
- Homan rejected Democrats' demands that officers remove masks or display IDs, while Congress is in recess until Feb. 23 and a partial Department of Homeland Security shutdown began Saturday.
- ICE argues masks prevent doxxing and family risk, noting face masks symbolize President Donald Trump's ICE crackdown and spark congressional enforcement debates.
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ICE assaults spike 1,500% as Dems draw ‘hard red line’ to unmask agents in DHS battle
Senior Trump administration officials defended the use of masks and other facial coverings by federal immigration enforcement officers, citing a sharp increase in assaults and violent threats against agents amid the administration’s hard-line immigration crackdown. White House border czar Tom Homan on Sunday defended the use of masks and other facial coverings by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers as necessary to protect agents from a…
The so-called U.S. ‘Borderzar’, Tom Homan, said this Sunday that while he doesn’t like federal agents wearing masks that cover their faces, he thinks they should wear them because they “have to protect themselves” from threats they may have to face, in the context of their controversial anti-migration operations that have ended the death of two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis.
White House border czar Tom Homan defends ICE officers masks - The Tribune
United States White House border czar Tom Homan defended Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers wearing masks, stating that the officials need to protect themselves against threats and violence, CBS News reported.
Border Czar Responds to DHS Reform Proposals by Democrats
Border czar Tom Homan said on Feb. 15 he doesn’t like that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents wear masks during operations but said that face coverings are necessary for their protection. “I don’t like the masks either, but because threats against ICE officers, you know, are up over 1,500 percent, actual assaults and threats are up over 8,000 percent, these men and women have to protect themselves,” Homan said during an interview w…
Tom Homan Defends ICE Masks as Threats Surge
White House border czar Tom Homan said Sunday that while he personally dislikes federal immigration agents wearing masks, he believes the practice is necessary to protect officers amid what he described as a sharp rise in threats and violence. “I don’t like the masks either,” Homan said during an appearance on CBS’s “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.” “These men and women have to protect themselves.” Homan claimed assaults against Immigrati…
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