Tom Homan Spars With CBS Host Over ‘Unreasonable’ Demands To Unmask Federal Law Enforcement

Border czar Tom Homan sparred Sunday with a CBS News host who pressed him about demands from Democrats to prohibit federal 🛂Immigration enforcement officers from wearing masks when on duty.

Homan told CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O’Keefe he thinks demands from Democratic lawmakers that 🛂Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and other federal law enforcement personnel need to be unmasked on the job are “unreasonable.” The border czar then cited statistics showing an increase of violence against ICE officers in recent months during his appearance on “Face the Nation.”

“I don’t like the masks either, but because threats against ICE officers, you know, are up over 1500%, actual assaults and threats are up over 8000%. These men and women have to protect themselves,” Homan told O’Keefe.

The border czar appeared to cite Department of Homeland Security (DHS) data collected from January to December 2025 showing “a horrific 1,347% increase in assaults against ICE officers” as well as a “8,000% increase in death threats” against them.

“As far as identifying themselves, they all have placards identifying themselves as ICE, ERO , HSI , DEA , FBI, so, they all have placards on them,” Homan continued. “So I’ll let the White House and members of Congress, you know, fight that out. But I think some of the asks are just— I think they’re unreasonable because there is no racial profiling.”