Tom Homan Clashes With Margaret Brennan Over ICE Vehicle Stops
Border czar Tom Homan clashed Sunday with “Face the Nation” host Margaret Brennan while saying rhetoric by members of Congress “emboldened” people to confront federal immigration agents.
Border czar Tom Homan clashed Sunday with “Face the Nation” host Margaret Brennan while saying rhetoric by members of Congress “emboldened” people to confront federal Immigration agents.
President Donald Trump ended a pause in the use of vehicle stops ordered by Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin following two incidents in which illegal immigrants were shot and killed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers. The decreased reportedly attempted to run the agents down with their vehicles. During his appearance on the show, however, Homan declined to comment on the incidents when Brennan raised them.
“I don’t want to get ahead of investigations on who’s at fault, what exactly happened,” Homan told Brennan. “Because we all know, when the investigations happen, there’s going to be cell phone video, there may be city cameras, and, of course, then you got witness statements and affidavits from the officer and witnesses. So we got to let the investigations play out. So, I don’t want to really comment on investigation themselves, but … I think … Markwayne Mullin, you know, took some action, and, in concern of the safety of the agents and how we do operations. And that’s why he did that, you know, that pause on enforcement on vehicle stops.”