Tom Homan, President Trump’s Border Czar, warned that anti-ICE agitation and organized protests are fueling violence and could lead to more bloodshed if the rhetoric and funding behind those demonstrations aren’t confronted.
Tom Homan has been blunt: the chaotic scenes around federal immigration enforcement are not random. He says organized groups and the money behind them are encouraging confrontations with agents, and that those dynamics carry a real risk for public safety.
“Is it time for the Insurrection Act, or would that just add gasoline to the fire?” Fox News’ Laura Ingraham asked Thursday.
“Well, I’m not going to get ahead of the President on that, but it’s certainly an option, a viable option,” Homan replied. The short exchange underscored how seriously conservative leaders are taking the breakdowns in order and the need to consider all tools on the table.
“So, actually, I’ll be meeting with the president tomorrow. I think it’s something that needs to be on the table because this cannot continue theres going ot be more bloodshed, I’m telling you. I hope I’m wrong. There is going to be more bloodshed if something isn’t done.” Homan’s warning was plain and forceful, delivered as a friend-of-the-president and as someone who has worked enforcement on the ground.
“It’s going to spread. And most Minnesotans, by the way, and I want to say this tonight because folks have reached out to me, support ICE,” Ingraham said. Her point was that the majority of everyday citizens want law and order, not mob rule, and that support for law enforcement persists even amid political noise.
“It’s this radical group of anarchists. And when you see them close up, you really get a sense of who they are. It’s this crowd, a lot of them paid, a lot of them working double shifts of protests, against the rest of the state. Which are reasonable, common-sense, peaceful people of all backgrounds, including immigrant backgrounds.
“They don’t like what’s going on in the Twin Cities, and we’re going to expose more about Jacob Frey in a moment. But Tom, most people are good people; they just want the bad people out, and they want some peace in their neighborhoods,” she added. That line captures the divide: grassroots citizens versus professional agitators who profit from chaos.
“And we’re going to give them that,” Homan replied. “And as far as the organization, everybody that’s planning these protests, giving these people weapons and funding this, again, justice is coming cause we’re deep diving into that whole thing.” Homan promised investigations into who is bankrolling and arming the protests and suggested accountability would follow.
Chaos has since engulfed Minneapolis following the fatal shooting of Renee Good, who struck an ICE agent with her vehicle while attempting to impede enforcement operations. Democrats rushed to blame ICE for the shooting, arguing that heightened enforcement has fueled fear among Democratic voters. Yet that fear has largely been stoked by the incendiary rhetoric of elected Democrats themselves, which has only served to inflame tensions rather than restore order.
From a conservative perspective, the picture is clear: vilifying law enforcement members for doing their jobs invites lawlessness. When public officials or influential activists publicly undermine agents, they make it harder to maintain public safety and easier for violent actors to act with impunity.
Homan and others are pressing for a tougher response to coordinated obstruction, and Republicans are framing this as a basic responsibility of government. If officers and agents cannot enforce the law without being targeted, neighborhoods and communities pay the price.
Editor’s Note: Democrat politicians and their radical supporters will do everything they can to interfere with and threaten ICE agents enforcing our immigration laws.
