Tom Homan is All for Targeted Immigration Operations

Articles | February 9, 2026 | by Catholics for Catholics

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The Border Czar said in an interview that priority should be given to those illegals who commit extra crimes.

By Catholics for Catholics

Tough, but with priorities, and humane.

Border Czar Tom Homan said that immigration raids should give priority to illegal aliens who perpetrate additional misdeeds to keep the public’s trust.

Reported by NBC News, Homan’s position was quoted in interviews done by Julia Ainsley, the Network’s Homeland Security correspondent who is writing a forthcoming book, according to Newsmax.

Homan, a veteran Homeland Security official who served under Democrat and Republican administrations and was awarded the Protector of America award by Catholics for Catholics for helping save 129,000 children, told NBC that all illegal immigrants in the country are prone to be arrested and deported, but the enforcement priority should be on those who commit additional crimes.

“I think the vast majority of the American people think criminal illegal aliens need to leave. And if we stick to that prioritization, I think we keep the faith of the American people,” Homan told NBC News last June during immigration raids in Los Angeles.

“And I think the more we do that, the more the American people will support what President Trump’s doing. We’ve got to do it and we’ve got to do it in a humane manner,” he added. 

🚨 TOM HOMAN: “I keep hearing it and hearing it and hearing it, we are NOT surrendering the President’s mission on a mass deportation operation. If you are in the country illegally, if we find you, we’ll deport you.”

All must go! pic.twitter.com/RS42luiyKX

— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) February 4, 2026

NBC News reported that Homan’s comments for the book were “authorized for early release,” though it’s unclear who gave the authorization. 

Homan’s comments differ with the approach of Greg Bovino, the former Border Patrol Commander who enforced operations in Minneapolis, Chicago and Los Angeles, triggering violent protests and legal challenges.

NBC attributes weeks of unrest and federal intervention to those tactics while the network offers limited scrutiny of the protests themselves or local officials who resisted enforcement.

Still, Homeland Security has rejected the accusations that the Department is undergoing internal discords, stating that their enforcement is in line with President Donald Trump’s direction.

“There is only one page: the President’s page. Everyone’s on the same page,” a DHS spokesperson said.