PHOENIX, AZ - The Trump Administration's Border Czar, Tom Homan, spoke to a joint session of the Arizona Legislature on Tuesday and updated state leaders on efforts to enforce illegal immigration laws and secure the border with Mexico. Within minutes of Homan taking the podium, the Democratic representatives and Senators filed out of the chamber in protest, holding up signs.
According to reporting from The Arizona Daily Independent, Homan remarked on the efforts of the Trump White House versus what he described as “mismanagement” of the southern border and illegal immigration, “done on purpose,” and “done by design.”
As Homan rendered judgment against the Biden Administration’s lack of enforcement, the Democrat lawmakers rose and left the room, holding signs with the names of alleged “legal residents and students” caught up in the deportation orders, according to Arizona House Democrats.
Homan openly ridiculed the lawmakers, saying, “I love it. Thank you for making my day. I love haters, they make my day every day.”
Later in his remarks, he added, “Under Biden administration, half of the men and children? They were smuggling into this country. Taken out the hands of their families, giving them to a criminal cartel to be smuggled this country. And we’re the bad guys?
“All these people who just walked out, what did they do? Did they speak up about that? Did they speak up to the fact that 300,000 of these children can’t be found because they’re released to unvetted sponsors? The last administration had one goal, process quick, release quick, because there’s no overcrowding, we can say ‘the board is secure, nothing to see here,’” said Homan.
The White House Executive Associate Director of Enforcement and Removal Operations took serious issue with former Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, declaring his actions in office “borderline treasonous.”
“The last administration, Alejandro Mayorkas, who everything he did was with borderline treasonous, told ICE officers, immigration officers who took an oath to enforce the law saying ‘You can’t arrest somebody for being here illegally unless he is convicted of a serious offense.’ He rewrote the immigration law. No. We’re letting ICE do their job and when you’re out there looking for that bad guy if you find illegal alien you take him to and he’s coming too, and he’ll be detained. We’re gonna enforce the laws of this country without apologies.”
According to reporting from The Arizona Daily Independent, Homan remarked on the efforts of the Trump White House versus what he described as “mismanagement” of the southern border and illegal immigration, “done on purpose,” and “done by design.”
As Homan rendered judgment against the Biden Administration’s lack of enforcement, the Democrat lawmakers rose and left the room, holding signs with the names of alleged “legal residents and students” caught up in the deportation orders, according to Arizona House Democrats.
NOW: AZ Dems walk out of a joint session of the Arizona legislature, as Trump Admin "border czar" Tom Homan began to speak. @KTAR923. pic.twitter.com/qlAP13r1js
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Homan openly ridiculed the lawmakers, saying, “I love it. Thank you for making my day. I love haters, they make my day every day.”
Later in his remarks, he added, “Under Biden administration, half of the men and children? They were smuggling into this country. Taken out the hands of their families, giving them to a criminal cartel to be smuggled this country. And we’re the bad guys?
“All these people who just walked out, what did they do? Did they speak up about that? Did they speak up to the fact that 300,000 of these children can’t be found because they’re released to unvetted sponsors? The last administration had one goal, process quick, release quick, because there’s no overcrowding, we can say ‘the board is secure, nothing to see here,’” said Homan.
The White House Executive Associate Director of Enforcement and Removal Operations took serious issue with former Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, declaring his actions in office “borderline treasonous.”
“The last administration, Alejandro Mayorkas, who everything he did was with borderline treasonous, told ICE officers, immigration officers who took an oath to enforce the law saying ‘You can’t arrest somebody for being here illegally unless he is convicted of a serious offense.’ He rewrote the immigration law. No. We’re letting ICE do their job and when you’re out there looking for that bad guy if you find illegal alien you take him to and he’s coming too, and he’ll be detained. We’re gonna enforce the laws of this country without apologies.”
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2025-04-12T18:45-0400 | Comment by: Jan
Democrats can't handle the truth. If they can't silence you, they leave.