Tom Homan’s comments come after two men were fatally shot this week at the hands of ICE agents in separate incidents
Following the back-to-back fatal shootings of a Colombian native in Maine and a Mexican man in Houston by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Trump administration has tried to shift the blame onto Democratic leaders who have been educating immigrants on their rights.
“I'm scared to death because assaults with vehicles are sky high. There's been a lot of shootings. I'm scared to death that one of these days, our ICE officers aren't going to be quick enough. The bad guys can be quicker,” Homan told Fox News’ Laura Ingraham Wednesday night.
“It all goes back to the Dems who want to continually attack ICE and tell people to evade them, tell people don't comply, tell people to resist, and tell people ICE isn’t a real law enforcement,” Homan said. “There's still going to be more bloodshed unless they shut their mouth and let ICE enforce the laws that they enacted.”
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said on social media earlier Wednesday that federal agents “are facing a more than 1,300% increase in vehicle attacks,” and blamed Democrats, including Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and California Governor Gavin Newsom, for teaching their constituents to “openly defy” ICE.
In February 2025, Ocasio-Cortez shared a “Know Your Rights” guide, telling her constituents not to open their door unless ICE has a warrant signed by a judge and to ask them to leave if they don’t have the proper paperwork.
Newsom also released a “Know Your Rights” fact sheet that included tips for identifying federal agents, but it cautioned: “Even if you believe your rights are being violated, don’t argue, resist or obstruct the officer.”
Mainer Joan Sebastian Guerrero, 25, and Texan Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, 52, were killed by ICE at traffic stops on Monday and July 7, respectively. The Homeland Security Department said an ICE officer fired his weapon at Guerrero because he feared for “public safety,” and Salgado Araujo was shot in “self-defense.”
Following the fatal shootings, Mullin paused traffic stops, advising federal agents to “prioritize other existing operational methods” in an internal email seen by The Atlantic.
But Trump later overturned that order, writing on Truth Social Wednesday, “We must be strong, tough, and smart, and we CANNOT give up one of I.C.E.’s most important and effective Crime Fighting tools, THE TRAFFIC STOP! Once we do, we are playing right into the criminal’s hands.”
“The Radical Left Dumocrats would like to see this done, but it won’t happen on my watch,” his post read.
