Death threats forced border czar Tom Homan to live apart from his wife: 'I don't see my family very much'

Tom Homan also warned of rising attacks on ICE agents and said over two million migrants who evaded capture at the border pose the biggest U.S. national security threat.
PUBLISHED JUN 26, 2025
Tom Homan opens up about death threats, ICE backlash, and national security fears at the US border (YouTube/Pod Force One with Miranda Devine)
Tom Homan opens up about death threats, ICE backlash, and national security fears at the US border (YouTube/Pod Force One with Miranda Devine)

WASHINGTON, DC: Tom Homan, the former acting director of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and President Donald Trump’s appointed border czar, has revealed that death threats have forced him to live separately from his wife, as reported by Newsmax.

In a candid interview on Miranda Devine’s ‘Pod Force One’ podcast, Homan detailed how his law enforcement role — particularly under the Trump administration’s strict immigration policies — has severely impacted his personal and family life.

"I spent a lot of time with my boys growing up, but as I got more and more — climbed the ladder of what I've done with ICE director and now back — I don't see my family very much," Homan told Devine.



 

Tom Homan says death threats forced him to live apart from his wife, blasts rising attacks on ICE agents

Homan, who has led mass deportation efforts during Trump’s presidency, also expressed deep concern over increasing hostility toward ICE agents.

He mentioned, "My wife's living separately from me right now, mainly because I work for many hours but mostly because of the death threats against me. She's someplace else. I see her as much as I can, but the death threats against me and my family are outrageous"

Tom Homan expressed deep concern over increasing hostility toward ICE agents (Youtube / Pod Force One with Miranda Devine)
Tom Homan expressed deep concern over increasing hostility toward ICE agents (YouTube/Pod Force One with Miranda Devine)

He denounced liberal efforts to expose ICE officers' identities, linking them to a spike in violence against federal personnel.

"It's just ridiculous we're at the point in this country where those who enforce the laws are the bad guys, those who broke the law are the victims," he said. "But you're right, assaults against ICE officers is up over 400%. Agents are being doxed. Their home addresses, other pictures are being posted."

Tom Homan says Trump called him during dinner and asked him to ‘come back and fix it'

Despite the risks and sacrifices, Homan said he felt compelled to return to government service when Trump personally requested it. He had previously retired after his permanent ICE nomination stalled in the Senate.

Tom Homan praised Trump’s border policies as the most secure in U.S. history (Youtube / Pod Force One with Miranda Devine)
Tom Homan praised Trump’s border policies as the most secure in US history (YouTube/Pod Force One with Miranda Devine)

"I was the first person he called, bringing back, which again, was a proud moment. But I was actually out to dinner with my wife, and then my phone rang, and I looked down, and it says, 'POTUS.' And my wife says, 'He's asking [you] to come back, isn't he?'"

"So I walked outside, and the first thing he said to me was, 'You've been b****ing about it for four years. Well, come back and fix it.' So how do you say no?" Homan recalled.

Tom Homan warns of national security threat from over two million border ‘gotaways’

Previously, on Sunday, June 22, Border czar Homan voiced concern over the presence of Iranian nationalists and other unaccounted illegal immigrants after the United States launched an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities on Saturday night, as reported by Fox News.

He said, “I've said in the last four years, my biggest concern was this open border. It was the biggest national security vulnerability this country has ever seen. So, I pulled numbers this morning, just from a CBP under Joe Biden — there were 1,272 nationalists from Iran released in the country between OFO and the border patrol.”

He further added, “You compare that the Trump administration is zero, right? Zero releases. And right now, because of President Trump's leadership, we have the most secure border in my lifetime, the most secure border in the history of this nation. So we have a secure border, so that was President Trump's big win in securing this nation."

WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 6: White House Border Czar Tom Homan speaks on FOX News on the North Lawn of the White House on February 6, 2025 in Washington, DC. Homan has been appointed by President Donald Trump to oversee what the White House calls the largest
White  House Border Czar Tom Homan speaks on FOX News on the North Lawn of the White House on February 6, 2025 in Washington, DC (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

“We're not releasing people in this country, especially when there are aliens that aren't crossing the border undetected. But underJoe Biden, we had over 10 million people cross that border.But my biggest concern from day one, beyond the fentanyl, beyond the sex trafficking women and children, were the two million known ‘gotaways’ — over two million people crossed that border. We don't know who they are, where they came from, because they got away because border patrol is so overwhelmed with the humanitarian crisis that Biden created," he mentioned.

Homan said that his greatest concern is the more than two million people who have crossed the border and evaded capture, which he believes has created the most significant national security vulnerability the United States has ever faced.

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