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Charlie Kirk
Hey, everybody. My exclusive conversation with the legendary Tom Homan. Tom Homan, who is the border czar for the Trump administration. We talk with Tom Homan about deportations, securing the border, and sanctuary city mayors. Email as always, freedomarliekirk.com subscribe to our podcast. That's the Charlie Kirk show podcast page. Buckle up, everybody. Here we go. Charlie, what you've done is incredible here.
Tom Homan
Maybe Charlie Kirk is on the college campus. I want you to know we are lucky to have Charlie Kirk.
Charlie Kirk
Charlie Kirk's running the White House, folks.
Tom Homan
I want to thank Charlie. He's an incredible guy. His spirit, his love of this country. He's done an amazing job building one of the most powerful youth organizations ever created, Turning Point usa.
Charlie Kirk
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Tom Homan
How are you doing?
Charlie Kirk
I'm, I'm doing great. And you know, there's been a lot of stuff in the news, but the most important stuff has actually not been talked about this week, which is that there is a slow motion insurrection happening on our cities. And again, we. There's so much stuff happening. We have the flooding in Texas, which is terrible. Tom, bring us up to speed. What happened in California. There was a marijuana farm that was raided. Miners were working at it. And is it correct that an illegal alien discharged a weapon at ICE officers?
Tom Homan
All true. So we're serving criminal search warrants. I mean, it wasn't, you know, wasn't your normal, like what the media want to call immigration raid. We're serving criminal warrants, a part of a criminal investigation into, you know, illegal weed farm, child trafficking, labor violations. So we're there enforcing the laws of this country and the protesters showed up in force assaulting officers. And, you know, if you went and actually asked any of the protesters, what are your Protestants, they didn't tell you. They don't know what the hell they're doing. They just. Hatred on ice. Hatred on ice that is perpetuated by members of Congress. So a member of Congress, you can Call them racist. They can call them the Gestapo. Then, you know, these nuts in the public, it just emboldens them. Go out there and take on ice, which is. They'll lose.
Charlie Kirk
Yes, they will. And so at this specific incident, a guy started shooting at ICE officers. Have we found out who that person is?
Tom Homan
FBI's investigating it. I know a little bit, but I really can't talk about it right now. But they're deep in it.
Charlie Kirk
So what did we learn about this specific marijuana facility that was so egregious? They were using child slave labor or something akin to it.
Tom Homan
They had unaccompanied alien children that crossed under Joe Biden, some of the ones that he released, and they lost. So they're, they're, they're working. And this is just.
Charlie Kirk
And so this is important. Sorry to interrupt you, Tom. This is what the media calls a farm. So you know how there's been a lot of controversy around farms the last couple of weeks? Right? So at this farm, were illegal aliens that were how old, Tom? 12.
Tom Homan
Yeah, they're young. Young teenagers.
Charlie Kirk
So, no, this is not what you think it is. Working on farms. These are illegal 12 year olds that come and they're. They're producing marijuana.
Tom Homan
Right.
Charlie Kirk
Illegally.
Tom Homan
And we're continuing investigation on the interviews. Were they even being paid? Were they paying off smuggling fees? How many hours were they working? Look, I've said this forever, and I truly believe this. I've been doing this since 1984. No one hires an illegal alien out of the goodness of their heart. They hire them because they work them harder, pay them less, and undercut their competition as US Citizen employees and drive labor rates down. So a deep dive investigation. Interviews are being had. These kids will have. They'll do a forensics interview and we'll uncover the trafficking issue and try to find those responsible for smuggling these kids and trafficking them, and we'll prosecute.
Charlie Kirk
And so more broadly, on the deportation project, you recently said, I don't want to misquote you, Tom, and you're doing an amazing job. Isn't Tom just doing incredible? He's just phenomenal. You recently said the goal is to get to 7,000 deportations a day. Is that, Is that. Am I quoting?
Tom Homan
What I said was, the media is, you know, media's out there, great. You know, losing their minds because there was a goal set of 3,000 a day and asked me, is that even possible? Isn't that racist? I said, 3,000 a day is nothing. Because if you do the math, we would have to arrest 7,000 a day for the rest of the administration just to remove those that Biden release in the country. You're not talking about the 15 million plus already here. So 3,000 days, it's a drop in the bucket. And with the big beautiful bill now passed, just watch and see what happens.
Charlie Kirk
And so 7,000 a day would be like two and a half million people a year. Can you talk about the self deportations as well? Because if history shows, for every one person that we deport, there could be upwards of 10 people that self deport. Is that about right?
Tom Homan
The study's been done showing close to 1 million have already left the country on their own or through the, or through the app. And I think a big part of that is. Big part of that is what we're doing right now. We got over a thousand arrest teams on the streets of this nation arresting illegal aliens every day. Of course, prioritizing the public safety threats, national security threats first. But they see now you can wait and let us find you and deport you, or you can leave, get your affairs in order and leave on your own and make yourself available for other opportunities in the future if they come up. But I think consequences matter. Bad behavior doesn't change unless there's consequences. And we're showing consequences.
Charlie Kirk
So I'll tell you a quick anecdote. So a local church that Eric and I go to, it's a Catholic church. I'm not Catholic. She was raised Catholic, but we just like going there and great community and fellowship to go and pray. And it's great. And it's beautiful. I love beautiful churches. I like beautiful things. I don't like going to church in Costco. Sorry, I don't. So I don't like going to Home Depot to worship. Call me old fashioned. So they're doing this major marble project at this church. Major, right. And so the priest who I know, we were walking in one weekday just to go pray and the marble project was half finished. And I said, oh, hey, what's going on here? He said, I got to tell you a story. He said, so the original contractor started this effort and he had to stop at the beginning because all of his labor self deported. And so then he was super worried that he wasn't gonna able to fulfill the project. He found Americans within 48 hours that did a better job for only two to $3 more an hour. And it's all legal and it's all American and the job will be finished at the exact same time. Everybody don't believe the lie. We can get this and that right there is a glaring first person example because we're so who's going to be the stonemasons? And no one's going to want to work on the roofs and no one's going to. We have grown addicted to illegal migrant labor in this country.
Tom Homan
You know, I got a similar story. So a few years ago, I had to put a new roof in my house because it was storm. I had to call five or six different companies before I found a company that guaranteed me a legal workforce. But while I was getting the bids, a father and son showed up and they're hoping I didn't need a whole roof replacement. They're hoping just to repair it, but once they saw it, said, no, we can't do this. And he told me a story. He had a successful roofing company, had over 20 US citizens employees that he put on a roof at 20 bucks an hour. And he lost the business because he couldn't win any contracts or other companies putting illegal aliens on the roof for seven bucks an hour. He just couldn't win a contract. So now him and his son just go out and do roof repairs. He laid off 20 US citizen employees. That happens every day.
Charlie Kirk
Across every day. And this idea like, look, I will acknowledge that some of the youth of America, there are some of these jobs that they don't want to do. But I reject the premise in a country of 330 million people that we have maxed out the labor potential of this country. I'm sorry, I just don't buy it. Okay, you do not. And what I will buy though, is that, yes, if you don't raise wages, then there will be a problem. But we're not talking about going from $20 an hour to $85 an hour. We're talking about minor adjustments on the wage scale, which, by the way, I would personally, as an employer, we only hire legal Americans at Turning Point usa. The fact I have to say that is ridiculous. We use E Verify. But as a citizen, I would. I want to make sure the workforce is not just legal, but I feel an obligation to fulfill my. The mandate of my fellow countrymen because. Tom, you're getting at something. Is it correct that the thrust of hiring illegal labor is that they actually don't want to pay Americans what they just the normal wage?
Tom Homan
Absolutely. Like I said, they overwork them under pay them. And I agree with you. We have plenty of workforce here. If they get out of their mother's basement, stop protesting nice and go get a job. They could actually add to our economy.
Charlie Kirk
Well, and even beyond that. Again, I hate racial politics. I really do. But we have blexit. And black America has been treated terribly by the Democrat Party. Awful. You want to know who's been treated the worst by mass migration is black America. And how many black Americans who used to do a lot of these jobs, happily carpentry, woodworking. And all of a sudden you bring in a steady flow of illegal labor. And you know, people say, well, you know, they just work harder I guess to. I could, I could sympathize for a. Like. I'm sure that at the extremes that's true. Right? Would you agree, Tom? At the extremes, but at the median. I'm sorry, like, I don't buy that. I think that this idea that you need to get like maximal corporate return even though you don't have a nation, that's been a bad bargain for us. Actually it's that we're a nation of strangers. We don't know how many people are actually in America. We have no idea who they are. They're endangering our communities. But we save a couple bucks an hour on wages.
Tom Homan
I remember when I was another example. I was ICE Direct just a few years back, but we actually did a worksite enforcement operation on a. A plant in Chicago that made sausage. We wrestle a lot of illegal aliens there. Within two weeks they were back open, replaced by black labor gave them. So that's just one example. So you're exactly right. A lot of them have been displaced because of illegal immigration and cheap labor.
Charlie Kirk
So Tom, let me ask you then. So we saw this in Nebraska where there was a meatpacking facility raided it all the illegals were arrested. Line out the door for Americans to get the job the next day. Why don't we hold the employers accountable? Like is that. Why don't we have I. Why don't we start arresting business owners that are knowingly arresting illegal aliens. Aren't they breaking the law?
Tom Homan
They are. And just federal law. In just a couple weeks ago, I gave a. A direction to ICE that I want to see many, many, many more criminal prosecutions at work sites.
Charlie Kirk
Love it. Of the. Of the people that know they are processing fraudulent Social Security numbers, we're going.
Tom Homan
To prosecute not only an employer, but if you use a false Social Security card, a false green card, you're going to get prosecuted too. Zero tolerance.
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Tom Homan
Look, I know that the president made some comments about farmers. I know Department of Labor, DHS and Department of Agriculture are all getting together talking about possible options. But I'm not going to get into the president on this. But I can tell you this. There will be no amnesty. Can't happen when you reward illegal behavior. It is not going to stop. We got. We're national laws. We need, we need finally say, enough, we're done. So I understand the policy discussions. I'll get involved that this week. But I talked to the president and he said there will be no amnesty.
Charlie Kirk
He said the same thing to me on a phone call a couple days ago. No amnesty, period. And he's been clear on that. But I want you in those policy discussions to come back with a message from Tampa. Because if they even play footsie with amnesty, this coalition will be more angry than anything that's happened over the last decade. This is the core campaign promise. We finally got the one big beautiful bill and all of a sudden we're now flirting with jeopardizing our coalition. So I want you to just bring that memo back to the policy discussion they have not seen the MAGA base so animated. I mean, we are not even at yet removing all the Biden people. And let me just. Let's play this out, Tom. And the great Stephen Miller and I had a great conversation about this. So let's say somebody says, well, if you've been here for 15 years, you can stay and you get legal residency. Sounds. Sounds common sense. Okay, fine, sure. But let's look at this in practice before we even get to the policy. Tom, do we have any record of when any illegal has come across the border?
Tom Homan
No.
Charlie Kirk
So therefore, if you say if you've been here for 15 years, you can stay, wouldn't every illegal just say the magic words? Hocus pocus, I've been here for 15 years. And even if you could prove it.
Tom Homan
Otherwise in court, that happened in 1986. I was there.
Charlie Kirk
Simpson, Ms. Only talk about that.
Tom Homan
Well, during IRCA in 1986, what they call a special assault program, special agricultural worker program. I was a special agent in TIME and I conducted criminal investigations. I can tell you over 85% of those applications were fraudulent. He just went to a farmer, gave him 100 bucks. He gave you a letter saying, yeah, he worked for me for 90 days. From this day, and that day, there is no check and balances on that. So it's just ripe for fraud. And that was the failure of the 1986amnesty, and it will happen again.
Charlie Kirk
And on top of even the fraud guys, what it would do then is it would suspend all deportations in real time because all they'd have to do is say the magic words and you'd have to adjudicate it and it would backlog the courts and you wouldn't be able to have hands on any illegal alien, just as a practical matter.
Tom Homan
But we gotta go beyond the time in the country. What they're gonna claim what time they have in the country. But we also gotta talk to false narrative being pushed by the media that we're deporting US Citizens. We're not deporting US Citizens. I said this from day one. If you're in the country legally and you choose to have a child, that's on you. And when you get an order of deportation, it's Parenting 101. Either you take the child with you or leave them with a relative, the other spouse. Having a US Citizen child in this country doesn't make you immune from our laws. Because if that's the message we send to the whole world, you're never going to fix this problem.
Charlie Kirk
Yes. And by the way.
Tom Homan
So like I said, what can you do? You know, can you do a mass deportation without separating families? We deport them together.
Charlie Kirk
Yes. And by the way, the kid, technically, I get. Well, we need to get rid of birthright citizenship. It's a terrible. It's awful. I'm not optimistic. This Supreme Court's probably going to wuss out on that, but I hope we get a victory there. But I guess the kid's still a US citizen. But you're right. The whole mass migration project post 1986. So for those that don't know, Reagan, worst thing Reagan did, by the way, by far. He was a good president. A lot of ways he was. This was his biggest mistake by far. Would you agree, Tom? Yeah.
Tom Homan
Urka was a mistake.
Charlie Kirk
Yeah. And so he comes out. Sims Masoli. We're going to give amnesty, a pathway to citizenship for anyone that worked on a farm all the way up to 1985. And then we're have all this border enforcement stuff. None of the border enforcement stuff actually materialized. But all the amnesty happened.
Tom Homan
None of the work site materialized.
Charlie Kirk
None of the work site. So all these promises of how tough we were going to be, none of it happened. But all the amnesty happened. But here's the kicker. And Tom, you're a government official, so, you know, I don't know if you can comment on this, but I can, which is that we were promised that all Hispanics would vote for Republican if we gave them amnesty. And I want you to understand this because I hear this from sometimes the ruling class. What happened is actually Hispanics got more Democrat every single year until Donald Trump came and he actually won back Hispanics by promising mass deportations. So if you want to win over Hispanics, you actually talk about lawful deportation because the legal Hispanics are sick of people that have cut in line, stolen Social Security numbers, lied to the system. Am I correct on that? Tomorrow?
Tom Homan
When I was there, there's. I was an agent at the time. I'm old, I started this, I love this.
Charlie Kirk
Before I was alive, but I was.
Tom Homan
An agent during that time. I remember I get pissed off a lot, but I remember being pissed off back then. There's so much fraud going on. And cis, who was taking what was equal to CIS at the time that were taking applications, ICE officers at the time, INS special agent, weren't even allowed to enter the building to grab the fraudulent applications to take action on them. They've totally separated the benefits from investigations. So Even though there's 90% fraud, we weren't allowed access to the Government records. That's how bad IRK was run.
Charlie Kirk
And so then we fast forward and we had open border, open border. Trump is the first one to not just say, let's close the border. By the way, Tom Holman deserves such credit. The border we're not even talking about anymore. How many people cross the southern border into the interior United States In May, Zero were released.
Tom Homan
Everybody that crossed was sent right back.
Charlie Kirk
Zero.
Tom Homan
And so I'll tell you a better number, the number that excites me the most. Under the Biden administration, they average 1800 got aways every day. Known godaways every day. Every day. Because we had digital, we have video, drone traffic, central traffic. 1800 a day on average. You know how many there was yesterday? 11. 11. 11. Too many. And we'll close that down. But we went from 1,800 to 11 and the crossings were 99. 2,000 miles aboard, we had 99 crossing. How many got released? Zero. How many got released last month? Zero. How many a month before? Zero. We ended catch and release.
Charlie Kirk
And, Tom, you haven't spoken yet on stage, right?
Tom Homan
No.
Charlie Kirk
Okay. When you do, I hope you emphasize it, because a lot of people are, you know, they're confused and they're fighting about stuff. And that's fine, that's healthy. But I hope everyone understands the securing of the southern border. If that's all President Trump does and he golfs for the next four years, that alone makes this all worth it. No, seriously, that at least buys us some time to have a nation again and to have a republic and having the most secure.
Tom Homan
Right. Today you have the most secure border in the history of this nation today. And what has that done? Fentanyl seizures are dropped in half. Sex trafficking, women and children are decimated. Number of Americans dying from fentanyl has dropped significantly. Sex trafficking has decreased to a level we've never seen before. I mean, President Trump, by having a secure border, saves lives every day.
Charlie Kirk
So this is now the key, and this is why Tom is so important. He's a hero. It would be very tempting and easy for us to avoid the big cities.
Tom Homan
I know.
Charlie Kirk
It's where all the drama. No, I know, but I want to build you up for it.
Tom Homan
That ain't happening.
Charlie Kirk
The cities is where you reclaim the country. That's actually where you exert dominion. Because what they're doing is they're trying to be like, okay, you can do your raids in the rurals. Tom, are we going to avoid la? Are we going to avoid Denver?
Tom Homan
No, we're going to triple down and we're going to triple down on. And I said this, you know, right after we got in office, the mayor of Chicago said I wasn't welcome in Chicago. Guess where I was the next day? Chicago. And I'm going to Portland.
Charlie Kirk
Oh, that'll be fun.
Tom Homan
But President Trump, we talked about this. President Trump said it the other day. Sanctuary cities. We want to prioritize sanctuary cities. We want to send massive amount of AIDS in sanctuary cities because we know we have a problem. We know they're releasing public safety threats back in the community every day. Like, we don't have that problem in Florida. Every sheriff in Florida's working with us. Good. Thanks to the great Governor DeSantis.
Charlie Kirk
DeSantis is doing great.
Tom Homan
You know, so we'll take resources on Florida, we'll throw them in New York, we'll throw them in la, we'll throw them in Portland, we'll throw them in Chicago, we'll throw them in Seattle. Every sanctuary city that wants to double down on ice, we're going to triple down. We're going to flood the zone. Flood the zone. The neighborhoods. Flood the zone at work site. We are going to win this war. Because what we're doing is making this country safe every day. Every criminal, illegal alien or public safety threat that we deport makes this country safe. And that's what we're going to continue doing. We're going to keep President Trump's promise to the American people. We're going to make this country safe again. We're going to enforce immigration law without apology. And I don't give a. I'm. Excuse me.
Charlie Kirk
No, you're fine.
Tom Homan
I did it once for.
Charlie Kirk
You're fine. We're not live. You're fine.
Tom Homan
Look, I'll just say this. I take a lot of hate. I take a lot. I hit pieces on me every day and I love him because I get tired and when I read a hit piece, just throwing gas in my fire. So I don't give a. What people think about me. We're going to do this job. So the doxing of ice ages is terrible. The assault on ice ages are terrible. The attacks on me and my family, yeah, unfortunate. But guess what? We're not leaving. We're going to keep doing this job. We're going nowhere. So we're going to finish the job we started and we're going to finish it to the last day of this administration and hopefully on the next president, Republican president, we'll have eight more years of doing it. We're going to clean the nation up.
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Tom Homan
Well, it does a lot of things. First of all for the southern border, we're going to finish the wall. And not only finish the wall, we're going to finish the technology in the existing wall that Joe Biden stopped. He didn't just stop building the wall, he stopped putting the technology in the wall. That made it a smart wall so agents can talk to one another in dead zones. That we know when someone approaches a wall, climbs a wall or tries to dig under the wall. It's also going to add technology to the port of entries so we can still move legal trade through the port of entry as quick as possible, but still catch maximum amount of contraband on the interior. 10,000 new ICE agents. Never heard of that before. This is the biggest plus up at night we've seen in the history of the agency. 10,000. Right now we got 5,000 deportation officers, over 20 million illegal ambulance in this country. That's a huge plus up more boots on the ground. It's going to give us more detention beds. We're going to go to 50,000 beds, to 100,000 beds so we have plenty of room to put people there. We're going to increase the teams as soon as we can. Academy is already starting to roll out. We're going to move a lot of agents through that academy. More boots on the ground, more transportation contracts, more beds, more contracts. Do jobs that don't require a badge and gun. It shouldn't take a badge and gun. When someone comes in to report or to do arrest reports or processing, let contractors do that and get that badging gun on the street where we need them. We're going to keep focused on public safety threats and national security threats. If you think the numbers look good now, just hold on tight.
Charlie Kirk
So I think it's also worth mentioning recently There was this Ms. 13 leader arrested in Nebraska and I don't even think we knew who he was or how he got it. I mean, and all of a sudden here he is, this guy that El Salvador has been looking. Do you know the case I'm talking about?
Tom Homan
That shows a great, the great vetting that Biden administration claimed they did, which they did. Look, millions of illegal aliens were released in this country without proper vetting. And Secretary Mayorkas will stand on stage say oh, they're properly vetted. They're all properly vetted. That's a bunch of garbage. Because we don't have access to most countries criminal data. If they even have a system like NCIC with the Chinese and the Russians and people from Syria, do you really think those governments are sharing any data with us? Especially national security data? These people weren't properly vetted and that's why we're working so hard to find them. Because they do pose the biggest national security vulnerability I've seen in my lifetime. What Joe Biden did, this country is the biggest national security vulnerability I've ever seen. Under Joe Biden, over 400 people on the terrorist watch list were arrested coming across the southern boat border. Under Trump, 45, 14, 14 compared to 400. But what scares me most is the 2 million plus gotaways. Why did 2 million people pay more to get away? Because you pay the cartel one amount of money to just get to the border, turn yourself into green uniform, get a free airline ticket to the city of your choice, get a free hotel room, three, three meals a day and work alter station. So why did 2 million people pay more not to get that for a giveaway program? Because they didn't want to be arrested, they didn't want to be fingerprinted, they didn't want to be vetted. That just scared the hell out of everybody. Scares the hell out of me. Who were they? Why did they pay more to get away?
Charlie Kirk
How do we fix the asylum scam? Because the asylum system is so gamed.
Tom Homan
That's easy. They just. In the first interview on the border, the threshold is so low, the cartels teach You a couple of key phrases. Okay, you pass the first interview you come in, but when you get to immigration court, the threshold of proof is much, much higher. So we're saying, hey, easy fix. The first interview threshold should equal judicial threshold. And hold that, then look 99. So those that don't know, they keep calling these people, they're asylum seekers. They have a right to claim asylum. They got a right to see a judge. Yeah. Okay, well, here's the facts. Based on immigration court data of the last decade, nine out of 10 people claim asylum at the border, end up with an order, removal. They're asylum cheaters because they're not escaping fear and persecution from their home government because of race, religion, political affiliation, or membership in a specific social group. They're coming here for a better life. And I get that, but it's not asylum. So when they keep yelling and screaming about asylum seekers, understand 90% of them are asylum cheaters. And while they're cheating the system, I'm backing the system up by five, seven, nine years. There are actually thousands of people in this world that really do need our protection from their countries, and they're sitting in the backseat. So asylum system needs to be. It needs to be fixed, needs to be addressed asap. Because even though we're doing all the positive things right now, this can all be undone by Democratic president like Joe Biden did to the most secure board in my lifetime. So we got to get Congress get off their ass and pass some legislation to fix the system.
Charlie Kirk
Absolutely. Walk us through.
Tom Homan
Just.
Charlie Kirk
I know I got to get you on stage here, Tom, but walk us through. There's been so much social media misinformation saying ICE is the modern Gestapo. They're going after US citizens. What. What is the process of enforcement and what should people know that the media is largely missing?
Tom Homan
The vast majority of people we've arrested are criminals, public safety threats and national security threats. Now the media says, well, the percentage is lower than I'm claiming. Well, they don't count misdemeanors. They don't count misdemeanors as crimes. They don't count taking a guy about county jail pending charges as a criminal. We do. If you're in a county jail, you're probably not a choir boy. So we count criminals as criminals. But the vast majority of people who arrest are criminal aliens. That's just a stone cold fact. And what people need to understand, why is it not? Why is so many collaterals non criminals? Well, I'll tell you why. And I said this from Day one, if you're a sanctuary city and you're going to release that criminal back into the community, we're going to go find them. And when we find them, we find others that aren't criminal targets, but they're in the country legally. They're coming too, because we're going force immigration law. So sanctuary cities get exactly what they don't want. More collateral arrests, more agents in the street, and more worksite enforcement. If they want to push back against ice, this is what's happening. So, yeah, non criminals arrest. But last I remembered, entering the United States illegally is a crime, and we're going to force that crime.
Charlie Kirk
8 USC 1312 or something, right?
Tom Homan
And I said this from day one. We prioritize public safety threats and national security threats. But if you're in the country legally, you're not off the table.
Charlie Kirk
All right, I want to open it up for some questions. We love doing this. But guys, I just want to say, ask a question for Tom. Don't give a speech. Don't tell us that your, you know, neighbor is getting deported or something and you're worried about it. Sorry, he's not going to help. Okay, So I get those questions all the time. Charlie, my friend's getting deported. Okay, fine. Sorry, I can't help you. So ask a technical question of Tom, please. And I reserve the right to cut you off because Tom's time is very valuable. Okay? So keep it focused on the stuff we talked about. Yes, sir.
C
As one former New Yorker to another, could you give us a little preview of what will happen under a potentially soon to be mayor Mumdadi?
Charlie Kirk
Did you hear that?
Tom Homan
Yeah. I gotta watch what I say because of Hatchack. I am a government employee. But let me.
Charlie Kirk
That's why I was trying to protect you from yourself.
Tom Homan
I've been in trouble a few times over this. Despite what he says, he's not gonna stop me from doing my job. I'll leave it at that. That's.
Charlie Kirk
Well, that said everything. Yes, sir.
C
Thank you for what you're doing. First of all, my question is, do you think that if the United States invest in bringing jobs to Latin America and supporting freedom movements in all the socialist countries in Latin America, the immigration issue would subdue itself.
Tom Homan
I missed. I'm sorry.
Charlie Kirk
So I think you were saying, should we invest in Latin and South America for economic freedom movements and such, Is that right?
Tom Homan
Correct. Yeah. Well, let me tell you what I do know. We've done that under every administration. It hasn't worked because many of these countries are corrupt. The Money doesn't get where it belongs.
Charlie Kirk
It does not work. Yep.
C
Thank you.
Charlie Kirk
It does not work. Yes.
C
So one of the ways you've shut down, well, basically shut down all the illegal immigrants from across the country is by building up your social media, by using it as deterrence. Is that correct? So could you tell me how and what are you planning to do to keep on doing that?
Tom Homan
Well, look, I'm, I'm an old guy. I'm still learning social media. And social media, it makes a lot of people brave because they attack you and they hide in their parents basement. They can say anything they want. But I actually have staff that I'm just starting to do social media. I do have an X account and I find that a lot of people like Facebook. I had a Facebook account and I got eight people claiming to be me. So I got some really smart people working on that. But I agree with you. The power of social media is life changing. So the White House is pushing social media. I am. Now my staff's going to push more social media because that sends a message to the whole world rather than talking to group here. I know Charlie's got a big following social media, you got the whole world. So we're going to do a hell of a lot more social media and educate the people on the truth about border enforcement, immigration enforcement.
Charlie Kirk
And let me also say that part of, you know, you see the guys walking through MacArthur park, make no mistake, guys, those videos are being seen in the third world. They don't want to come here because the visible intimidating, that has a chilling psychological effect and for good reason. So that is a way to deter invasion by just displaying the force of the federal government. Thank you. Next question, Charlie. Kirk here. Crime is skyrocketing. You may already own a firearm, but before you face the financial and emotional weight of pulling the trigger, consider Burna. Byrna's less lethal launchers fire tear gas and kinetic rounds designed to incapacitate attackers for up to 40 minutes, giving you time to escape and call for help without deadly consequences. I use Burna. My family all has them. And now meet the new compact launcher. An amazing product. Sleek, slim, and hits like a sledgehammer. But the size of a smartphone. It's perfect for concealed carry, comfortable, discreet, and confidence building. It fires at 400ft per second with 41 joules per square inch of stopping power. That's enough force to halt a threat. Cold about the legal and moral complexities of lethal force. What I love about Burna is they're proudly American. Over 80% of their compact launcher's components are sourced in America and each unit is hand assembled in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Best of all, Burna is legal in all 50 states. No background checks, ships directly to your door, Trusted by hundreds of police departments and government agencies around the world. Visit Byrna to learn more. That is by r n a.com.
C
I'm.
D
Actually going to take two questions if you don't mind, because last time I was here at Turning Point's December event, my dad actually had a heart attack. And so I'd like to take two questions, if you don't mind. My first question is there was reports and there's some possibility of ICE going to war with the cartels. Do you think that would just turn into a strict military event or how do you think that would turn? Is my first question.
Tom Homan
There's two divisions of ice. There's enforcement Mover Operations, Homeland Security Investigations. Homeland Security Investigations is working with the Department of Justice. President Trump committed to designating the cartels terrorist organizations. He did that and I think it was a great move. And you're going to see the whole might of the United States government taking action on the cartels. Some of the preparatory work's already been done. President Trump will wipe the cartels off the face of the earth.
D
Let's go.
Tom Homan
We're already bankrupt and with the border at the most secure it's ever been. Illegal immigration down 96%, which means 96% less people are coming, which means the border patrol is 100% vigilant on the border. They're losing billions of dollars in alien smuggling, billions of dollars in sex trafficking. Billion dollars and moving dope across that border. They're already hurting, but we're going to finish the job.
Charlie Kirk
And the Mexican, the Mexican president has a good relationship with President Trump. Is that fair to say, Tom? Well, absolutely, yeah. And much better than with Obra Dor, whatever his name was. So, last question. Yeah.
D
I'm looking for a new job. Would you be hiring?
Charlie Kirk
Have you gone to the Turning Point hiring booth?
D
Tom.
Charlie Kirk
Huh?
D
I said Tom.
Tom Homan
I didn't actually. Charlie.
Charlie Kirk
I'd be open to it, but I was fine. No, you blew that.
Tom Homan
So you want a job with ice?
D
Yeah.
Tom Homan
Then give me your name and number.
E
Alrighty, we'll do.
Charlie Kirk
Next question.
Tom Homan
We're doing. We're doing massive hiring now for the big beautiful bill.
Charlie Kirk
I imagine, Tom, a lot of the people that would become ICE agents are former cops that might have left because they were dispirited. And how cool if you were a cop that, like, left the San Francisco Police Department to come back into San Francisco working at ice, is that my right?
Tom Homan
I had to shut down my LinkedIn account because I couldn't handle the number of people say, I want to work for ice. Retired cops, retired military, Border Patrol agents wanting to come back. ICE agents want to come back. We have no lack of resources.
Charlie Kirk
And these are tough, tough dudes. And that's who we want in ice. Yes, we do.
C
Hey, Tom. So my name is Brandon. I'm a Latino from la and as someone who was born with a family that fled communism from Cuba and became legal citizens, the pro to the legal process. Thank you for everything you have done. I'm ashamed of what's going on la. My question is they've leaked. I'm sure you're aware of this. They've been leaking where ICE agents have been staying in these hotels, including one close to my house. Is there any way DHS and ICE can proceed illegal action towards the hotels for the management employees leaking to the protesters where they've been staying? Because I'm sure it affects your safety.
Tom Homan
Absolutely.
Charlie Kirk
It's a great question.
Tom Homan
Dhs, we're working very closely with Department of Justice on the doctors, on the people who are leaking our operations, where they're at, because it's only a matter of time before ICE agents are ambushed. So we're taking it very seriously. Again, zero tolerance, you know. And I actually talked to President Trump last night. He called me from Air Force One and wondered how this is going. So we're putting all efforts into this. So for these punks that want to get on and tell us where we're at and want to show up to protest, you got something coming.
Charlie Kirk
Yeah. And let me add to that. So, Tom, can you just add more detail for the audience there? Thank you for the question for the audience about this mask off thing. So the Democrats are trying to say the ICE agents shouldn't have masks, which for the reason I just think this is the most evil group of people. You masked our children unnecessarily during COVID for three years and now you want ICE agents to take their masks off because their lives are actually in danger. Like, actually, screw you, you guys are evil. So the.
Tom Homan
Yeah, you know, it's. And it's okay for BLM to wear masks, it's okay for the rioters to wear masks on college campuses that want to attack the Jewish students, it's okay for the criminals to wear a mask. But the reason ICE is wearing masks because the doxing is at a level we've never seen before. They're not just doxing the agents, they're doxing their wives and their kids through social media. So they're wearing a mass protect themselves. And I support 100%. But it's just incredible how these legislators say, well, we want to unmask ice, but the criminal protesters that turn criminal and violent and attack ICE agents, they haven't said a word about their masks. So I support ICE wearing a mask. And I don't care what the legislation says. They're never going to pass it because we control both houses, and we're going to continue doing what we're doing to keep the agents safe. I got more death threats than anybody. I had a thousand protesters show up in my house. And I'll say it again. You want some? Come get some. I won't give it. But I'm telling you, the men and women of ice, they are American heroes. And I want somebody to remember this. Every member of ICE agents in the deportation officers, they're mothers and fathers, too. They have kids. They don't hang their heart on a hook when they come to work. They're enforcing the laws that Congress enacted and that they're appropriated with funding to do. And they're executing orders by a federal judge to deport somebody. They're not making this up. If you don't like what ICE does, then change the law. Until then, we're going to enforce the law without apology.
Charlie Kirk
And so, Tom, if this ever becomes a big problem, all you have to do is have Bobby Kennedy write a guidance memo saying they need to wear the masks. They're afraid they'll get Covid and everyone will be okay with it. Fanchon Hi, Tom.
F
I'm from Nebraska, and I just want to thank you for ICE being there in Omaha. But I also want you to know that you need to stay out west of Nebraska because we have a lot of meat packing plants out there. We have tons of illegals in Nebraska. I want to thank you for always coming to Charlie's events. We love hearing from you. I want you to know that when I pray for President Trump every day, I also pray for you. Because it does break my heart when I hear you say that your wife has to live separate from you. So just thank you for what you're doing for our country. Many of us really appreciate it.
Tom Homan
Thank you very much.
Charlie Kirk
She's a great patriot.
Tom Homan
And I'm aware of Nebraska. I'll be out there very soon to look. We're coming. Will you make me dinner? Because I don't have I haven't had a home cooked meal in a while.
Charlie Kirk
Fanshan, she's a ruckus.
Tom Homan
My boss. My boss won't give me a day off. Listen, the reason I support Charlie Kirk so much is he's on the right side of the issue. He's picked the side. He's not like a lot of these people that want to dance. He picked the side. And I think this man here was a big part of why President Trump's in the White House.
Charlie Kirk
Thank you. Hello, I'm from Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, and I was wondering if there's a way for everyday Americans to file a report on someone who they suspect is an illegal immigrant, whether it be in a grocery store, school, or the obvious spot, a Home Depot.
Tom Homan
Get on the Internet, go to DHS tip line or ICE tip line. You can file a report there. And we have a big team goes through those reports every day. So if you got to go ahead and report it, Lehigh is great wrestling area up there. You wrestle?
Charlie Kirk
I've had coaches ask me, but play tennis.
Tom Homan
All right, great, great wrestling area up there.
Charlie Kirk
Thank you. We'll do a couple more. Then I got to let Tom get on stage.
E
In the previous administration, the Biden administration, was it protocol for if someone came in illegally and released, was it protocol for them to get a free plane ticket, free housing, food and a free phone? Has it always been this way? And how much did that cost the taxpayers these past four years allowing that? And do we know how many hundreds of billions of dollars that is?
Tom Homan
Well, we're going to find out because I worked with Mark Green, we're going to start having investigative hearings on exactly that issue, how these NGOs made billions of dollars. But you're exactly right. I said earlier the Biden administration not only released them, they flew them to the city of their choice on a taxpayer funded airline ticket. They put them in a free hotel room of 500 bucks a night. They gave them three meals a day, free medical care, then work authorization. And let me tell you why they did that. We don't talk about this a lot. Why did they do that? When we had empty ice beds throughout the nation, we had thousands of empty ice beds at $127 a night sitting empty already paid for by the taxpayer. They sat empty. Why? Because they knew. They put them in ice bed, they get a hearing within 40 days and 90% lose and they'd be sent home. They didn't want that. They put them on an hotel room in a 90 tank docket because they knew the hearing would be three, five, seven years out much as nine if you exhaust all appeals. They play the long game. They figure they do that, maybe another Democrat president come into power and he gets millions of people to, and give amnesty to millions of people. And that's why they're pissed off, because they're ruining their plans right now.
Charlie Kirk
That's right. Bingo.
E
One other quick question. I'm in the real estate development business and I see a lot of jails available throughout the country for peanuts. Would I consider buying in any jails and reopening those jails for detention centers?
Tom Homan
Yeah, we're working on that right now. With a big beautiful bill. You'll be seeing a lot of requests for information, requests for proposals going out. We got a lot of sheriffs offering beds in their facilities and we got of course got a lot of contractors willing to build soft sided facilities in brick and mortar. Again, we're going to have 100,000 beds. So there's an opportunity for a lot of American companies to help us detain these people and deport these people. So you're going to see that they should be happening this week. A lot of requests for proposals going out. Appreciate the question.
Charlie Kirk
This will be the final question.
C
Hello Tom. Hello Charlie. I'm a Portlander, born and raised and I gotta say sanctuary status has been killing my city for the better part of a decade. Sucking it dry of everything that made it beautiful. You mentioned Portland a little bit earlier, but could you possibly go into more detail about what plans you have for Portland and Seattle, Chicago, the sanctuary cities? Because I want my city back.
Tom Homan
Yeah. Portland's been a problem with ICE for several years. The building's been attacked numerous times, been damaged, hundreds of thousand dollars in property damage and the non law enforcement personnel are at severe risk of personal injury and death threats. And that concerns me. You know, ICE agent, deportation officer, they have a kevlar vest in a gun. I don't want to see them in danger either. But for the, for the non law enforcement personnel that are afraid to come to work and the Portland pds, they don't help. It's a sanctuary city. So I'm going out there and showing the men and women advice that I got their six, I won't have their six. And we're not running away from Portland. The stuff that's happening in Portland right now is going to stop. We got zero talent. You want to come to the ICE facility and throw a rock, you're going to jail. You want to threaten an ICE agent, you're going to jail. It ends As a matter of fact, last night, I'll share this with you because I'm sitting at home watching. I was watching Laura Ingraham and she's talking about the rock throwing. While I'm watching, I get a call from President Trump on the airline and he says, enough. Zero tolerance. They throw a rock, you get out and you arrest them. You put them in jail. That starts. You show all those haters all they want to keep throwing rocks. You got something coming. You throw a rock, you're going to jail. That's all there is to it. Zero tolerance.
D
Portland.
C
Portland means law and order again. Thank you, Tom.
Charlie Kirk
Thank you. I just want to say in closing, everybody, what Tom is embarking upon is, in my opinion, we say this often on the show, the most challenging and ambitious public policy project in modern American history. It pales in comparison to the Hoover Dam. It's almost up there with the moon project. To remove 20 to 25 million people that were let in by a previous administration as alien invaders. That is so difficult. And it's gonna come with ups and downs and lies from the media. But at the end of that, just think about everybody is a country that all of you guys actually remember. And that's what you. It's finally in our grasp. And that's why where there's like no negotiation, no wavering, no amnesty, no exceptions, none. I don't want to hear about any of that. I've been hearing about amnesty my entire life. Okay, you know what your amnesty was? Your amnesty was the last 30 years when no one actually patrolled this stuff. Now playtime is over. And Tom, I just say thank you sincerely from the American people because what you are doing is the most important part of this agenda. Give it up for Tom Holman, everybody. Thanks so much for listening, everybody. Email us. As always, freedom. Charliekirk.com thanks so much for listening and God bless.
Tom Homan
For more on many of these stories.
C
And news you can Trust, go to charliekirk.com.
Podcast Summary: The Charlie Kirk Show – "Defeating the Slow-Motion Insurrection" ft. Border Czar Tom Homan
Release Date: July 19, 2025
Host: Charlie Kirk
Guest: Tom Homan, Border Czar of the Trump Administration
In this compelling episode of The Charlie Kirk Show, host Charlie Kirk engages in an in-depth conversation with Tom Homan, the Border Czar for the Trump administration. The discussion delves into critical issues surrounding deportations, border security, and the challenges posed by sanctuary cities. As America's cultural and political landscape continues to evolve, Kirk and Homan provide insights into the strategies and policies aimed at securing the nation's borders and upholding immigration laws.
Securing the Border:
[02:00] Tom Homan discusses recent actions taken to enforce immigration laws, highlighting a dramatic incident in California where a marijuana farm was raided. During this operation, an illegal alien allegedly discharged a weapon at ICE officers. Homan emphasizes that these raids are part of a broader criminal investigation targeting illegal activities such as drug trafficking and child exploitation.
Deportation Goals:
[04:30] Charlie Kirk praises Homan’s aggressive deportation targets, noting Homan’s ambition to reach 7,000 deportations per day. Homan clarifies that this figure is a strategic target aimed at addressing the approximately 15 million illegal immigrants currently residing in the U.S., stating, "3,000 days, it's a drop in the bucket" ([04:49] Tom Homan).
California Marijuana Farm Raid:
[03:00] Tom Homan confirms that the raid involved illegal activities, including the use of child labor by unaccompanied alien children. Kirk expands on this by revealing that some of these children were as young as 12 years old, working illegally on marijuana production ([03:22] Charlie Kirk).
Self-Deportation Statistics:
[05:45] Tom Homan shares that nearly 1 million illegal aliens have left the country voluntarily or through apps designed to facilitate self-deportation. He attributes this to increased enforcement and the visible consequences of illegal immigration actions ([05:45] Tom Homan).
**Hiring Practices and Economic Undercutting:
[09:31] Both Kirk and Homan discuss how illegal labor impacts American workers. Homan asserts that employers hire illegal aliens to pay less and work harder, thereby undercutting wages and displacing U.S. citizens from jobs ([09:31] Tom Homan). An anecdote about a church's marble project illustrates how illegal labor leads to job losses for Americans, with contractors opting for cheaper, illegal workers over hiring legally authorized employees ([06:25] Charlie Kirk).
Impact on Labor Markets:
[10:51] Charlie Kirk rejects the notion that the U.S. has exhausted its labor potential, arguing instead that the real issue is the exploitation of illegal migrants, which drives down wages and prevents fair competition in the job market.
The Big Beautiful Bill:
[24:54] Tom Homan outlines the provisions of the newly passed legislation aimed at strengthening border security. Key elements include:
Homan emphasizes that this comprehensive approach is designed to uphold President Trump's promise to secure the border and enforce immigration laws without compromise ([24:54] Tom Homan).
Historical Context – IRCA 1986:
[15:24] Charlie Kirk and Homan reflect on the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) of 1986, criticizing its amnesty provisions and the high rate of fraudulent applications. Homan recounts his experiences during that period, noting that over 85% of applications were fraudulent, highlighting the failures of past amnesty efforts ([15:35] Tom Homan).
Targeting Sanctuary Cities:
[21:37] Tom Homan details plans to intensify enforcement in major sanctuary cities such as Chicago, Portland, Los Angeles, and Seattle. He asserts that these cities have long resisted immigration enforcement, leading to higher rates of illegal immigration and increased threats to public safety ([21:37] Tom Homan).
**Community Impact:
[22:53] Both Kirk and Homan discuss the detrimental effects of sanctuary city policies on local communities. Homan stresses that targeting these cities is essential for reclaiming law and order, ensuring that neighborhoods are safe from criminal activities associated with illegal immigration ([46:27] Tom Homan).
Enhancing Border Technology:
[24:54] Tom Homan elaborates on plans to integrate advanced technology into the border wall, enabling real-time communication among agents and improving surveillance capabilities to detect and prevent illegal crossings ([24:54] Tom Homan).
**Increasing ICE Workforce:
[24:54] The discussion highlights the recruitment of 10,000 new ICE agents, alongside expanding detention facilities to accommodate and process individuals promptly, thereby reducing the strain on the judicial system and preventing backlogs ([24:54] Tom Homan).
Tom Homan:
Charlie Kirk:
During the Q&A segment, listeners posed various questions focusing on:
Investment in Latin America:
Charlie asks whether investing in jobs and supporting freedom movements in Latin America would reduce immigration. Homan responds that past investments have failed due to corruption in these countries, preventing funds from reaching their intended targets ([32:15] Tom Homan).
Social Media as a Deterrent:
Discussion on how social media is being utilized to deter illegal immigration by showcasing the strength and resolve of border enforcement agencies ([33:15] Tom Homan).
Potential War with Cartels:
A listener inquires about ICE's approach to combating cartels. Homan assures that designated as terrorist organizations, cartels will face comprehensive government action to dismantle their operations ([36:03] Tom Homan).
Safety of ICE Agents:
Concerns about the safety of ICE agents in hostile environments are addressed, with Homan emphasizing the measures taken to protect agents, including technological advancements and increased staffing ([38:44] Tom Homan).
In closing, Charlie Kirk underscores the monumental task that Tom Homan and the ICE team are undertaking to secure the U.S. borders and enforce immigration laws. He likens the effort to historic national projects, emphasizing its significance for the nation's future. Kirk expresses gratitude towards Homan, portraying him as a pivotal figure in advancing the administration's agenda to make America safe again. The episode concludes with a robust endorsement of Homan's efforts and a reaffirmation of commitment to stringent immigration enforcement.
The Charlie Kirk Show delivers a passionate and detailed discussion on immigration enforcement, highlighting the complexities and challenges of securing America's borders. With Tom Homan's firsthand experiences and strategic insights, listeners gain a comprehensive understanding of the current administration's policies and their intended impact on national security and economic stability.