NEW: Tom Homan Makes Gut-Wrenching Personal Announcement

Tom Homan, former acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and now President Trump’s hand-picked “border czar,” has revealed a heartbreaking personal consequence of his high-profile return to government service—he’s living apart from his wife due to a wave of death threats.

In an emotional interview with New York Post columnist Miranda Devine on her new podcast Pod Force One, Homan didn’t mince words. “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 said.

“My wife’s living separately from me right now, mainly because I worked for many hours, but mostly because of the death threats against me,” he added.

“She’s someplace else. I see her as much as I can, but the death threats against me and my family are outrageous.”

Homan, a central figure in the Trump administration’s border enforcement strategy, was tapped by President Trump shortly after his 2024 election victory to oversee the new administration’s sweeping mass deportation effort. The call came while Homan was at dinner with his wife—an ordinary evening turned historic.

“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 him to come back, isn’t he?’” Homan recalled.

“So I walked outside, and the first thing he said to me was, ‘You’ve been bitching about it for four years. Well, come back and fix it.’ So how do you say no?”

That call launched Homan back into the national spotlight—and into the crosshairs of his political enemies. His role leading ICE’s crackdown on illegal immigration has made him a hero among conservatives but a villain to open-borders activists.

Homan’s career in immigration enforcement spans decades. He began as a police officer, joined Border Patrol in the 1980s, and climbed the ranks of ICE. Under President Obama, he led Enforcement and Removal Operations and was already defending controversial enforcement policies that would later be intensified under Trump.

In his latest operations, Homan oversaw ICE raids in Los Angeles targeting money laundering operations tied to violent Mexican and Colombian drug cartels. But local backlash was swift and severe.

California Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass condemned the raids, claiming they were discriminatory and harmful to immigrant communities. Protests erupted across the city, with some turning violent and reportedly causing over $20 million in property damage.

Homan dismissed the criticism as political theater, accusing local officials of jeopardizing public safety by interfering with federal law enforcement. But he didn’t stop there.

He also took direct aim at the Biden administration during the interview, accusing Democrats of intentionally dismantling border enforcement for political advantage. He blasted the use of illegal migrants in census counts and the relaxation of deportation priorities under Biden, calling it a strategy to reshape the electorate.