Listen to Press Go Quiet as Border Czar Gives Brutal Response to Reporter’s Question

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🚨 Border Czar Tom Homan Silences Critics, Calls Out Catholic Bishops’ Border Stance: “Secure Border Saves Lives”

The ongoing national debate regarding border security and immigration enforcement has drawn sharp criticism from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), who issued a public critique of stricter policies aimed at defending the U.S. sovereign borders.

This criticism, which speaks of a “climate of fear and anxiety” and the “vilification of immigrants,” was met with a brutal and highly practical rebuttal from former ICE Director and Border Czar Tom Homan. Homan, a lifelong Catholic himself, directly challenged the moral and logical consistency of the Bishops’ demands for reduced enforcement, arguing that secure borders are a humanitarian necessity that saves lives.

The exchange highlights a deep ideological rift between the practical security concerns of border enforcement officials and the humanitarian and theological stances of religious institutions regarding national sovereignty.

The Bishops’ Critique: A Climate of Fear

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops released a statement expressing profound concern over the current state of immigration enforcement, specifically citing policies championed by those seeking to reestablish strict border control.

The Bishops’ concerns centered on several key areas:

Climate of Fear: They expressed being “disturbed when we see among our people a climate of fear and anxiety around questions of profiling and immigration enforcement.”

Vilification and Debate: The Bishops lamented the “vilification of immigrants” within the contemporary political debate.

Detention and Pastoral Care: They raised concerns regarding “the conditions in detention centers and the lack of access to pastoral care.”

Legal Status and Sanctuaries: The statement troubled by immigrants who have “arbitrarily lost their legal status” and expressed concern over “threats against the sanctity of houses of worship and the special nature of hospitals and schools.”

The underlying message was clear: the Bishops argue that aggressive enforcement contradicts a fundamental moral obligation to protect the vulnerable, even at the expense of national border control.

Tom Homan’s Response: “Secure Border Saves Lives”

Tom Homan, a lifelong Catholic with decades of experience managing U.S. immigration enforcement, met the Bishops’ critique with sharp disbelief, challenging the real-world implications of their stance.

Homan framed his response around logical and humanitarian principles, asking why the Bishops fail to apply the same standards of sovereignty and security to the nation that they apply to their own institutions.

1. The Vatican City Analogy: Sovereignty and Consistency

Homan began by directly challenging the Bishops’ position on sovereignty and consistency, invoking the example of the Vatican City—a sovereign nation heavily protected by physical barriers.

Homan argued that the wall surrounding Vatican City is highly secure and its entry is strictly regulated, stating, “That wall is more protected than virtually any wall that we have around this country.”

He questioned the apparent double standard: “Why is it that you guys don’t want everyone to come into Vatican City? You should have every right to defend your culture and your religion and your way of life. But for some reason, you don’t want us to do that in the United States. That seems quite bizarre.”

The implication is that a sovereign nation has an inherent right to defend its borders, a right the Catholic Church vigorously defends for itself but seems to deny to the United States.

2. The Humanitarian Cost of Open Borders

Homan’s most powerful rebuttal centered on the tragic humanitarian consequences of reduced enforcement and the message the Bishops’ critique sends to the world.

He analyzed the practical message that would be conveyed by adopting the Bishops’ position:

Encouraging Lawbreaking: “According to them, the message we should send to the whole world is that if you cross the border illegally, which is a crime, don’t worry about it. If you get ordered removed by a federal judge after due process, don’t worry about it because there shouldn’t be mass deportations.”

Fueling Criminal Cartels: Homan argued that this permissive message encourages migrants to “spend their life savings to give to the criminal cartel,” enriching dangerous criminal organizations.

Record Deaths: He cited data from the Biden administration’s period of relaxed enforcement, noting that “Over 4,000 aliens died making that journey. Historic record.” This was alongside a “historic record” of drug deaths within the U.S.

Homan forcefully concluded: “Secure border saves lives. I wish the Catholic Church would understand that.”

He maintained that aggressive enforcement saves lives by discouraging dangerous illegal crossings orchestrated by cartels, stating, “One of the reasons no one talks about why we have the most secure border in the history of this nation is because exactly what [enforcement] is doing. [It is] sending a message to the whole world, don’t give your life savings to come to the country because you’re not going to be released. You’re not going to cross the border illegally. You’re going to be prosecuted.”

The Broader Cultural and Religious Context

Beyond the immediate border debate, the segment touched on broader cultural tensions related to rapid demographic and religious change within the United States.

The host drew attention to the rapid growth of a specific religion within a major U.S. city, noting the opening of 48 new mosques in Dallas in two years. This was presented against the backdrop of concerns about religions based in “a set of ideas that is antithetical to the foundation of the United States, which is based in individual freedom and liberty.”

This final point links the necessity of border control not just to security, but to the defense of core American constitutional values—freedom and liberty—against rapidly changing cultural and ideological forces entering the country.

Tom Homan concluded his statement by urging the Bishops to focus on internal matters rather than attacking national security policy: “I’m lifelong Catholic. I think they need to spend time fixing the Catholic church in my opinion.”

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