‘It’s Important We Send A Message’: Tom Homan Tells Stephen A. Smith Why Trump Admin Can’t Only Deport Criminals
Jason Cohen
DCNF Reporter/Clipper
July 25, 2025
Border czar Tom Homan explained to ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith on a Friday episode of “The Stephen A. Smith Show” why President Donald Trump’s administration cannot limit deportations to only illegal immigrants who commit additional crimes.
While Homan has emphasized a focus on targeting “public safety threats” and “national security threats” for deportation, he has also noted that authorities would make collateral arrests of illegal immigrants who do not pose such threats. When Smith asked Homan on “The Stephen A. Smith Show” to respond to public backlash about the Trump administration not sufficiently working on deporting “the worst of the worst,” the border czar pushed back on the public perception, adding that only deporting threats “sends a bad message to the world.”
“[W]hat folks on the left and folks that are just average American citizens are pointing out is that they don’t see that enough of that is happening,” Smith said. “That quote-unquote innocent civilians in this country that happen to be in this country are the ones being targeted, where you’re going to a school or you’re going to their workplace or what have you, and you’re taking them away in an effort to deport them. What do you say to that?”
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/25/tom-homan-stephen-a-smith-trump-admin-cant-only-deport-criminals/
