Making a heartbreaking personal admission, Tom Homan, Trump’s Border Czar and former ICE acting director, revealed in an emotional interview that death threats have forced him to live apart from his wife. Homan has played a vital role in Trump’s mass deportation agenda, and unfortunately, has faced constant threats and backlash from open borders activists.

For context, since June 6, 2025, violent anti-ICE protests, which started in Los Angeles in response to a series of Southern California immigration raids, have spread across the nation. This wave of anti-ICE violence has encouraged many to threaten individual agents or officials such as Homan.

Describing the sad situation, Homan explained, “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.”

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

Explaing how the president asked him to assume his role, Tom Homan recounted, “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?’”

Concluding the story with an amusing anecdote, Homan remembered his wife’s reaction saying, “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?”

As we previously reported, Homan had warned of dramatic reprisals for politicians or activists who attempt to publish the names and addresses of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agents while speaking to Dr. Phil.

Confidently addressing the threats, Homan declared, “[Agents] wear a mask, protect their identities, their family identities, because of [the fear of] being doxxed, and they’re being threatened. Their families are being threatened. They’re trying to give themselves some sort of protection. You’ve got a member of Congress who says you’re going to, he’s going to identify every ICE agent who’s wearing a mask.”

Continuing to explain the dire situation, Homan said, “We got, we got agents being threatened, families being threatened. You and I talked about this. I had over 1000 protesters in my home. Again, as a border czar, I can deal with that for the men and women out there doing these dangerous jobs; their families are scared.”

Criticizing the violent rhetoric coming from Democrats, the border czar stated, “They’re concerned about their safety and their families. It’s already a dangerous job. So as this rhetoric continues to increase, and the attacks on ICE continue to increase, when they hear from some judges, members of Congress, then people in the public think it’s okay to attack [ICE].”