No. of Recommendations: 17
Border Czar Tom Homan says he “does not want to bury anyone else.” He also wants you to recognize that his ICE and CBP agents are risking their lives every single day to keep you safe. In exchange for that bravery, he is “begging the politicians, the governors, the mayors who constantly attack these men and women, please stop.”
To be clear, he is not begging this of republicans. It is apparently only the rhetoric and criticism coming from democrats that pierces ICE and CBP thin skin so deeply. So, let’s take a look at all the burials Homan has had to attend thanks to democrats.
The ICE Memorial page for fallen officers lists 77 names. Most interesting about this list is that it contains 48 deaths prior to ICE’s creation in 2003 with one dating back to 1915, a whopping 110 years ago. Only 29 deaths were ICE agents. Of those 29, the breakdown of causes is listed as:
> Covid – 15
> Cancer related to 9/11 [which occurred before ICE was formed] – 7
> Contracted a disease – 1
> Health of officer/accident – 3
> Shot while in Mexico City – 1
> Heat related – 1
It is not surprising that 15 ICE officers died from Covid. ICE and CBP ranks are bloated with right-wing conspiracy enthusiasts who did not believe in the dangers of Covid 19. Their opinion came from Trump calling the epidemic a hoax and that it was no worse than the flu. Most immigration officers refused to mask, going so far as to file a federal lawsuit against the Biden Administration for mandating they get vaccinated.
. . . Of all the ICE officer deaths listed, only one appears to be on-duty deaths in which the officer was targeted. [And it was not in the U.S.]
Meanwhile, can someone please tell us what happened to the $50,000 bag of cash Homan was filmed accepting in an FBI sting? In a normal world, he might be in very hot water. —Jenn Budd
