Border Czar Tom Homan delivered a fiery defense of ICE and President Trump’s immigration agenda at the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit on Saturday — and when a leftist heckler tried to derail his speech, Homan didn’t flinch.
The protester attempted to mock Homan with a doctored image portraying him with gang tattoos and asked if he was “an MS-13 member.” Homan shot back immediately.
“Bring that picture up here. Come on,” Homan said as the crowd erupted in chants of “USA! USA!” while security removed the heckler. “This guy ain’t got the balls to be an ICE officer or a Border Patrol agent. He lives in his mother’s basement.”
Mocking the protester’s cowardice, Homan added, “The only thing that surprised me is you don’t have purple hair and a nose ring. I guarantee you he sits down to pee. Guaranteed.”
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HOMAN: “This guy doesn’t have the balls to be an ICE officer!”
“The ONLY thing that surprises me is that he doesn’t have purple hair and a nose ring”
“I GUARANTEE you this guy sits down to pee” ?? pic.twitter.com/tEQEyGICS3
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) July 12, 2025
The viral moment drew massive applause and highlighted Homan’s no-nonsense approach to defending the men and women of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, who he said are under siege from the radical left.
Outside the event, anti-ICE activists staged a protest — but Homan had a message for them too.
“You want some? Come get some,” he declared from the podium. “I’m tired of it. The men and women of ICE are the finest 1% this country has. And Tom Homan isn’t going anywhere. Tom Homan isn’t shutting up.”
Homan also addressed the alarming rise in attacks against ICE officers. In a recent Fox News interview, he said violence against ICE agents has skyrocketed by nearly 700% compared to last year.
“This surge in violence is fueled by reckless rhetoric coming from Democrat politicians,” he said. “When you’ve got governors and mayors comparing ICE agents to Nazis and secret police, it gives the green light to lunatics to act out.”
Recent examples include Minnesota Governor Tim Walz labeling ICE the “modern-day Gestapo,” Boston Mayor Michelle Wu likening ICE to neo-Nazis, and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson calling them “secret police.”
Despite the attacks, Homan made one thing clear in Tampa: the men and women on the front lines of immigration enforcement are not backing down — and neither is he.