Trump Administration

Eric Boehm | 1.27.2026 12:45 PM

President Donald Trump has tapped border czar Tom Homan to clean up the mess in Minneapolis.

Unfortunately, for both the administration and Americans in general, Homan is not the solution.

That's due, in part, to the fact that Homan has already revealed himself to be a bully who disregards rights and the rule of law when they are inconvenient, favors inhumane policies and aggressive tactics, and (allegedly) takes bribes. If he's an improvement over now-demoted Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino, who has been overseeing the Minneapolis immigration enforcement operation before being reassigned on Monday, then this is a very limited step in the right direction.

Let's review some of Homan's greatest hits. Individuals and groups trying to inform immigrant communities about their rights under U.S. law are helping those immigrants "escape arrest," he told CNN last year. When federal judges told the Trump administration that it was necessary to provide due process to suspected undocumented immigrants before deporting them, Homan said the administration was "not stopping," and added: "I don't care what the judges think." That's the bullying.

Homan has promised to "flood the zone"—by which he means "U.S. cities"—with immigration enforcement agents targeting........

© Reason.com