(NewsNation) — Border czar Tom Homan does not appreciate “South Park’s” latest parody of the Trump administration.
Homan joined “CUOMO” on Thursday night to discuss the animated sitcom’s satirical critique of ICE’s hiring incentives, which previously included bonuses up to $50,000.
“Look, it’s just in bad form, especially right now,” Homan told “CUOMO.”
“I know the [DHS] Secretary announced today we’re up over an 830% increase on assaults on ICE agents. Now we’re up over 1,000%,” Homan said.
The border czar said the comedy was “certainly bad timing” given recent assaults on ICE agents.
“A lot on the left don’t like what ICE does, but there’s a small percentage that take it too far … they feel emboldened the more and more they see this bad rhetoric coming out,” he added.
Homan told NewsNation he had to shutter his LinkedIn account down amid interest from “thousands and thousands” of people in becoming an ICE agent.
“Last month, Border Patrol had a record number of recruiting numbers, the highest the agency’s ever seen. So there’s no shortage of people who want to come and join the ranks,” Homan said of both agencies.
While ICE has received some criticism for its arrests, Homan says some of it is due to the opposite approach taken by the Biden administration.
“For four years, ICE wasn’t able to do its job because Secretary Mayorkas told ICE, ‘You can’t arrest somebody for simply being here illegally.’ They had to be convicted of a serious crime, so ICE wasn’t doing their job,” Homan said.
The border czar said 68.7% of arrests were criminals, with the remaining percentage being “significant threats” to national security.
“ICE is doing exactly what President Trump says they’re doing.”
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