CNN’s Dana Bash tried her absolute best on Sunday to corner Border Czar Tom Homan, but it went about as well as you’d expect when a media host spends the entire segment defending illegal aliens and Somali fraudsters while lecturing the guy actually enforcing the law. Homan appeared on State of the Union, and Bash immediately launched into her narrative that ICE is terrorizing the Somali community in Minnesota, despite the fact that billions in welfare fraud have poured out of that very same community for years.
Bash started by insisting that the Somali population in Minneapolis is made up of “the vast majority” lawful residents and that the number of illegal migrants there is “very, very small.” Homan didn’t let that slide for a second. “We don’t know how many illegal Somalis there are,” he said, pointing out the obvious, which is that Biden’s open border produced more than two million gotaways. These are individuals caught only on sensors or drones, meaning nobody vetted them at all. Homan reminded her that resident aliens with felony convictions are removable under federal law, something Bash pretended not to know.
Bash then repeated talking points from local officials claiming ICE is just “scaring people.” Homan shut that down, explaining that sanctuary cities force ICE into neighborhoods instead of allowing them to pick up criminals safely inside jails. “We’re going to focus on those illegal alien public safety threats,” he said. “This is exactly what President Trump promised the American people.”
But Bash wasn’t done running interference. She moved on to parrot a claim from Minneapolis councilman Jamal Osman that Somalis were being stopped simply for “looking Somali.” Homan hit back immediately. “No, they’re not,” he said. He reminded her that agents receive regular Fourth Amendment training and must have articulable reasonable suspicion, not appearance alone. He even noted the Supreme Court just backed the Trump administration on this standard, which Bash conveniently ignored.
She finally tried the emotional angle, playing clips of ICE carrying out arrests and calling the tactics “aggressive.” Homan didn’t blink. “Threats on ICE officers are up 1200%,” he said. “They’re being doxxed, they’re getting death threats, they’ve been attacked, they’ve been shot at.” He reminded her that law enforcement officers are the ones under siege while the media paints criminals as victims.
Homan wrapped it neatly. “We’re at a place in this country where the ones who enforce the law are the bad guys, and the ones who broke the laws are victims,” he said. He stood by ICE, saying if any agent violates policy they’ll be held accountable, but he hasn’t seen it.
Homan went into the lion’s den and didn’t budge an inch. Bash tried every angle she had, and all she exposed was exactly why Americans trust law enforcement far more than they trust CNN.
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