Former ICE Director Tom Homan Alleges Intentional ‘Sabotage’ of U.S. Border Under Biden Administration
Former acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Tom Homan, has issued a scathing indictment of the current administration’s immigration strategy, explicitly accusing President Joe Biden of executing a calculated plan to dismantle border security. In a statement that dismisses the notion of administrative failure in favor of active intent, Homan declared, “Joe Biden was the first president to take office and deliberately open the border,” asserting that the current crisis “wasn’t a mistake. That was policy.”
Homan’s comments serve as a crystallization of the intense criticism facing the White House regarding the southern border. The accusation centers on the immediate executive actions taken during the early days of the Biden presidency, which included halting border wall construction, attempting to suspend the “Remain in Mexico” policy, and revising deportation priorities. Critics argue that these policy shifts sent a signal to transnational criminal organizations and migrants that the U.S. border was porous, directly leading to the historic surge in migrant encounters reported by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) over the last three years.
However, the narrative of an “intentionally opened” border faces significant pushback from the Biden administration and immigration analysts. White House officials have repeatedly stated that the border is not open and that the Department of Homeland Security is enforcing Title 8 immigration laws, which carry stiff penalties for illegal entry, including five-year bans on re-entry and potential criminal prosecution. Administration defenders argue that the surge in migration is a hemispheric challenge driven by “push factors” such as economic collapse, authoritarian regimes, and violence in countries like Venezuela, Haiti, and Nicaragua, rather than U.S. policy pull factors alone.
Furthermore, supporters of the current administration’s approach contend that they inherited a dismantled immigration system and are attempting to balance enforcement with humanitarian legal obligations—a complexity they claim is ignored by the “sabotage” rhetoric. Despite these objections, Homan’s framing of the situation as a deliberate sabotage of national sovereignty continues to resonate with a significant portion of the electorate, ensuring that immigration remains a primary battleground in the upcoming election cycle.
