Border czar warns US faces biggest security vulnerability from immigration policy failures

Former Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) director and current Trump-appointed “border czar” Tom Homan issued a stark warning, expressing grave concerns that a terrorist attack on US soil is inevitable due to the Biden administration’s immigration policies.

Homan said he is “convinced” that the United States will face a major terrorist attack akin to 9/11, citing the estimated 2 million “gotaway” migrants who entered the country undetected during Biden’s term, Caliber.Az reports, citing foreign media.

“It’s coming,” Homan said. “These 2 million known gotaways scares the hell out of me.”

Homan criticized the Biden administration for issuing work permits to migrants without proper vetting, arguing that the administration has prioritized leniency over national security. He questioned why so many migrants would pay more to sneak into the country rather than surrender to Border Patrol and take advantage of the benefits allegedly offered.

“Why did 2 million illegal aliens pay more to get away?” Homan asked. “They could have paid half of what they paid to cross the border, turn themselves in to Border Patrol agents, get released that same day, get a free airline ticket to the city of their choice, get a free hotel room, get three meals a day, plus free medical care and work authorization.”

“Two million people paid more to get away,” he argued. “They didn’t want to be vetted. They didn’t want to be fingerprinted. Why?”

Homan, who has worked in immigration enforcement for four decades, called the situation “the biggest national security vulnerability this country’s ever seen” and warned, “It should have scared the hell out of every American what the Biden administration did.”

His remarks followed an antisemitic terror attack in Boulder, Colorado, where 12 people were injured after 45-year-old Egyptian national Mohamed Sabry Soliman allegedly used a flamethrower and Molotov cocktails. Soliman, who entered the US on a tourist visa in 2022 and later received a work permit, had overstayed his visa.

Homan lamented that “even through the legal process, the Biden administration was bringing people unvetted” and “handing out work visas like they’re candy.”

By Vafa Guliyeva