Exclusive: Border Czar Tom Homan Calls Sending Immigrants to Guantanamo Bay "Most Exciting Day of My Life"
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President Trump’s Border Czar Tom Homan celebrated watching undocumented immigrants loaded onto a military plane bound for Guantanamo Bay as “the most exciting day of my life,” according to a transcript reviewed by Source Code. Speaking privately to the conservative Council for National Policy (CNP) in February 2025, Homan defended judicial authority, declaring, “You can’t demand due process and ignore the final decisions of the court.” Months later, he publicly contradicted himself, openly dismissing a judge’s order halting deportations.
The details:
Speaking at the Ritz-Carlton in McLean, Virginia, Homan aggressively dismissed pushback on the administration's hardline immigration policies. “We’re going to show them that they cannot bully us, they cannot intimidate us, they cannot stop us from doing what we’re doing,” said Homan.
Homan discussed plans to drastically increase ICE manpower and intensify workplace raids targeting sanctuary cities. “We’re going to every sanctuary city, and we’re going to double the manpower. We’re going to increase work site enforcement.”
Homan underscored Attorney General Pam Bondi’s efforts to crack down on sanctuary cities. “At the same time, we got sanctuary cities pushing back against us, but thank God, Pam Bondi’s now in position. She will take the sanctuary cities on for me. That’s going to be a great help.” He was also quick to praise Kash Patel as being “ready to kick some ass” on sanctuary cities.
Contrary to recent claims, Homan told CNP to trust the legal process, saying undocumented immigrants would be removed “at the end of due process.” He added, “You can’t demand due process and ignore the final decisions of the court. Then, due process means nothing. We will give them their day in court, but at the end, you get an order to be removed, you have got to go.”
The Council for National Policy is a secretive powerhouse of conservative activists, donors, and political operatives founded in 1981 to shape right-wing policies behind closed doors. High-profile members, including former Vice President Mike Pence and Ginni Thomas, regularly meet privately to influence America’s political direction.
Why this matters:
The Supreme Court recently upheld the Trump administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to fast-track deportations — a strategy strongly supported by Homan. The ruling allows the Trump administration to seek to promptly deport undocumented immigrants as terrorists or gang members, although it requires that such immigrants have the chance for their removal to be reviewed by a federal court in the place they are detained.
Attorney General Pam Bondi told Fox News last week that the Justice Department is well-positioned to win upcoming habeas challenges, calling the process “a much faster” and “smoother, simpler hearing” that would lead to swift deportations.
The decision comes amid escalating protests and legal challenges to Trump-era enforcement policies. Homan drew criticism after dismissing one judge’s ruling halting deportations, stating, “I don’t care what the judges think,” though Homan promised the Trump Administration would not defy the judge's orders.
Pressed on due process, Homan responded, “Due process? What was Laken Riley’s due process?” — invoking the murdered nursing student to defend bypassing legal protections for alleged gang members. Legal experts warn that unchecked executive power over immigration could spark a constitutional crisis.
Key quotes:
"You’ve got Pete Hegseth, shoulder to shoulder with me, and the DoD down there is meaningful. The most exciting day of my life was when I saw a DoD airplane filling up with illegal aliens to send them to Guantanamo Bay. That was an exciting morning."
"At the same time, we got sanctuary cities pushing back against us, but thank God, Pam Bondi’s now in position. She will take the sanctuary cities on for me. That’s going to be a great help. We got Kash Patel ready to kick some ass. You’ve got one hell of a team out there in the wild. I’m happy to be with them. Sanctuary cities are sanctuary for criminals."
"We’re going to every sanctuary city, and we’re going to double the manpower. We’re going to increase work site enforcement. We’re going to show them that they cannot bully us, they cannot intimidate us, they cannot stop us from doing what we’re doing."
"We have to remove them, because if we don’t, what the hell are we doing? Just shut down immigration court, it doesn’t mean anything anymore. Take the border, throw out the border, there’s no consequences. You can’t demand due process and ignore the final decisions of the court. Then, due process means nothing. We will give them their day in court, but at the end, you get an order to be removed, you have got to go."
"We’re going to have the biggest deportation operation. It’s going to take time because of sanctuary cities, but we’re not going away. We will keep coming."
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He'll be one of the star defendants in the Nurenburg Trials of the current era!
So, is this invertebrate trying to out-scum Steven Miller?