'I wish she’d do her job': Border czar Tom Homan fires back at AOC over ICE protest clash

Trump-era "border czar" Tom Homan has lashed out at Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, saying he wishes she would “do her job” after she downplayed questions about a potential Justice Department probe into her role in a controversial webinar advising migrants on dealing with ICE agents.

“She’s a legislator, right? Why doesn’t she pass some legislation and actually improve this country like President Donald Trump is already doing?” Homan told Fox News Digital. “I’m doing my job: the border is secure. We arrested three times more criminals than Biden did. She should try doing her job.”


His comments followed AOC’s claim that she hadn’t heard from the DOJ and wasn’t sure whether she was under investigation for hosting an online session guiding undocumented immigrants on their rights. Homan previously suggested that her actions particularly advising people not to open their doors to ICE could constitute obstruction.

Homan appeared on Capitol Hill this week at the invitation of Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, to brief House Republicans on border security. When asked whether Democrats who recently joined protests outside a Newark ICE facility including Reps. Bonnie Watson Coleman, Robert Menendez, and LaMonica McIver should face consequences, he replied, “Yes,” supporting the idea of censure or removal from committee assignments.

Ocasio-Cortez responded to Homan in a fiery Instagram post, saying, “You lay a finger on any of the representatives that were there – and we’re going to have a problem.” When told of this warning, Homan reportedly laughed and said sarcastically, “I’m extremely intimidated.”

Their war of words escalated earlier this week after Homan called AOC “the dumbest congresswoman ever elected to Congress” during a Newsmax interview. She fired back on X: “This is why you fight these cowards. The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.”