White House border czar Tom Homan defended the Trump administration’s decision to continue deportation flights despite a federal judge’s order, asserting that the flights would not stop.
During an appearance on Fox News Monday morning, Homan dismissed concerns over judicial intervention, stating, “It wasn’t until this flight was already [in] international waters heading down to El Salvador that the judge made some comment about returning the flights. We are already in international waters. We are outside the borders of the United States. I’m the border czar. Once you are outside the border, you know, it is what it is.”
When asked about future immigration enforcement actions, Homan made it clear that deportations would proceed without pause.
“There will be another flight every day,” he said. “We are going to make this country safe again. I wake up every morning loving my job because I work for the greatest president in the history of my life. And we are going to make this country safe again. I’m proud to be a part of this administration. We are not stopping. I don’t care what the judges think. I don’t care what the Left thinks. We’re coming.”
While Homan defended the administration’s actions, the White House is simultaneously asking the D.C. Circuit Court to stay District Judge James Boasberg’s ruling, which temporarily blocked the government from deporting Venezuelans under the Alien Enemies Act.
In a legal filing, the administration argued that Boasberg lacked jurisdiction to impose the restraining order and described the ruling as “unprecedented.”
“This Court should halt this massive, unauthorized imposition on the Executive’s authority to remove people that Defendants had determined to be members of [Tren de Aragua], a group the President and the Secretary of State have found to be a threat to national security. This Court should halt this unprecedented intrusion upon the Executive’s authority to remove dangerous aliens who pose grave threats to the American people,” wrote a DOJ attorney in an emergency motion for a stay.
The case has sparked intense legal and political debate over the administration’s power to carry out deportations despite judicial rulings.
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