Staff Reports
The day after President Trump’s State of the Union, Border Czar Tom Homan didn’t mince words: the political left has repeatedly shown by its actions that it values illegal aliens more than law-abiding American citizens. Homan’s recent interviews and appearances have hammered the point that Democrats’ reflexive defense of sanctuary policies and catch-and-release amounts to a moral and practical surrender of public safety.
Watching the Democrats sit stone-faced while Republicans and everyday Americans stood for victims and for the simple proposition that government’s first job is to protect its own citizens was jaw-dropping. Cameras captured the silence when the president asked the chamber to rise for Americans, and commentators from across the country called it a moment that exposed where Democrats’ priorities lie. That moment wasn’t just rude theater; it was a political declaration that will be remembered by voters.
Tom Homan is not a partisan gadfly — he’s the man the administration sent to oversee border enforcement because he has real-world experience rounding up criminals and restoring order. His record and his blunt assessments about deportations and public safety make his warning hard to dismiss: when policy rewards illegal entry, crime follows and American families suffer. Conservatives who care about law and order see Homan’s presence and message as proof that enforcement, not open borders, protects our communities.
The consequences of putting politics ahead of safety are painfully real. The administration’s moves to deploy federal resources to cities that refuse to cooperate with ICE underscore what Homan has been saying: sanctuary policies are a choice to prioritize political virtue signaling over the safety of citizens. Americans in places like Minneapolis and other sanctuary cities are waking up to the fact that left-wing leadership prefers optics and open-border posturing to backing the neighborhoods they were elected to serve.
Conservative voters shouldn’t be surprised by this display — they should be outraged and mobilized. The footage of Democrats sitting through appeals to protect Americans is powerful campaign material because it clarifies the stakes: do you side with ordinary citizens and law enforcement, or with an ideology that excuses illegal entry and shields offenders? Republicans would do well to keep this issue front and center and force a choice at the ballot box.
We need leaders who put citizens first and who act, not lecture. Tom Homan’s blunt reminder that this country must enforce its laws and secure its borders is a welcome corrective to years of political surrender; hardworking Americans deserve nothing less than a government that defends them. The coming fights over policy and budgets will show whether Democrats will again choose political theater over the safety and prosperity of the American people.
