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Amaryllis

(10,594 posts) Fri Jul 11, 2025, 11:03 AM Jul 11

Tom Homan Suggests ICE Agents Can Briefly Detain Individuals Based on Physical Appearance [View all]

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This morning on Fox News, Tom Homan, currently serving as Border Czar under President Donald Trump’s administration, made a legally dubious and deeply concerning claim about the power of immigration enforcement agents.

“People need to understand ICE officers and Border Patrol don't need probable cause to walk up to somebody, briefly detain them, and question them … based [in part] on their physical appearance,” Homan said.

This statement is both misleading and dangerous — and it’s simply not true under U.S. law. No officer of the law, including those with ICE or Border Patrol, can stop and detain someone solely because of how they look, sound, or dress. That is racial profiling, and it violates the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution.

Immigration enforcement agents need a legal justification to briefly detain someone — specifically, they must have a reasonable suspicion, based on specific facts, that a person is in violation of immigration laws. Skin color, clothing, language, or accent do not count as legitimate justification.

Homan’s comment, coming from a high-ranking federal official, dangerously distorts this legal standard. It suggests that ICE officers have more power than the law allows and encourages unconstitutional practices.

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Tom Homan Suggests ICE Agents Can Briefly Detain Individuals Based on Physical Appearance [View all] Amaryllis Jul 11 OP

So an illegal immigrant from, say, Ireland, gets a free pass, based on appearance EYESORE 9001 Jul 11 #1

You are 100% correct obamanut2012 Jul 11 #2

Fuck that nazi. spanone Jul 11 #3

That behavior will not stop until local authorities step in MineralMan Jul 11 #4

This is going to be the defining keystone in the nazifacation of the ICE age. rubbersole Jul 11 #20

That is a definite risk, yes. MineralMan Jul 11 #24

Remember when the gov offered BidenRocks Jul 11 #48

"I'm not white enough to shop at Home Depot right now" Eugene Jul 11 #5

Wanna bet? gay texan Jul 11 #6

Hear Hear! OldBaldy1701E Jul 11 #39

Interesting. Homan appears to be an illegal alien with a possible criminal record BOSSHOG Jul 11 #7

Most white collar crime is committed by balding older white guys! rurallib Jul 11 #10

Wage theft is the largest type of theft in the US markodochartaigh Jul 11 #41

Racial profiling. Baitball Blogger Jul 11 #8

Gotchya! Put your hands behind your back! Ping Tung Jul 11 #9

What an adorable child Bayard Jul 11 #31

Clearly an MS-13 gang member. Ray Bruns Jul 11 #33

Um... lonely bird Jul 11 #11

'Stop and frisk' has gone nation wide...nt Wounded Bear Jul 11 #12

You man racial profiling is given the green light sakabatou Jul 11 #13

Their whole purpose in continuously blasting out these legally incorrect statements Scalded Nun Jul 11 #14

Well I don't like Mr. Homan's looks. Can we detain him? surfered Jul 11 #15

All those posers in vests, masks, and saggy-ass Levis Seinan Sensei Jul 11 #40

I feel a duty to call their tip line regarding every non-white I observe in public Torchlight Jul 11 #16

Jesus. underpants Jul 11 #17

That meme never gets old! kimbutgar Jul 11 #19

America in a nutshell. Ray Bruns Jul 11 #34

K&R... Hugin Jul 11 #44

Homan looks like a child molester AverageOldGuy Jul 11 #18

Child molesters come in every color and age.. whathehell Jul 11 #25

He doesn't even know what the Constitution says Farmer-Rick Jul 11 #21

Kiss qualified immunity goodbye. nt Gore1FL Jul 11 #22

Homan was appointed by President Barack Obama as Immigration and Customs Enforcement's executive associate director of Celerity Jul 11 #23

Can we arrest whites Old Crank Jul 11 #26

Or just for looking like the idiots that they are?? WestMichRad Jul 11 #28

Enough liberalgunwilltravel Jul 11 #27

Obviously fascist oh-man's family-tree-ancestry history should be examined. Justice matters. Jul 11 #29

It's not just racial profiling swong19104 Jul 11 #30

HA! GiqueCee Jul 11 #36

If appearances are illegal... GiqueCee Jul 11 #32

And by "briefly", he means in Alligator Auschwitz. Permanut Jul 11 #35

Prior to 1968 police encounters fell into two categories: consensual conversation or arrest. rsdsharp Jul 11 #37

In that case they should detain ORANGE people Wicked Blue Jul 11 #38

So, based on Homan's appearance, he should be detained because he's either a neo-Nazi, a Klansman, or a no-IQ fascist... xocetaceans Jul 11 #42

I'd like to see some codified differentiation between "briefly" and "indefinitely" 0rganism Jul 11 #43

To the "First Nations" everyone not them "looks" like an illegal immigrant... Justice matters. Jul 11 #45

Fixed it: Tom Homan Suggests ICE Agents Can Be Detained Nictuku Jul 11 #46

If that's the case they better detain Homan Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 11 #47

Maddow Blog-White House border czar suggests ICE can detain people based on 'physical appearance' LetMyPeopleVote Jul 11 #49

ICE should walk up to Melania. Hey! That's accent is proof enough that she could be illegal. Right boys? Denvermosaic Jul 11 #50

WTF? Ehtnic profiling in a country comprised of immigrants? Joinfortmill Jul 12 #51

A federal judge just ruled that's illegal in CA Arazi Jul 12 #52

Up next: "We can also briefly shoot you in the face" struggle4progress Jul 12 #53