Border czar Tom Homan accuses Democrats of fueling chaos as ICE shooting fallout grows

White House border czar Tom Homan said Sunday that Democrats and liberal activists are being hypocritical in their outrage over immigration enforcement, arguing they spent years refusing to help deport illegal migrants, ignoring the southern border crisis and vilifying ICE officers.

Mr. Homan said elected leaders have allowed people who pose public safety threats — including individuals charged with child sex crimes and rape — to be released from custody.

“That’s why we are there,” he said on “Fox News Sunday.” “Let’s not forget who set the stage on this. So all these people on the Democratic side, and all these liberal people want to scream and yell about our law enforcement activities, they didn’t say a word when there was an open border, they didn’t say a word when half a million children were smuggled into this country.”

“They were complicit,” he added.

Mr. Homan said that dynamic is part of the reason the Trump administration has concentrated some of its enforcement efforts in Minnesota — and why federal officials are wary of working with local authorities on the investigation into the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent.

“That state is a sanctuary state, it is a sanctuary city,” he said. “They don’t work with us.”

“It is one of the reasons we are in the position we are in in that city because the law enforcement response has been sporadic at best,” he said.

In Ms. Good’s case, Mr. Homan said it is a crime to impede an ICE officer and that he believes the agent thought his life was in danger.