Tom Homan Blows Off 75-Year-Old Man Dying In ICE Custody
By: Alex Griffing (Mediaite)
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President Donald Trump's border czar, Tom Homan , raised eyebrows this week with a stunning answer when asked to weigh in on reports of a 75-year-old man dying in ICE custody.
"There are reports of a 75-year-old Cuban national who died in ICE custody. He had lived in the United States for 60 years. He was being held in ICE detention in Florida. Is there anything you can tell us about that? There's still not a lot of information how he died," a reporter asked Homan outside the White House on Monday.
"I'm unaware of that. I'm not aware of that. I mean, people die in ICE custody. People die in county jails. People die in state prisons," Homan replied, adding:
I mean if you look at, you know when I was ICE's director and we drilled down -- what the question should be is how many lives does ICE save because when they go into detention we find many with diseases and stuff that we deal with right away to prevent death.
So I'm not aware of a specific case, but I'll say this people can argue with me all they want, but the facts are the facts. I think the politicians in New Jersey found this out that we have the highest detention standards in the industry. I'll compare an ICE detention facility against any state prison, against any federal facility. I'll go head-to-head with any of them. You go to ICE.gov and look at our detention standards. It's the highest detention standards in the industry, at a very expensive cost to the taxpayers. So people say, the detention standards are horrendous. Go look for yourself, then come back and talk to me.
Homan's reply quickly went viral online and was met with anger by critics who found it to be overly callous.
"This is Homan's response to the fact that a man who was in the U.S. for 60 years died after 3 weeks in ICE detention. We are denying people human dignity," replied the Bulwark's Adrian Carrasquillo .
This is Homan's response to the fact that a man who was in the U.S. for 60 years died after 3 weeks in ICE detention. We are denying people human dignity. https://t.co/shSZpSM5go
— Adrian Carrasquillo (@Carrasquillo) June 30, 2025
"This callous response & blatant disregard for people's lives is breathtaking and shows how careless ICE & DHS are while literally holding people's lives in their hands. Giving ICE $45 billion more to jail people, as Congress is poised to, is unconscionable," added the National Immigrant Justice Center.
This callous response & blatant disregard for people's lives is breathtaking and shows how careless ICE & DHS are while literally holding people's lives in their hands. Giving ICE $45 billion more to jail people, as Congress is poised to, is unconscionable. https://t.co/svrOb7guS7
— National Immigrant Justice Center (@NIJC) July 1, 2025
"Even if he died of totally natural causes and there was nothing ICE could have done to prevent it… This is still a moral tragedy. Isidro Perez risked his life to come to America. He fled Communism to get here. He lived here for six freakin' decades," noted Reason's Eric Boehm - naming the man who died in ICE custody.
Even if he died of totally natural causes and there was nothing ICE could have done to prevent it… This is still a moral tragedy.
Isidro Perez risked his life to come to America. He fled Communism to get here. He lived here for six freakin' decades. https://t.co/N3oD9TNMrH
— Eric Boehm (@EricBoehm87) July 1, 2025
Below are some additional reactions:
Deporting 75 year olds. The Trump Administration seems keen on hitting large deportation numbers, and so it's deporting people who are easy to deport, which has awful results and is terrible policy. https://t.co/41pT8ENOeE
— Travis Fain (@TravisFain) July 1, 2025
Homan channeling Joni Ernst. https://t.co/mRhsNfezQxpic.twitter.com/U133nnBVwY
— Mike Stanton (@projomike) June 30, 2025
Not giving a shit about people dying is how you get people dying. https://t.co/ZY6lwOu7EK
— Jay Bookman (@jaysbookman) June 30, 2025
Tom Homan defends the death of a 75-year-old Cuban man: "People die in ICE custody."
This isn't the first time someone has died in ICE Custody. https://t.co/QFNr0hIe81pic.twitter.com/n5rvQ4B0Rq
— Kelsie Taggart (@kelsientaggart) June 30, 2025
These are not decent people. They are plainly the worst of us. https://t.co/VwqrCCprtN
— Jennifer Erin Valent (@JenniferEValent) June 30, 2025
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The man has lived in America for 60 years, and these bastards arrested him and he died.
and he died.....
Of natural causes.
Plenty of time to pursue citizenship.
They arrested a 75 year old man that has lived in America for 60 years.
Real tough guys.
I bet people died within a few miles of you today. How much mourning did you do ?
So an illegal died after breaking the law for 60 years, good riddance.