Tom Homan is not playing around. The former ICE director and current border czar has publicly signaled that multiple deportations related to the massive immigration fraud uncovered in Minnesota are coming, and he’s specifically running down allegations tied to Rep. Ilhan Omar’s past immigration paperwork. Conservatives should applaud anyone in Washington finally taking the paperwork and fraud angle seriously instead of lecturing law-abiding citizens about compassion while ignoring the rule of law.
Federal operations in the Twin Cities have exposed systemic problems, with investigators flagging a high rate of sham marriages, forged documents, and visa abuse in the Somali community — problems that went unchecked for years under weak enforcement. This wasn’t a weekend headline; it was a multi-agency sweep that uncovered alarming patterns of fraud in hundreds of homes across a district represented by Omar. If a congresswoman’s district is a smuggling and sham-marriage hub, voters deserve answers and accountability, not political cover.
Homan has publicly said a fraud investigator told him there was “no doubt” immigration fraud in at least some files connected to the case, and that investigators are examining records dating back years. That’s not idle talk — it’s the language of enforcement and of people who intend to follow the evidence where it leads. For those who have spent the last decade excusing lawbreaking in the name of identity politics, this is the corrective many Americans hoped would arrive when Republicans promised to secure the border and restore the rule of law.
Of course Ilhan Omar is pushing back, filing letters accusing ICE of racial profiling and leading inquiries into the agency’s actions as if that exonerates the fraud found in her backyard. Her office’s December 12, 2025 release makes clear she’s more focused on framing enforcement as a political attack than on demanding truth or transparency about the fraud itself. That deflection is a familiar playbook: when evidence appears, cry persecution; when questions persist, point at an opposing party and call it a smear.
Meanwhile, establishment media and many House Democrats reflexively shield Omar, treating allegations and investigations as partisan theater rather than legitimate concerns about immigration integrity and public safety. Attempts to hold her accountable have repeatedly been blocked or softened, and members of Congress who call for revocation of citizenship or committee removal find themselves framed as extremists for demanding basic transparency. The double standard is glaring: ordinary Americans punished for immigration violations; elected officials given a pass when questions arise.
The federal government is also building out the capacity to actually enforce deportations, with DHS moving to acquire its own fleet of aircraft to remove those who entered or abused the system — a logistics step conservatives have long said was necessary if Washington was serious about enforcement. Tom Homan’s blunt talk about using the full weight of immigration law, including wartime statutes when applicable, shows a willingness to act rather than simply tweet tough rhetoric. If the administration wants to restore confidence in immigration controls, it needs both the planes and officials willing to use them.
Patriots who love this country should want every law applied equally, no matter how loud the media outrage machine gets. If evidence shows fraud, timeline violations, or false claims in anyone’s naturalization — however high-profile — the law must run its course, and if that results in removal it must be pursued. Tom Homan and conservative voices like Liz Wheeler are doing what voters asked for: holding power to account and insisting that America’s borders and laws mean something again.
