霍曼在共和党批评声浪中为移民海关执法局扫荡行动辩护:“给我举个我们做得过火的例子”


2026年10月1日 / 美国东部时间晚上8:50 / 哥伦比亚广播公司(CBS)新闻

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卡米洛·蒙托亚-加尔韦斯 移民事务通讯员
卡米洛·蒙托亚-加尔韦斯是哥伦比亚广播公司新闻的移民事务通讯员,其报道见于多个节目和平台,包括全国广播节目、CBS新闻24小时频道、CBSNews.com以及该机构的社交媒体账号。

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随着特朗普政府全面打击非法移民的行动遭到一些共和党议员的反对,白宫边境事务专员汤姆·霍曼对哥伦比亚广播公司新闻表示,批评者应该“去问问移民海关执法局(ICE)”并“自己了解一下情况”。

佛罗里达州共和党众议员玛丽亚·埃尔维拉·萨拉查上月录制竞选广告警告特朗普总统,帮助他连任的西班牙裔选民“感到被背叛”,这番言论引发关注。她表示,政府的一些执法手段“做得过火”,并指出数据显示许多移民海关执法局拘留者没有犯罪记录。包括西弗吉尼亚州参议员吉姆·贾斯蒂斯在内的其他共和党人也表达了担忧。

针对萨拉查的言论,霍曼说:“给我举个我们做得过火的例子。做出这样的指责相当大胆。”

霍曼表示,特朗普政府仍将那些被视为公共安全威胁的人作为优先执法对象,但任何非法入境美国的人都“根据联邦法律可被驱逐”。

“如果你非法待在这个国家,你就有麻烦了。你本不该待在这里,”霍曼说,随后补充道,“我们逮捕的每个人都有机会见法官并为自己辩护。”

他认为,大部分批评声“是出于对本届政府的仇恨,以及针对特朗普”,并指出霍曼本人曾在该机构担任高级官员的奥巴马政府时期,移民海关执法局的逮捕和驱逐人数也很高。

当被问及日益升温的共和党批评时,霍曼说:“我希望他们坐下来和移民海关执法局的人谈谈。我希望他们去了解:移民海关执法局在做什么?他们是如何开展工作的?然后自己搞清楚情况。”

特朗普政府不仅因逮捕人数激增引发审查,其移民执法策略也遭到诟病——包括今年夏季发生的多起移民海关执法局特工在交通拦截时开枪的事件,其中两起导致移民死亡。

今年早些时候,在明尼阿波利斯地区的一次扫荡行动中,两名美国公民——蕾妮·古德和亚历克斯·普雷蒂也被移民特工枪杀。古德的家人本周对联邦官员提起诉讼,其中一起案件将霍曼列为被告。

在接受哥伦比亚广播公司新闻采访时被问及古德的死亡时,霍曼称这一情况“悲惨”,但表示自己并未参与这起枪击事件的调查。

“我不想看到任何悲剧发生,”霍曼说,“我希望蕾妮·古德今天还活着。我希望那起事件没有发生,但它还是发生了,目前正在调查中。我不希望任何人死亡。”

Homan defends ICE crackdown amid growing GOP criticism: “Give me an example of where we went too far”

October 1, 2026 / 8:50 PM EDT / CBS News

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Camilo Montoya-Galvez Immigration Correspondent
Camilo Montoya-Galvez is the Immigration Correspondent at CBS News, where his reporting is featured across multiple programs and platforms, including national broadcast shows, CBS News 24/7, CBSNews.com and the organization’s social media accounts.

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As the Trump administration’s sweeping illegal immigration crackdown draws pushback from some Republican lawmakers, White House border czar Tom Homan told CBS News that critics should “talk to ICE” and “educate themselves.”

GOP Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar of Florida raised eyebrows last month when she taped a campaign ad warning President Trump the Hispanic voters who helped him secure a second term “feel betrayed.” She said some of the administration’s tactics have “gone too far,” pointing to data that shows many ICE detainees lack criminal records. Other Republicans have also raised concerns, including Sen. Jim Justice of West Virginia.

In response to Salazar’s comments, Homan said: “Give me an example of where we went too far. That’s a pretty bold statement to make.”

Homan said the Trump administration is still prioritizing people who it views as public safety threats, but anybody who is in the U.S. illegally is “deportable by federal law.”

“If you’re in the country illegally, you got a problem. You shouldn’t be here,” Homan said, later adding that “everybody we arrest has an opportunity to see a judge and plead their case.”

He argued much of the criticism is “about hate on this administration and taking on Trump,” pointing to ICE’s high arrest and deportation figures during the Obama administration, when Homan was a senior official at the agency.

Pressed on the growing GOP criticism, Homan said: “I wish they’d sit down and talk to ICE. I wish they’d find out: What is ICE doing? How are they doing it? And educate themselves.”

The Trump administration has drawn scrutiny not just for the rapid surge in arrests, but also for the government’s immigration tactics — including a series of shootings by ICE agents during traffic stops, two of which resulted in migrants being killed over the summer.

Two U.S. citizens — Renee Good and Alex Pretti — were also fatally shot by immigration agents during a crackdown in the Minneapolis area earlier this year. Good’s family filed lawsuits against federal officials this week, naming Homan as a defendant in one of them.

Asked about Good’s death earlier in his interview with CBS News, Homan called the situation “tragic,” but said he is not involved in the investigation into the shooting.

“I don’t want to see any tragedies happen,” Homan said. “I wish Renee Good was alive today. I wish that incident [didn’t] happen, but it happened, and it’s being investigated. I don’t want to see anybody die.”

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