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Tom Homan denies ICE racial profiling, calls himself 'equal opportunity deporter'

Trump administration's former border czar stated ICE does not arrest people based on skin colour.

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Tom Homan denies ICE racial profiling, calls himself 'equal opportunity deporter'

What this story says

  • Tom Homan, who served as the Trump administration's border czar, denied that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) engages in racial profiling.
  • Homan stated that ICE arrests are based on reasonable suspicion or probable cause, not on a person's skin colour.
  • He described himself as an 'equal opportunity deporter,' noting that he deported individuals to 180 countries in the previous year.
  • The reports do not mention the Trump administration's past request to the Supreme Court regarding the use of racial factors for immigration stops.

Who covered it

Left 100%(6)Centre 0%(0)Right 0%(0)

Percentages are shares of the 6 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. Coverage measured .

Trust

60/100

Craft

65/100

Hype

45/100

6 sources · methodology

Thin on the right so far

None of the 6 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated right.

This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.

Tom Homan, the former border czar under the Trump administration, has stated that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) does not engage in racial profiling. Homan said that ICE operates under the law, requiring reasonable suspicion to approach individuals and probable cause for arrests. He asserted that arrests are not made based on a person's skin colour.

Homan referred to himself as an 'equal opportunity deporter,' explaining that he deported people to 180 countries in the past year. He added that ICE's actions are irrespective of a person's origin, stating that anyone in the country illegally will be deported regardless of their skin colour.

Disagreement on Supreme Court ruling

HuffPost reported that Homan's comments came despite the Supreme Court having previously allowed ICE to consider certain racial factors for immigration stops. According to HuffPost, the Supreme Court ruling in Perdomo v. Noem permitted agents to consider factors such as ethnicity, language, or location when making arrests. HuffPost stated that Homan's remarks ran contrary to this ruling, which found agents could rely on just one of four mentioned factors without other reasonable suspicion.

What the coverage left out

None of the left-rated reports below mention the Trump administration's previous request to the Supreme Court to allow ICE to use certain racial factors for immigration stops. The reports also do not detail the specific ruling in Perdomo v. Noem, beyond HuffPost's mention of its allowance for considering ethnicity, language, or location.

Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 1 time, most recently on 23 Aug 2026, 17:00, and will add the sides that appear.

How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

6 rated outlets

  • The left-rated reports focused on Tom Homan's denial of racial profiling by ICE and his self-description as an 'equal opportunity deporter.' HuffPost, in its full report, highlighted that Homan's statements were made despite the Supreme Court's ruling in Perdomo v. Noem, which allowed ICE to consider certain racial factors in arrests. HuffPost stated that Homan's comments ran contrary to this ruling. Other left-rated outlets, primarily digests, also featured Homan's denial and his 'equal opportunity deporter' remark, with some quoting his statement about deporting people to 180 countries.

Centre

0 rated outlets

No outlet rated centre has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.

Right

0 rated outlets

No outlet rated right has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Tom Homan denies ICE racial profiling, calls himself 'equal opportunity…?
Of the 6 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 100% are rated left, 0% are rated centre, 0% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is Tom Homan denies ICE racial profiling, calls himself 'equal opportunity… left or right?
Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 6 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
Is the coverage of Tom Homan denies ICE racial profiling, calls himself 'equal opportunity… biased?
Tom Homan denies ICE racial profiling, calls himself 'equal opportunity deporter' is one event reported by 6 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Which side is not reporting Tom Homan denies ICE racial profiling, calls himself 'equal opportunity…?
When we first saw this story, outlets rated right had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
Which outlets covered Tom Homan denies ICE racial profiling, calls himself 'equal opportunity…?
6 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
Did Tom Homan deny that ICE racially profiles people?
Yes, Tom Homan, the former border czar for the Trump administration, denied accusations that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) racially profiles individuals. He stated that ICE requires reasonable suspicion or probable cause for arrests and does not base them on skin colour.
How did Tom Homan describe himself?
Tom Homan referred to himself as an 'equal opportunity deporter.' He explained this by stating that he deported people to 180 countries in the previous year, indicating that ICE's deportation actions are not influenced by a person's skin colour or origin.
What did the Supreme Court rule regarding immigration stops?
According to HuffPost, the Supreme Court ruling in Perdomo v. Noem allowed agents to consider factors such as apparent ethnicity, language spoken, or location when making arrests. HuffPost reported that Homan's comments ran contrary to this ruling.

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