Border czar Tom Homan has revealed that he’s living away from his wife because of death threats he’s receiving.
“I spent a lot of time with my boys growing up, but as I got more and more — climbed the ladder of what I’ve done with ICE director and now back — I don’t see my family very much,” Homan told Post columnist Miranda Devine during an interview airing Wednesday on her new podcast “Pod Force One.”
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“My wife’s living separately from me right now, mainly because I worked for many hours, but mostly because of the death threats against me,” the top Trump aide said. “She’s someplace else. I see her as much as I can, but the death threats against me and my family are outrageous.”
Trump tapped Homan to serve as his “border czar” days after clinching reelection in November.
The official described the moment he received the unexpected call from Trump offering the job to oversee his historic mass deportation effort.
Homan served under the first Trump administration as acting ICE director but opted to retire after his nomination for the permanent position was held up in the Senate over concerns about his record with the agency.
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Homan said that when he received the call from Trump himself asking him to come back, it was an offer he couldn’t refuse.
“I was the first person he called, bringing back, which, again, was a proud moment, but I was actually out to dinner with my wife, and then my phone rang, and I looked down, and it says, ‘POTUS.’ And my wife says, ‘He’s asking him to come back, isn’t he?’ ” Homan said.
“So I walked outside, and the first thing he said to me was, ‘You’ve been bitching about it for four years. Well, come back and fix it.’ So how do you say no?”
