‘They worship death’: Trump ‘border czar’ reveals extremist views in interview

Donald Trump's 'border czar' and far-right media personality Tucker Carlson talked about a range of extremist and racist conspiracy theories in an interview just weeks before Homan took office.

Homan expressed a desire to get the Department of Defense to assist with “intelligence” and “targeting” domestically.

He also advocated the arrest of elected US leaders who opposed Donald Trump’s policies on migrants.

The conversation included a claim that Mexican cartels come “from cultures that have practiced human sacrifice”.

Homan and Carlson attributed cartels’ motivations in part to their worship of “satanic” ideas or “death” Later in the conversation, Homan claimed that devil worship was a “ component of the cartels, you see it in Mexico as well” Homan also asserted Ice ’s right to arrest elected officials responsible for so-called “sanctuary cities” which do not cooperate with Ice operations within their boundaries.

Homan is an unstinting supporter of Trump , and a full-throated 2020 election denialist.

Homan and the New York City mayor, Eric Adams , endorsed a Trump executive order which would allow Ice agents to operate at the city’s Rikers Island jail.

Like every senior administration appointee to date, Homan has led to controversy but also to associations with far-right extremists, and sprawling business relationships that some say present conflicts of interest.