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Maya Yang

Trump ‘border czar’ says ICE officer in Maine killing should not have cleared vetting

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The White House ‘border czar’, Tom Homan, speaks with reporters outside the White House, on 20 July 2026. Photograph: Mark Schiefelbein/AP

Tom Homan, the Trump administration “border czar”, on Sunday said he did not believe the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer at the center of a recent fatal shooting in Maine “should have ever cleared vetting”.

Speaking to CNN’s State of the Union, Homan was asked by host Dana Bash about the officer’s eligibility to serve following reports that two of his ex-wives had accused him of abuse.

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