Tom Homan, the former acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and now designated as President Trump’s chosen “border czar,” has disclosed a deeply troubling personal impact of his prominent return to government—he is currently living apart from his wife due to a surge of death threats.

In a poignant interview with New York Post columnist Miranda Devine on her new podcast, Pod Force One, Homan spoke candidly. “I spent a significant amount of time with my boys during their upbringing, but as I progressed in my career—first as ICE director and now returning—I find that I do not see my family as often,” Homan stated.

“My wife is living separately from me at this time, primarily because I have been working long hours, but more so due to the death threats directed at me,” he continued.

She is in a different location. I visit her as frequently as possible, but the threats against me and my family are simply outrageous.”

Homan, a key player in the Trump administration’s border enforcement strategy, was appointed by President Trump shortly after his 2024 election victory to lead the new administration’s extensive mass deportation initiative. This call came while Homan was dining with his wife—transforming an ordinary evening into a momentous occasion.

“I was the first person he contacted to bring back, which was a source of pride, but I was actually out to dinner with my wife when my phone rang, and I saw it was ‘POTUS.’ My wife remarked, ‘He’s asking him to return, isn’t he?’” Homan recounted.

“So I stepped outside, and the first thing he said to me was, ‘You’ve been complaining about it for four years. Well, come back and fix it.’ So how could I refuse?”

That phone call propelled Homan back into the national limelight—and into the sights of his political adversaries. His leadership in ICE’s efforts to combat illegal immigration has rendered him a hero among conservatives while making him a target for open-borders advocates.