The Boston Metropolis Council member who not too long ago mocked Border Czar Tom Homan’s employment historical past walked again her feedback in a follow-up put up concerning the Trump administration official.
Councilwoman Sharon Durkan, who accused Homan of spending his profession “policing a town smaller than a Fenway Park crowd,” posted a clarification shortly after a Fox Information Digital request for touch upon Sunday night.
“Yes, I understand that Tom Homan spent his career as a federal agent within Border Patrol & ICE, but that’s a world away from the realities of policing a major city,” Durkan defined. “His background is in immigration enforcement, not community policing – where trust and accountability are key.”
The Smith School graduate raised eyebrows after mocking Homan’s temporary stint as a police officer in West Carthage, New York, implying that he was unqualified to implement President Donald Trump’s border coverage in Boston due to that have. However Homan’s time within the small-town division solely lasted from 1983 to 1984, earlier than he turned a Border Patrol agent and finally labored his method via the ranks of the Obama and Trump administrations.
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Councilwoman Sharon Durkan, a member of the Boston Metropolis Council, not too long ago clarified her remarks about Border Czar Tom Homan. (Getty Photographs)
“Laughable that someone who spent their career policing a town smaller than a Fenway Park crowd thinks they can lecture Boston on public safety,” the councilwoman’s authentic Feb. 23 put up learn. “Commissioner Michael Cox serves with distinction and earns trust with integrity.”
“Tom Homan should know, we don’t scare easy,” Durkan added.
Durkan’s remarks got here after Homan known as out Beantown throughout a speech on the Conservative Political Motion Convention (CPAC) on Saturday, particularly calling out Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox for imposing town’s sanctuary insurance policies.
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District 8 Metropolis Councilwoman Sharon Durkan, left, prepares to canvas in Beacon Hill in 2023. (Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe by way of Getty Photographs)
“I’m coming to Boston, and I’m bringing hell with me,” Homan mentioned throughout his speech. “I looked at the numbers this morning… I stopped counting at nine. Nine child rapists that were in jail in Massachusetts, but rather than honoring an ICE detainer, you released them back into the street.”
“You’re not a police commissioner,” the Trump administration official added. “Take that badge off your chest. Put it in the desk drawer. Because you became a politician. You forgot what it’s like to be a cop.”
Massachusetts and the higher Boston space have seen a number of arrests of prison migrants in current weeks, together with an unlawful immigrant linked to a violent Brazilian gang who was not too long ago arrested in Bellingham. Cox has beforehand mentioned that his division “doesn’t enforce detainers” which might be filed by ICE, and that Boston cops “abide by Boston law and Massachusetts law.”
“The Boston Police Department has pretty defined rules and we abide by the law here in the state,” the police chief mentioned on a section of WCVB’s “On the Record” present. “We don’t enforce civil detainers regarding federal immigration law. It’s defined here in the state, and that’s just how it works.”
Tom Homan, White Home border czar, speaks to members of the media outdoors the White Home in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. (Samuel Corum/Sipa/Bloomberg by way of Getty Photographs)
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Fox Information Digital reached out to Durkan for added remark, however didn’t instantly hear again.
Fox Information’ Invoice Melugin contributed to this report.
