White House Confirms It: Racial Profiling Is Policy
Washington, D.C. — Voto Latino forcefully condemns White House Border Czar Tom Homan’s recent admission that ICE agents can detain people based solely on their physical appearance—an explicit endorsement of racial profiling under the Trump administration’s immigration agenda.
Voto Latino expressed the following:
“Let’s be clear: what Tom Homan is defending isn’t law enforcement—it’s racial discrimination. This is the Trump Administration doubling down on a racist strategy of terror, dehumanization, and targeting Latino communities for political gain. Homan confirms what many of us have long feared: that under President Trump, ICE is being encouraged to operate without constitutional limits and to treat Black and Brown people as suspects first and citizens later—if at all.”
During a recent interview with Fox News, Homan stated that immigration agents could use how someone “looks” as a basis for detention. This is not only factually and legally inaccurate, but a chilling validation of policies that equate racial identity with criminal suspicion.
Voto Latino is calling on Congress, civil rights leaders, and the American public to unequivocally reject racial profiling as a tool of immigration enforcement, hold Tom Homan and the Trump administration accountable for advancing unconstitutional and racist policies, and mobilize voters to defend civil rights, dignity, and the rule of law.
We will not stand by while our communities are criminalized for existing. We will fight back—at the ballot box, in the courts, and in the streets.
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Voto Latino is a civic advocacy organization dedicated to educating and empowering the next generation of Latino voters while working to build a more inclusive and representative democracy. Since its founding, Voto Latino has registered nearly two million voters. In 2024, the organization took legal action to protect voting rights, filing multiple lawsuits in Texas, Arizona, and North Carolina to safeguard access to the ballot ahead of the elections.