Trump’s border czar whines about ‘bad timing’ of South Park amid deportation push that ‘made a joke of ICE agents’
Why Trump border czar is unhappy about recent South park episode
- South Park's latest episode, titled "Got a Nut," satirises the Trump administration's anti-immigration agenda, specifically mocking Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
- Tom Homan, a border czar and acting ICE director during the Trump administration, criticised the episode on Chris Cuomo's News Nation show, deeming the parody to be in "bad form" and "bad timing."
- Homan claimed that rhetoric mocking ICE "emboldens" attacks on agents, stating that assaults on ICE officers have increased significantly, including physical attacks and Molotov cocktail incidents.
- The episode depicts ICE recruiting unqualified citizens, such as Mr. Mackey, and portrays Noem as a dog-shooting law enforcement officer who encourages racial profiling during immigration raids.
- The Department of Homeland Security issued a statement thanking South Park for drawing attention to ICE recruitment and highlighting benefits for new recruits, including signing bonuses and student loan forgiveness.