Border czar Tom Homan, asked about Omar, says “The whole file is being reviewed … Stay tuned”
White House border czar, speaking on stage with Benny Johnson at a Turning Point USA event at Baylor University
“The whole file is being reviewed. A lot of smart people are on it. Stay tuned.” … “I can’t get ahead of the investigation, but I know people are involved in the review, and they’re really smart people, and it’s in good hands.”
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The Benny Johnson Show’s clip of Homan’s answers on stage, posted April 23, 2026. The Baylor Lariat places the “This Is the Turning Point” event, with Homan and Benny Johnson, at Baylor University’s Waco Hall on Wednesday, April 22. The uploader’s YouTube headline says Homan “confirms” an immigration fraud investigation; this record quotes what he said.
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The Baylor Lariat, the student newspaper of Baylor University, reports on the April 22, 2026 Turning Point USA event at Waco Hall at which Homan spoke with Benny Johnson. The article does not report Homan’s remarks on Omar.
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The Benny Johnson Show’s own upload of its interview with Secretary Mullin, recorded on the floor of the Republican National Convention on Thursday, September 10, 2026 and posted on September 11. Mullin’s answer about Rep. Ilhan Omar begins after Johnson says there have been “breadcrumb trails” about action on Omar. News outlets print small variants of Mullin’s words, such as “to” or “into” for “in the United States” and “he now lives in London”; the quotation in this record follows the audio. The upload’s YouTube headline says Mullin “confirms” the claim; that is the show’s characterization, and this record quotes what Mullin said.
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Johnson said that about two and a half weeks earlier, in an interview with Vice President Vance, Vance told him that “Stephen Miller’s upstairs and he has proof that Ilhan Omar lied on our immigration forms.” That is Johnson’s account of Vance’s words. Johnson added, “We have that paperwork. We know she did this. And now we’re looking for how to take action,” and asked Homan whether the administration is “going to go there.”
After the quotation
At about 08:36 of his September 10 interview with DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin, Johnson said Homan had told him on stage at a Turning Point event to “get ready” and that “something’s about to happen.”
How this statement is classified
Case context: Should Trump administration officials publicly accuse Rep. Ilhan Omar of immigration fraud?
The label describes this statement’s response within the context above.
Why this label?
The case’s fixed reference point is the Trump administration’s public accusation that Rep. Ilhan Omar married her brother to obtain immigration benefits, together with its announced federal criminal investigation of her. Homan neither states the allegation as fact nor gives details, but, asked whether the administration is “going to go there” on Omar, he says “the whole file is being reviewed” and tells the audience to “stay tuned.” That defends the announced review. The closest competing label is explicitly_declines, because he says he cannot “get ahead of the investigation”; it loses because he first describes a review in progress and invites anticipation of its results.
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