WATCH: Tom Homan Blasts Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, Says ‘It’s Disgusting to Even Mention Abolishing ICE,’ Days After Illegal Alien Gunned Down Loyola Student

by Cassandra MacDonald Mar. 28, 2026 1:20 pm61 Comments

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Border Czar Tom Homan delivered a scorching takedown of Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on Saturday after the far-left mayor doubled down on his “Abolish ICE” agenda just days after a Venezuelan illegal alien murdered 18-year-old Loyola University Chicago freshman Sheridan Gorman.

In an interview on Fox News on Saturday, Homan addressed the killing of Gorman, who was shot in the back while walking with friends along Chicago’s Lake Michigan shoreline near Tobey Prinz Beach in Rogers Park earlier this month.

The suspect in Gorman’s murder is 25-year-old Jose Medina, a Venezuelan national who entered the United States illegally in 2023 under the Biden administration.

According to the Department of Homeland Security, Medina was apprehended by Border Patrol, released into the country, and then arrested for shoplifting in Chicago just weeks later. He was released again due to Chicago’s sanctuary city policies, failed to appear in court, and a warrant was issued before he allegedly ambushed Gorman and her friends.

Prosecutors say Medina hid behind a lighthouse, emerged masked, and opened fire on the group as they tried to flee. Gorman was struck in the back, and the bullet exited through her neck. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

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Medina faces first-degree murder charges and was ordered held without bond after a detention hearing.

Despite the clear connection to failed sanctuary policies, Mayor Johnson has refused to back down.

Just days after the murder, Johnson presided over the unveiling of a city snowplow named “Abolish ICE,” chosen from 13,000 public submissions, and used the moment to reiterate that “Chicago does not want ICE on our streets, in our airports, nor in our city.”

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Speaking to Fox, Homan said, “I’ve met with HUNDREDS, hundreds of angel moms and dads who buried their children that should be alive today because their children were killed by an illegal alien.”

“It’s disgusting to even mention the words abolishing ICE!” Homan asserted.

Homan continued, “I would think Mayor Johnson would say thank you, ICE, because you made Chicago safer. For the thousands of public safety threats we took off the street that they released back into the community, we arrest them, we deport them. You’re welcome!”

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DHS is calling on Illinois and Chicago leadership to ensure Medina is not released back onto American streets.

“Sheridan Gorman had her whole life ahead of her before this cold-blooded killer decided to end her life. She was failed by open border policies and sanctuary politicians who RELEASED this illegal alien TWICE before he went on to commit this heinous murder,” said Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis. “We are calling on Governor J.B. Pritzker and Chicago’s sanctuary politicians to commit to not releasing this criminal illegal alien from jail back into American neighborhoods.”