Tom Homan to visit UTEP for Turning Point USA chapter event
Update (4:20 PM): El Paso's Congresswoman Veronica Escobar is responding to the news of Border Czar Tom Homan's upcoming speaking engagement at UTEP.
Read Rep. Escobar's full statement below:
"UTEP’s embrace of right-wing politics in the last few years has been alarming and is unreflective of El Paso. As a loving, welcoming community, the invitation of Tom Homan is contrary to the values most El Pasoans hold dear.
Homan has been one of the chief architects of the Trump administration’s cruel, hardline mass deportation tactics. Despite promises to go after the ‘worst of the worst,’ their efforts have done little but terrorize families, including mixed-status families, households with immigrants who have been in the country for decades, parents of U.S. citizens, and U.S. citizens themselves. And all of it has come with a significant emotional and financial cost to Americans.
While I believe in productive debate and genuine conversation, I’m disappointed and ashamed that the leadership at UTEP is amplifying someone who is actively engaged in demonizing many of those who attend UTEP like DREAMERs, individuals in mixed-status families and first generation Americans, all of whom have long considered UTEP to be a safe place. Attendees should expect a white-washed, ugly rewriting of recent history.”
Congresswoman Veronica Escobar
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- The Trump Administration's Border Czar Tom Homan is coming to El Paso to speak at an event.
The El Paso County Republican Party announced the event on their Facebook this weekend.
Homan's visit will take place at 7 p.m. on December 4th at the UTEP Undergraduate Learning Center in room 106. The UTEP student chapter of Turning Point USA is hosting the event.
UTEP sent ABC-7 a statement addressing the announcement of the event.
"There are over 360 registered student organizations at UTEP," the statement said in part. "Registered student organizations are able to host speakers and other events on campus."
