White House border czar faced backlash while attending an event sponsored by Turning Point USA, a conservative activist group founded by Charlie Kirk.

While speaking at the University of Texas in El Paso on Thursday, Homan insisted that he prayed for the safety of ICE and Border Patrol agents.

"I don't want anybody hurt," he insisted. "That includes officers and that includes aliens. And that's a stone-cold fact. Call me what you want. I don't care."

"Traitor!" someone in the audience shouted.

"I'll take questions a little bit," Homan snapped, "but why don't you grow a backbone, put a Kevlar vest and a gun on your hip and go secure this border?"