Did "border czar" Tom Homan say that Rama Duwaji, the wife of the New York City mayor, had threatened to have him "disappear" if he came to New York? No, that's not true: The story originated from a network of pages with satire labels. No credible media outlet reported the such a story.
The claim appeared in a post (archived here and here) published on X by @mcafeenew on August 16, 2026. It read:
🚨TOM HOMAN JUST WARNED MARA JUWANI: 'SHE'S THREATENING A FEDERAL OFFICER -- I'LL BE AT LAGUARDIA ON SATURDAY!' 🔗 t.me/+uT8Yg-ELrtJjM... New York's First Lady just picked a fight with the wrong man. Border Czar Tom Homan says he's "not amused" with Zohran Mamdani's wife and her threats to have him 'disappear.' 'She's threatening a federal officer,' Homan said. 'She's lucky I don't head down to her mosque and arrest her myself.' The comments came after Mara Juwani told her followers that if Tom Homan ever came to New York, he'd be 'disappeared' like he never existed at all. Homan's response was pure steel: 'I'll be there on Saturday. She can meet me at LaGuardia.' The communist First Lady just found out federal law enforcement doesn't scare easily. Share this everywhere so New York sees who just got called out! Follow @mcafeenew for more drops.
This is what the image attached to the post looked like:
(Image source: post by @mcafeenew by on X.)
Furthermore, the post reviewed in this fact check didn't get the name of the New York City mayor's wife right. She is not "Mara Juwani" -- she is "Rama Duwaji" (archived here). A search for a publicly recognizable person named "Mara Juwani" across websites and pages indexed by Google News didn't produce any confirmation that such a person has anything to do with the realms of politics or public service in New York City.
Tom Homan (archived here) cited in the viral post is the "border czar" under Trump's second administration. He received the role after serving in immigration enforcement during Trump's previous term as well as during the administration of former President Barack Obama.
In June 2026, he said (archived here) that he would send massive numbers of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to New York City. In response, New York State Gov. Kathy Hochul issued a statement (archived here) against this approach.
The link from the post did not share a news article from a credible media outlet -- it led to an account on Telegram that had three subscribers and required a prior admin's approval to join:
(Image source: the @John McAfee 🇺🇸 News account on Telegram.)
When Lead Stories searched for the precise language of the quote attributed to Homan on social media across the sites indexed by Google News and across government websites, those searches did not show any proof confirming that he actually said that.
A search on Google News for the keywords seen here did not demonstrate any credible reporting mentioning New York City's first lady saying she would make Homan "disappear."
Broader searches across Google News and Google did not confirm the claim, either.
In reality, the fabricated quote originated on Facebook where it was initially published on August 11, 2026. That version of the attached picture featured a disclaimer in the bottom left corner. It read:
Nothing on this page is real.
The @AmericaLovesLiberty account that posted it described itself as:
An authorized dumping ground for certified trollery and right-wing propaganda courtesy of America's Last Line of Defense. Nothing on this page is real.
The cover image added to that account additionally emphasized the same notion:
(Image source: @AmericaLovesLiberty on Facebook.)
ALLOD, or the "America's Last Line of Defense" (archived here) mentioned in the cover picture, is a network of satire websites run by self-professed liberal troll Christopher Blair from Maine along with a loose confederation of friends and allies. He runs several websites and Facebook pages with visible satire disclaimers everywhere. They mostly publish made-up stories with headlines specifically created to trigger Republicans, conservatives and evangelical Christians into angrily sharing or commenting on the story on Facebook without actually reading the full article, exposing them to mockery and ridicule by fans of the sites and pages.
Every site in the network has an about page that reads (in part):
About Satire
Before you complain and decide satire is synonymous with "comedy":sat·ire
ˈsaˌtī(ə)r
noun
The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.Everything on this website is fiction. It is not a lie and it is not fake news because it is not real. If you believe that it is real, you should have your head examined. Any similarities between this site's pure fantasy and actual people, places, and events are purely coincidental and all images should be considered altered and satirical. See above if you're still having an issue with that satire thing.
Articles from Blair's sites frequently get copied by "real" fake news sites that omit the satire disclaimer and other hints the stories are fake.
