Pete Davidson mocks ICE agents in Minneapolis as border czar in “SNL” cold open: 'Try not to get filmed'
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Shania RussellFebruary 1, 2026 at 11:08 PM
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Pete Davidson returns to 'SNL' as ICE as border czar Tom Homan
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When the going gets tough, Donald Trump calls in reinforcements. And Saturday Night Live calls upon Pete Davidson.
The SNL alum surprised viewers by leading Saturday's cold open as President Trump's "border czar" Tom Homan, who was recently called in to Minneapolis to ease the city's political unrest after federal agents killed two people in Minnesota city in January.
But in SNL's version of events, Davidson's Homan quickly realizes that he has his work cut out for him because none of the the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have any understanding of what's gone so wrong in Minneapolis.
“Now I’m sure a lot of you are wondering why Greg Bovino, the last guy, was dismissed,” Davidson as Homan began. “I want to stress that it wasn’t because he did a bad job or publicly lied about the shooting of an American citizen, or even uh-oh, dressed like a Nazi. It was that he was filmed doing these things. And the president no-likey that.”
After declaring that ICE needs to "tighten up," he asked the unit commanders to state the mission objective.
Kenan Thompson, James Austin Johnson and Ben Marshall in tactical vests during on 'SNL'
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Dressed as an ICE agent, Kenan Thompson replied, "Pass."
James Austin Johnson, another ICE unit commander, then took a stab at the answer: "This could be wrong, but… Army?”
“Close. That’s close,” Davidson's Homan replied. "We’re here to detain and deport illegal immigrants who have committed crimes."
Andrew Dismukes' ICE agent then declared, "That is literally the first I am hearing of that."
When asked what they all thought they were looking for in Minneapolis, Thompson answered, "Epstein files."
"We actually just released those to distract from this," Davidson's Homan said with a grimace. "Which is ironic because we did this to distract from those."
He then asked the agents, "When do we use force?"
Jeremy Culhane's ICE agent guessed, "Right away?"
“Nope. Think of the opposite,” Davidson's Homan hinted, to which Dismukes confidently said, "Right— preemptively."
Pete Davidson as Tom Homan on 'SNL'
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After a few more exasperating back-and-forths, Davidson's Homan declared, "Fellas, look, you gotta do better. Look, I’m Tom Homan."
At that point, Davidson briefly broke character to laugh before continuing, "I am the separating-families-at-the-border guy. I’m the on-film-taking-a-$50,000-bribe guy. And you all are making me look like the upstanding, reasonable adult in the room. That’s crazy!”
The speech obviously made little impact, as a later exchange included Thompson's ICE agent getting confused about why destroying evidence was a bad thing.
To conclude the meeting, Davidson's Homan asked the ICE unit commanders, “So what did we learn tonight?”
Johnson guessed, "This could be wrong… but that you hired a bunch of angry, aggressive guys, gave us guns, and didn’t train us, so this is maybe what you wanted to happen?”
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“Come on, man! Don’t start thinking now!” Davidson's Homan scolded. "The situation out there has been rough, and we need to lower the temperature. So let’s get out there, let’s show some restraint. Let’s do our job without violating anyone’s rights as Americans. Can you do that?”
"No," Thompson answered candidly.
"Well, I had to ask,” Davidson's Homan conceded, before offering his real advice for the agents: "Maybe just try not to get filmed.”
Watch Davidson lampoon the Trump administration in the sketch above.
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