Tom Homan.. Trump picks “border czar” to handle immigration file
US President-elect, Donald Trump, has announced the appointment of Tom Homan to head the agency responsible for enforcing immigration laws in the United States (ICE) in his next administration.
Trump posted on his “Truth Social” platform: “I am pleased to announce that Tom Homan, former director of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency and a strong advocate for border control, will join the Trump administration and be responsible for security. Our border… border Czar.”
“I’ve known Tom for a long time, and there’s no one better than him to monitor and control our borders,” she added, noting that he would be responsible for “all deportations of illegal immigrants” and their repatriation.
Homan’s appointment comes weeks before Trump’s expected return to the White House in early 2025, after winning the presidential election against the Democratic vice president, Kamala Harris.
The issue of immigration was a major focus of Trump’s election campaign, as he repeatedly promised to launch the “largest immigration deportation program” in US history, targeting criminals and illegal immigrants.
Trump praised Homan multiple times during his campaign, hinting that he would seek his help if he won the election.
Homan is no stranger to this role, as he served as acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement during Trump’s first term (2017-2021).
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He currently serves as a visiting fellow at the conservative Heritage Foundation and heads the nonprofit organization Border911, which warns about what it describes as the threat posed by undocumented immigrants, according to CNBC.
Homan takes extreme views on immigration and has clearly promised to “manage the largest immigration force the country has ever seen.”
He was one of the main supporters of Trump’s controversial “zero tolerance” policy in his first term, which led to the separation of thousands of families at the southern border, before Trump was forced to rescind it in 2018 under pressure from public protests.
In a recent interview with CBS’ 60 Minutes, when asked about the possibility of carrying out mass deportations without repeating the tragedy of family separation, Homan replied: “Of course it’s possible. Families can be deported together.”
During the same interview, Homan revealed the specifics of his future plans for handling immigration files, insisting that deportations would be “targeted and well-planned,” and would be conducted by special ICE forces.
He denied what he described as “rumors” about “massive neighborhood raids or the establishment of concentration camps.”
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Last February, Axios published details of the mass deportation plan that Homan strongly supports, which includes an unprecedented mobilization of security services, to be combined with agents from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency, the FBI, and the Drug Enforcement Administration. Federal prosecutors and guards along with national, local and state law enforcement officials.
In July, Homan warned that the Trump administration would designate Mexican cartels as “terrorist organizations” because of their role in smuggling the drug fentanyl across the border.
Homan contributed to the “2025 Project,” a comprehensive conservative plan for the next Republican president, although Trump himself denied any connection to the project during his campaign.
Trump’s announcement came days after his campaign manager, Susie Wells, was chosen to be White House chief of staff in the next administration.
The president-elect will meet with several potential candidates to serve in his administration before his inauguration as president on January 20.
CNN reported on Sunday that Trump has offered Republican Representative Elise Stefanik the post of US ambassador to the United Nations.