Tom Homan, former director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, has been appointed “border czar” by President-elect Donald Trump.
In a Sunday post on his social network Truth Social, Trump announced the selection of Homan to join his incoming administration to oversee borders and deportations. The President-elect wrote that Homan will oversee “all Deportation of Illegal Aliens back to their Country of Origin.”
“I’ve known Tom for a long time, and there is nobody better at policing and controlling our borders,” Trump said.
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Tom Homan’s Border Operations Work
In 2017, when Homan was acting director of ICE during Trump’s initial presidential term, the number of immigrants detained reportedly increased by 40 percent compared to the prior year. In recent years, ICE has received backlash due to reported cases of illegal mistreatment of migrants throughout deportation operations.
In response to concerns, Homan said that ICE would work to institute Trump’s “Operation Aura” deportation plan humanely in an interview on Fox News Channel’s Sunday Morning Futures.
“It’s going to be a well-targeted, planned operation conducted by the men of ICE. The men and women of ICE do this daily. They’re good at it,” Homan said. “When we go out there, we’re going to know who we’re looking for. We most likely know where they’re going to be, and it’s going to be done in a humane manner.”
Homan previously served as the assistant director of enforcement in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Additionally, Trump named Stephen Miller, a former senior adviser, as his deputy chief of staff for policy.