Tom Homan Will Be Trump’s Border Czar

TAMPA, FL (ANI) – Donald Trump has named Tom Homan, who was the former acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in his last administration, to oversee the nation’s borders.

“I am pleased to announce that the former ICE Director, and stalwart on Border Control, Tom Homan, will be joining the Trump Administration, in charge of our Nation’s Borders (“The Border Czar”), including, but not limited to, the Southern Border, the Northern Border, all Maritime, and Aviation Security,” Trump said in a post.

Trump during his presidential campaign had said that he would run the largest deportation program in the history of the United States.

The president-elect in his social media post said that there’s “nobody better at policing and controlling our Borders” and that Homan “will be in charge of all Deportation of Illegal Aliens back to their Country of Origin.”

Homan is reported to have said that “families could be deported together” when asked about Trump’s pledge on mass deportations.

Homan a career law enforcement officer served as the public face of the first Trump administration’s aggressive efforts to step up immigration enforcement before retiring in 2018.

He served temporarily in the role from the beginning of the Trump administration, despite never being confirmed by the Senate, because he had already been the deputy in line for the job.

In September 2017, Homan said at a public event that his agency would arrest undocumented people who came forward to care for the children, something previous administrations avoided.