Trump announces Tom Homan, his former acting ICE director, will be administration's 'border czar'

On Sunday, US President-elect Donald Trump announced that Tom Homan, the previous acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), will be in command of the country's borders under his incoming government.

Tom Homan at a primary election night party for Donald Trump in Nashua, N.H., in January.
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Homan's responsibilities would encompass "the southern border, the northern border, all maritime and aviation security," Trump stated in a post on his Truth Social platform. Trump stated that "border czar" Homan will be in charge of deporting illegal immigrants.

Homan, who served in Trump's government for a year and a half during his first term, is also a candidate for secretary of homeland security.

Mass deportations, as well as the confinement of migrants in camps, were central to Trump's campaign platform. Trump praised Homan, telling Fox News anchor Harris Faulkner in July: "I have Tom Homan lined up, we have the greatest people."

Homan, a Heritage Fellow and Project 2025 author, told last summer's Republican National Convention in Milwaukee that he had "a message for the millions of illegal aliens who Joe Biden allowed to enter the country in violation of federal law - start packing, because you're going home."

At a July immigration policy panel, Homan stated, "When Trump returns in January, I'll be right on his heels, and I'll run the largest deportation force this country has ever seen."

Nick Fuentes, a Holocaust denier and Hitler supporter who dined with Trump and Kanye West at Mar-a-Lago in 2022, was also said to have invited Homan to a white supremacist meeting.

Homan told Fox News on Thursday that he had not sought a cabinet seat and had not received any offers. However, he added: "President Trump is aware that I am available to assist him in protecting the border. If he wants assistance running a deportation operation, I am available."

The president-elect is meeting with possible candidates for his government before his inauguration on January 20.

CNN reported on Sunday that Trump had offered Republican Representative Elise Stefanik the position of US ambassador to the United Nations.

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