President-elect Donald Trump’s newly-appointed “Border Czar” Tom Homan previously vowed to launch “the largest deportation campaign this country has ever seen” — and he once did, along with progressive New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. His “zero-tolerance” limit was debated. Policy.
Homan, who was acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement during Trump’s first term and oversaw the agency’s controversial cases family separation policyWas tapped by the President-elect to take charge of border security, stem the surge of illegal immigration, implement mass deportations of illegal immigrants, and crack down on drug cartels.
At the National Conservative Conference in Washington earlier this year, Homan promised to “wage the largest deportation campaign this country has ever seen.”
“Wait until 2025,” he said, “nobody is off the table. If you are here illegally, you better watch yourself.
“You’ve got my word,” he said, adding, “Trump will come back in January, I will come back and be with him and lead the largest deportation campaign ever seen in this country.”
Since Trump announced Homan’s appointment on Sunday, clips of the former acting ICE director talking tough at the border have gone viral.
In one clip, a no-nonsense former police officer and Border Patrol agent Engages in furious exchange with Ocasio-Cortez During a House Oversight Committee hearing in 2019.
“I recommended zero-tolerance,” Homan says in a heated exchange over the treatment of migrant families.
The family separation policy “is the same for every American citizen parent who gets arrested with their child,” he adds in the clip, which has received more than 3 million views on Twitter since it was posted Monday morning. Has been seen more times.
He compared the situation to being arrested for drunk driving with a child in the car and said he would obviously separate the drunk driver from the child.
He stressed that crossing the border illegally is a crime.
“If you want to seek asylum, go to the port of entry. Do it the legal way,” he told Ocasio-Cortez.
Trump ultimately signed an executive order reversing the family separation policy in 2018 after a public outcry.
In an interview on CBS’s “60 Minutes” just nine days before the election, Homan insisted that “families can be deported together” when asked about Trump’s promise to remove illegal immigrants from the country as soon as he takes office. asked about.
He also argued that the effort will be targeted, although exact plans for how it will be accomplished and how much it will cost have not yet been determined.
“This is not going to be a massive cleanup of the neighborhood. It’s not going to build concentration camps. I have read it all. This is ridiculous,” Homan said.
Homan also reiterated on Fox News Sunday night that ICE will begin mass deportation of immigrants in a “humane manner” that will not involve military force.
“This is going to be a well-targeted, planned operation conducted by ICE people. The men and women of ICE do this every day. They’re good at it,” he said.
“When we go there, we will know who we are looking for. We probably know where they will be, and it will be done in a humane manner.
Homan oversaw the US immigration system as it detained record numbers of immigrant children, According to CNN,
He also said in 2017 that ICE would arrest undocumented people coming forward to care for children — something the previous administration had avoided.
Trump posted on social media on Sunday that “no one is better at policing and controlling our borders” than Homan, a contributor to the controversial conservative Project 2025. Tried to distance myself On the campaign trail.
The former and future president said Homan “will be in charge of all deportation of illegal aliens back to their country of origin.”
Homan retired His nomination to be acting director of ICE in 2018 was blocked in the Senate as lawmakers expressed concerns over his record with the agency.
Elon Musk, who has emerged as one of Trump’s biggest supporters, congratulated Homan on the appointment.
Homan’s role as “border czar” in the incoming Trump administration does not require Senate confirmation.
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