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US President-elect Donald Trump announced the return of intransigent Tom Homan to head the agency responsible for border and immigration control, the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). "I am pleased to announce that former Ice director and pillar of border control, Tom Homan, will be joining the Trump administration where he will be in charge of our country's borders ("The Border Czar")," the tycoon wrote on his Truth social network.
Homan, a 62-year-old former police officer and long-time immigration official, served as acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement during Trump's first presidency for a year and a half, and will now have a role with broad powers that will cover a range of issues Trump had campaigned on: from overseeing southern border security issues to maritime and aviation security.
"I've known Tom for a long time and there is no one better at policing and controlling our borders than him," Trump added, stating that Homan will be responsible for "all deportations of illegal immigrants back to their country of origin." The tycoon promised to launch the largest illegal immigrant deportation operation in US history on the first day of his presidency, and now he is putting a face to that promise.
In an interview with Fox News' "Sunday Morning Futures," Homan said that the military will not illegally round up and arrest immigrants in the country and that ICE will move to implement Trump's plans in a "humane manner." "This will be a well-targeted and planned operation conducted by the men of ICE. The men and women of ICE do this on a daily basis. They are good at this," he said. "When we go out there, we will know who we are looking for. We will most likely know where they will be and everything will be done in a humane way."
Earlier this year at the National Conservatism Conference in Washington, Homan complained about press coverage of a mass deportation operation. "Wait until 2025. No one is excluded. If you're here illegally, you better watch your back." He had also said: 'You have my word. Trump will be back in January, I will be at his side and I will run the largest deportation operation this country has ever seen."
