Fox News: Trump to appoint former ICE Director Tom Homan as next ‘border czar’: ‘nobody better at policing our borders’

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Trump to appoint former ICE Director Tom Homan as next 'border czar': 'nobody better at policing our borders'

Homan is a former acting Head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). It's the second major appointee for President-elect Donald Trump's second term.......                    ...                        ...President-elect You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login announced on Sunday that he plans to appoint Thomas Homan as the next "border czar."......Trump made the announcement on his You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login Truth Social......."��I've known Tom for a long time, and there is nobody better at policing and controlling our Borders. Likewise, Tom Homan will be in charge of all Deportation of You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login back to their Country of Origin. Congratulations to Tom. I have no doubt he will do a fantastic, and long awaited for, job."......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Trump added that the "border czar" position isn't just for monitoring the U.S. southern border with Mexico, but also "the Northern Border, all Maritime, and Aviation Security. I've known Tom for a long time, and there is nobody better at policing and controlling our Borders."......This comes less than a week after Trump secured his second presidency, defeating You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, who was dubbed the "border czar" in the Biden administration.......Border security was a strong point of Trump's first presidency, and it was a stalwart during both his 2020 and 2024 campaigns.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Illegal border crossings surged under the Biden administration, with nearly 3 million in fiscal year 2024, according to You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login. There have been more than 10.8 million illegal encounters since FY 2021.......Trump vowed during his campaign he would once again take a hard-line approach to securing the border......."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 during a You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login interview on Sunday, adding that deportations would be a "humane operation."......Trump during his campaign referenced illegal migrants as people fleeing countries that didn't want them. He often said at his rallies that illegal immigrants flooded the U.S. with drugs and gangs, and that they became a hub for smuggling and human trafficking, saying they are "poisoning the blood of our country."......"They're rough people, in many cases from jails, prisons, from mental institutions, insane asylums," Trump said. "You know, insane asylums, that's 'Silence of the Lambs' stuff."......This is only the beginning of thousands of positions that need to be filled by his presidency. Trump has already announced that Susie Wiles, his co-campaign manager, will be the White House chief of staff....

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