Trump Announces New Border Czar in Dead of Night—and He’s a Nightmare
Donald Trump named his new border czar in the middle of the night to carry out his dreadful mass deportation plans. “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 on his Truth Social platform late Sunday night. “I’ve known Tom for a long time, and there is nobody better at policing and controlling our Borders.”Homan is best known for crafting and then overseeing Trump’s ruthless 2017 “zero tolerance” family separation policy that resulted in almost 2,000 children being ripped from their families after being detained at the southern border. This policy resulted in traumatic, inhumane mistreatment of migrants and their children. It was widely criticized and put on hold in 2018, around the time that Homan stepped down as ICE director.Homan has been bullish about his role in the process, telling the Republican National Convention crowd this summer that he had a message for the millions of migrants coming to this country for a better opportunity for themselves and their children: “You better start packing now. You’re damn right. Cause you’re going home.”Homan doubled down on his hard-line stance on 60 Minutes last month. When asked by Cecilia Vega if there was a way to carry out Trump’s mass deportation dreams without separating families, Homan responded, “Of course there is. Families can be deported together.”
Donald Trump named his new border czar in the middle of the night to carry out his dreadful mass deportation plans.
“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 on his Truth Social platform late Sunday night. “I’ve known Tom for a long time, and there is nobody better at policing and controlling our Borders.”
Homan is best known for crafting and then overseeing Trump’s ruthless 2017 “zero tolerance” family separation policy that resulted in almost 2,000 children being ripped from their families after being detained at the southern border. This policy resulted in traumatic, inhumane mistreatment of migrants and their children. It was widely criticized and put on hold in 2018, around the time that Homan stepped down as ICE director.
Homan has been bullish about his role in the process, telling the Republican National Convention crowd this summer that he had a message for the millions of migrants coming to this country for a better opportunity for themselves and their children: “You better start packing now. You’re damn right. Cause you’re going home.”
Homan doubled down on his hard-line stance on 60 Minutes last month. When asked by Cecilia Vega if there was a way to carry out Trump’s mass deportation dreams without separating families, Homan responded, “Of course there is. Families can be deported together.”
