Following his victory against Kamala Harris and before his inauguration on January 20, Donald Trump is already beginning to outline the contours of his next mandate. The president-elect thus announced on Sunday the return of Tom Homan, a hard-liner, at the head of the agency responsible for border and immigration control (ICE).
“I am pleased to announce that former ICE Director and Border Control stalwart Tom Homan will be joining the Trump Administration where he will be responsible for our nation’s borders (“The Border Czar”) », Wrote the Republican on his Truth Social network.
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“I have known Tom for a long time, and there is no one better than him to monitor and control our borders,” continued Donald Trump, affirming that the new director of ICE will be responsible for “all expulsions of aliens illegally to their country of origin.
The 78-year-old president-elect has pledged to launch, on the first day of his mandate, the largest operation to deport illegal migrants in the history of the United States. During his campaign, he raged on several occasions against illegal migrants who, according to him, “poison the blood” of his country, and promised to reinstate a policy of family separation at the border.
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Thomas Homan had already led ICE during Donald Trump’s previous term (2017-2021). Under this first Trump presidency, nearly 4,000 migrant children were separated from their parents and placed in detention.
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