Tom Homan defends his plan to carry out mass deportations once Donald Trump’s second term begins next year.
Trump’s new “border czar” said the administration will make it a priority to “secure the border and conduct this deportation operation.”
“I think the call is clear,” Homan said on Fox & Friends Monday morning. “I have to go back and help.”
“I’m pissed at what the (Biden) administration did with the most secure border of my lifetime, so I’m going to go back and do what I can to fix it,” he added.
The president-elect said during his campaign for a second term that he would carry out the largest number of deportations ever to cleanse the country of illegal immigrants after the border remained open during President Joe Biden’s administration.
Homan, who is credited with implementing child separation policies, is a key part of Trump’s plan and will carry out his tough border policies.
Former acting ICE director Tom Homan defended Donald Trump’s plan to carry out mass deportations after being named new ‘border czar’
‘I have been clear, President Trump has been clear. “Threats to public safety and national security will be the priority because they have to be: they represent the greatest danger in this country,” Homan said.
“So we’re going to prioritize those groups.”
Trump announced in a Truth Social post on Sunday that Homan would succeed Vice President Kamala Harris as the new “border czar.”
The position does not require Senate confirmation and would make him part of the White House staff.
Homan, a Fox News contributor and fellow at the conservative Heritage Foundation, said he has “complained, yelled and screamed” for years about what the Biden administration did to implement policies that allowed mass illegal immigration and drug trafficking to proliferate. people and drugs.
He also said he has proposed ways to fix it.
‘So when the president asked me, ‘Would you go back and fix it?’ Of course. I would be a hypocrite if I didn’t,” Homan explained. “I’m honored that the president asked me to come back and help solve this national security crisis, so I’m looking forward to it.”
Homan’s ‘border czar’ position is one of the first positions Trump announced he would fill just days after winning the 2024 presidential election.
“I know exactly what I’m doing, and this is the second time I’ve come out of retirement for this president, because it’s important,” Homan continued.
‘I was a Border Patrol agent, I wore that uniform and I’m proud to have worn it. I was an ICE agent. I was the first ICE director to rise through the ranks, so of the 20,000 men and women who worked for me, I didn’t ask them to do anything I wouldn’t do, because I was one of them.’
Homan was one of the first positions filled as Trump continues to make announcements about who will fill out his staff.
Trump’s senior campaign adviser Susie Wiles was tapped to be the first female chief of staff and Rep. Elise Stefanik (R.N.Y.) was announced as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations after Trump said no. would bring back Nikki Haley. .
