NBC News: Trump announces Tom Homan as incoming border czar

[Dennis Donovan]

NBC News: Trump announces Tom Homan as incoming border czar

Homan touts hard-line immigration views and has previously vowed to “run the biggest deportation force this country has ever seen.”

Nov. 10, 2024, 11:56 PM EST / Updated Nov. 11, 2024, 12:29 AM EST
By Megan Lebowitz



WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump announced late Sunday that Tom Homan, the former acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement who backed his controversial "zero tolerance" policy, will be his administration's "border czar."

"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 Truth Social.

"I’ve known Tom for a long time, and there is nobody better at policing and controlling our Borders," the post continued. "Likewise, Tom Homan will be in charge of all Deportation of Illegal Aliens back to their Country of Origin. Congratulations to Tom. I have no doubt he will do a fantastic, and long awaited for, job."

Homan touts hard-line immigration views and previously vowed to “run the biggest deportation force this country has ever seen.”

He was an early supporter of the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy, which led to thousands of families being separated at the southern border. Trump eventually signed an executive order in 2018 reversing the family separation policy after public outcry.

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[Hugin]

1. Based on appearances only...

That dude is somewhere between a central casting nazi and a Bond villain’s toady.

[madaboutharry]

2. Do you think cruelty is a trait people are born with?

Let me say this first, I have absolutely no idea how to address the issue of illegal immigration. Countries around the world, not only the United States, haven't figured out how to stem illegal immigration. But one thing I do know is that rounding up approximately 11,000,0000 people and deporting them in mass is not the answer. Especially when we are talking about people who have been here a long time and are contributing to the country in positive and productive ways, ways in which our economy has become dependant.

This guy...Tom Homan...you can see the heartlessness and inhumanity in his face. There should be little doubt that he will approach his new job with brutality.

[jimfields33]

3. They aren't going to round up illegals except maybe ones for criminal records.

What they are going to do is pass a federal law that will stop all funding going to anybody in the country illegally. How that affects the local and state funding I don’t know. But that’s my prediction.

[bdamomma]

21. No that

net, will stretch further,

This Homan guy is a POS, he loved the idea of putting children in cages. The swamp dwellers are surfacing. Cruelty is their thing. And I wouldn't put it past that these people who they are going after will seek revenge on these bastards all who did this to them.

I wonder if the International Criminal Court will even be relevant to go after American fascists????

[Beachnutt]

29. I thought being in a country ILLEGALLY

is a crime is it not ?

[jimfields33]

31. I think it depends on who you talk with

Some think it is and some don’t care and some think it does but ignore it. It’s all over the place.

[Lovie777]

6. Poor governing, conflicts, battles, wars, mistreatment's, mother nature, etc.................

why most people want better, and try to get into other places around the world.

Over populated world, and compassion is not in a lot of people's mind.

[alarimer]

10. People trying to cross the border are refugees, as far as I'm concerned.

Maybe they don't meet the legal definition, but they are fleeing their home countries with good reason. The solution has to include helping those countries, like some kind of Marshall Plan or whatever. Or maybe paying countries along the way to settle them, with jobs, housing, etc. Also MORE legal immigration. But the cruelty IS the point with Trumpians. They don't care how many people die, but they also won't actually help these nations succeed in any other way, either and they will not care when food starts to rot in the fields because they have kept the workers out.

[Dem4life1234]

16. The Rethugs party attracts these types.

Some people are born with it.

Also, many of these people simply hate poor people, and we know undocumented are often poor. They don't see poor people as human.

[bluestarone]

25. You know, i had that very same thought when i saw his face

So true, so true!!

[peregrinus]

38. Here is a solution

There are 1000s of dying towns through out the Midwest. How about settling them there/

[mercuryblues]

39. because those towns would rather die

than allow any non-white person live there.

[superpatriotman]

4. Watch his appearance on 60 Minutes from last month

?si=6_D1NyeFDuDozflZ

He’s a scary, full-throated fucker. Pure fascist. 4:00-15:00

[TheCowsCameHome]

7. My impression exactly

Ugh.

[Quixote1818]

23. In otherwords, no plan, don't know what it will cost, just wing it. nt

[Vinca]

5. I'd say that prosperous Las Vegas family better start packing their bags.

[hatrack]

8. Wow. Lavrenty Beria 2.0

Very appropriate choice for this administration.

[Emrys]

42. I thought "Death of Stalin" was supposed to be a dark historical romp, not a prediction.

OTOH, in this case, if it ends up being predictive - well, FAFO.

[Silver Gaia]

9. This guy is a MONSTER.

[LisaL]

12. Which makes him perfect for the position in the eyes of the Republicans.

NT

[Silver Gaia]

17. Yep. Makes me feel sick to my stomach.

😣 They are all truly monsters.

[peregrinus]

37. He looks like the People Eater from Mad Max

[Silver Gaia]

40. He does.

😳

[oasis]

11. A certain segment of Trump voters will become

saddled with regret.

[Captain Zero]

28. Ah. What a shame.

Nt

[D. Spaulding]

13. Homan was a key contributor to Project 2025

Will be interesting to see how many other contributors will end up in his administration

[louis-t]

14. Wait, I thought the VP was the "border czar"?

[CoopersDad]

15. Just another incarnation of the Devil. He should be in prison.

[Deminpenn]

18. It will only take Homan a few weeks

to do something that gives Trump bad press. Then Trump who has "known Tommy a long time" will claim he's never heard of him, doesn't know him at all

[Emile]

19. He looks nice.

[Hotler]

20. New Ethnic Cleansing Czar.

When they get done burying the bodies of the brown skin people they'll come for us.

[milestogo]

22. Reminds me of Bernie Kerik

[struggle4progress]

24. ... Homan ... designed and oversaw the controversial family separation policy ...

Who is Thomas Homan, Trump’s Newly Appointed ‘Border Czar’?
By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton
Nov. 11, 2024

... He was nominated by Trump in November 2017 to be the permanent director of ICE, but the Senate never acted on it.

He officially retired from ICE in 2018 ...

He is currently a visiting fellow with the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C. He also contributed to Project 2025’s Mandate for Leadership book ...

In his role, he lacks the legal authority over the federal agencies involved in managing the border. So he will have to go through those who are confirmed by the upper chamber or those installed as acting officials or through recess appointments ...

https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2024-11-11/who-is-thomas-homan-trumps-newly-appointed-border-czar

[struggle4progress]

26. Settlement in ACLU's Family Separation Lawsuit

Case: Ms. L v. ICE
December 8, 2023 5:00 pm

... An estimated 4,500-5,000 children and their parents are covered under this settlement.

The government will continue to identify families that were separated, fund their reunification in the U.S., and provide a pathway for them to seek asylum here.

Families will have access to benefits to get them on their feet, such as work authorization, housing and legal assistance, and medical services.

The government is barred from reenacting the zero-tolerance policy over the next eight years ...

https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/court-approves-historic-settlement-in-aclus-family-separation-lawsuit

[bluestarone]

27. I never ever thought that there was a worst place than HELL. BUT

I see our country over taking the title of WORST PLACE THAN HELL!! (at least for the next two years)

[peggysue2]

30. This is the same guy who said . . .

No one had to worry about child separation because he anticipates whole families being deported together, illegal or not.

I've read a number of Mike Madrid's blog posts (former Republican, Never Trumper, political data analyst). He has stated innumerable times that Hispanics voting for Trump do not believe the draconian deportation plans apply to them.

We're all about to find out. The hard way.

[33taw]

32. Is CZAR a new term we need for all of Trump's appointees? Maybe Trump too??

[moondust]

33. "get the hell out of our way"

Get out of our way, Trump's 'border tsar' tells Democrats fighting deportation plans

Tom Homan, who served in the last Trump administration, will be the "border tsar" - he says any Democrats who want to block plans for mass deportations of illegal immigrants should "get the hell out our way"

Thugs rool!!!!

[uponit7771]

34. Looks like he's performed a couple of hangings

[Ray Bruns]

35. The only reason Trump picked Thomas Homan was because Reinhard Heydrich was dead.

[peregrinus]

36. Holy shit It's the People Eater from Mad Max

strait from central casting

[yourout]

43. This guy is one nasty piece of s***.

Add in Steven Miller and they've really cornered the market.

[sakabatou]

44. Always remember that cruelty is one of the base principles of the GOP

[kelly1mm]

45. Bipartisanship in action? Wasn't he originally a President Obama appointee?

"He was appointed by President Barack Obama as the Executive Associate Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in 2013"

"By 2014, Homan had begun to argue that separating children from their parents would be an effective means of discouraging illegal border crossings"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Homan