Trump Names Former ICE Director Tom Homan ‘Border Czar’

Former ICE director Tom Homan will serve as President-elect Donald Trump’s “border czar,” overseeing border security and leading efforts to deport illegal immigrants, Trump announced Sunday evening. “I’ve known Tom for a long time, and there is nobody better at policing and controlling our Borders,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, calling Homan “a stalwart on

What to know about Tom Homan, Trump’s new border czar

Tom Homan, tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to be his second administration’s border czar, is a veteran immigration official and immigration hawk whose law enforcement career spans decades.  Once a police officer in New York state and Border Patrol agent, the Obama administration tapped him to head Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s deportation branch in 2013.