Trump Names Former ICE Director Thomas Homan as Border Czar

A former director of an immigration enforcement agency will join the second Trump administration as border czar, President-elect Donald Trump said on Nov. 10.
The former president said that there is nobody better at controlling the borders and that Homan, 62, “will be in charge of all Deportation of Illegal Aliens back to their Country of Origin.”
Border czar is an informal position that does not require approval from the U.S. Senate.
Homan said during an appearance on Fox News on Nov. 11 that he has been complaining about the immigration crisis for years and would be a hypocrite if he did not accept the request to head efforts on the border. “I’m honored the president asked me to come back and help solve this national security crisis, so I’m looking forward to it,” he said.
Homan served as acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), an agency charged with protecting the United States from illegal immigration, from 2017 through 2018. Most deportations are carried out by ICE, which is part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Some lawmakers praised the selection of Homan, who is a visiting fellow at The Heritage Foundation.
Homan has advocated enforcing federal laws concerning illegal immigration, including deporting people who are illegally in the country.
Trump, both before and since the recent election, has outlined a plan to conduct mass deportations of illegal immigrants.
Estimates of the illegal immigrant population in the United States range from about 11 million to 21 million.
The number of illegal immigrants crossing the borders has spiked since Trump left office. The Biden administration revoked some Trump-era immigration policies, including the building of the wall at the U.S.–Mexico border, although Biden later resumed some wall construction. President Joe Biden also paused deportations for some time, and during his administration, there have been lower levels of deportations than under Trump.
Many Democrat lawmakers have criticized Trump’s mass deportation plan, saying they believe it will affect long-settled families and negatively affect the economy.