Who is Tom Homan? Trump’s ‘Border Czar’

President-elect Donald Trump has named Tom Homan as his ‘border czar’.  But who is he?  #trump #homan #borderczar #2024 #fyp #usa #immigration

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00:00Another message to the criminal cartels in Mexico,

00:03when President Trump gets back in office,

00:05he's going to designate you a terrorist organization.

00:08He's going to wipe you off the face of the earth.

00:10You're done.

00:11President-elect Donald Trump has named Tom Homan

00:13as his border czar.

00:14But who is he?

00:15You recommended family separation.

00:17I recommended zero tolerance.

00:19Homan, who previously served as acting director

00:21of Immigration and Customs Enforcement under Trump,

00:24is known for being a border hawk

00:26with a tough stance on immigration.

00:28We'll lock this border down in 120 days.

00:31But Homan was actually first appointed

00:33by President Obama in 2013,

00:35overseeing a record number of deportations.

00:39His efforts even earned him the Presidential Rank Award,

00:41the highest honor for civil servants.

00:44Under Trump, Homan championed

00:46aggressive deportation policies,

00:48claiming immigrants would be looking over their shoulder.

00:51In an April 2016 article,

00:53The Washington Post wrote,

00:55Thomas Homan deports people,

00:57and he's really good at it.

00:59Legal asylees are not charged with any crime.

01:02When you're in the country illegally,

01:03it's violation 8 United States Code 1325.