Trump’s New ‘border czar’ Tom Homan Vowed to Launch America’s ‘biggest deportation operation’ — and Sparred with AOC; Trump’s New Border Czar Puts Sanctuary Cities On Notice: ‘Get the hell out of the way’

Trump’s new ‘border czar’ Tom Homan vowed to launch America’s ‘biggest deportation operation’ — and sparred with AOC:

President-elect Donald Trump’s newly appointed “border czar” Tom Homan previously vowed to launch the “biggest deportation operation this country’s ever seen” — and once sparred with progressive New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez over his “zero-tolerance” border policy.

Homan, who was acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement during Trump’s first term and oversaw the agency’s controversial family separation policy, was tapped by the president-elect to take charge of border security, stem the surge of illegal immigration, enact mass deportations of illegal migrants, and crack down on drug cartels.

Earlier this year at the National Conservatism Conference in Washington, Homan promised to “run the biggest deportation operation this country’s ever seen.”

“Wait until 2025,” he said, “no one’s off the table. If you’re here illegally, you better be looking over your shoulder.

“You’ve got my word,” he added, continuing, “Trump comes back in January, I’ll be in his heels coming back, and I will run the biggest deportation operation this country’s ever seen.”

Since Trump’s Sunday announcement of Homan’s appointment, clips of the ex-acting ICE director talking tough on the border have gone viral.

In one clip, the no-nonsense former police officer and Border Patrol agent engages in a fiery exchange with Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) during a House Oversight Committee hearing in 2019.

“I recommended zero-tolerance,” Homan says in the heated back-and-forth on the treatment of migrant families.

The family separation policy is the same “with every US citizen parent who gets arrested with their child,” he continues in the clip, which has garnered more than 3 million views on X since it was posted early Monday. —>READ MORE HERE

Trump’s new border czar puts sanctuary cities on notice: ‘Get the hell out of the way’:

Tom Homan, President-elect Donald Trump’s new border czar, delivered a stern warning to sanctuary cities on Monday by telling them to “get the hell out of the way” as the next administration comes for illegal immigrants.

Appointing Mr. Homan is one of Mr. Trump’s boldest moves as he staffs his administration. He also said he would nominate Rep. Elise Stefanik, the No. 4 House Republican, as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and Stephen Miller as deputy White House chief of staff for policy.

Mr. Miller was an architect of Mr. Trump’s immigration policy in his first term. Naming him and Mr. Homan marks an aggressive start to Mr. Trump’s attempts to resolve the border crisis.

Mr. Trump also, according to multiple reports, has settled on two of the top picks for his foreign policy team: Sen. Marco Rubio for secretary of state and Rep. Michael Waltz for national security adviser.

In an interview with Fox News on Monday, Mr. Homan laid out an expansive effort to carry out Mr. Trump’s mass deportation promises.

He said the administration will start with illegal immigrants who have criminal records or threaten national security. The estimated 1.1 million illegal immigrants who have refused to comply with deportation orders also will be priority targets.

Mr. Homan said sanctuary cities won’t be able to protect illegal immigrants from deportation.

“If sanctuary cities don’t want to help us, then get the hell out of the way. We’re coming,” he said.

Mr. Homan started his career as a Border Patrol agent and served in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement before becoming acting director at the start of the first Trump administration. He was nominated to hold the position in full but met resistance in the Senate and never received a confirmation vote.

In the intervening years, he has advocated for stiffer immigration enforcement and criticized President Biden.

Mr. Trump said he was eager to get Mr. Homan back to work. —>READ MORE HERE

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