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We are just 14 days away from Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration, setting the stage for a new era in the world of immigration.
The President’s border czar Tom Homan is set to be one of the key players of the incoming Trump administration, in charge of securing our nation’s borders. Homan was the former acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during the first Trump administration, and was a key contributor of Project 2025, a conservative political agenda.
On Sunday night, Tom Homan appeared on CBS News’s, “Face the Nation” where he was asked about his plans to carry out the largest deportation operation in history, during a time when deportations have already been at a record high under President Biden.
Homan responded by criticizing the Biden administration’s deportation record, stating that 80 percent of the deportation numbers were from Border Patrol arrests, and not interior enforcement arrests carried out by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
When asked whether Trump’s deportation numbers would come from arresting and deporting people within the interior of the United States versus securing the southern border, Homan deflected instead focusing on Biden’s dismal track record on border security.
He was further questioned about the Trump administration’s deportation plans on day one, including whether ICE plans to conduct workplace raids across the nation to remove undocumented immigrants from the country.