Thomas Douglas Homan is an American law enforcement officer and political commentator. He served as acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from January 2017 to June 2018. In November 2024, President-elect Donald Trump designated Homan as "border czar," with the official title of White House Executive Associate Director of Enforcement and Removal Operations, during Trump's hypothetical second presidency.
On November 28, 1961, Thomas Douglas Homan was born. He later became a law enforcement officer and political commentator.
In 1983, Homan became a police officer in West Carthage, marking the start of his law enforcement career.
In 1984, Homan joined the US Immigration and Naturalization Service and served as a United States Border Patrol agent, investigator, and supervisor over a 30-year career.
In 2003, Homan served as a supervisor on the Texas border with Mexico, overseeing border operations.
Daniel Ragsdale was deputy director of ICE since May 2012.
In 2013, Homan was appointed by President Barack Obama as Immigration and Customs Enforcement's executive associate director of enforcement and removal operations.
By 2014, Homan began to argue that separating children from their caregivers would be an effective means of discouraging illegal border crossings during the Obama administration.
In 2015, Obama awarded Homan a Presidential Rank Award as a Distinguished Executive, recognizing his effectiveness in deporting people.
On January 30, 2017, President Donald Trump appointed Homan as acting director of ICE, replacing Daniel Ragsdale.
In May 2017, Homan announced that ICE had arrested 41,319 people between Inauguration Day and the end of April, marking a 38% increase from the previous year.
On November 14, 2017, President Trump nominated Homan for the position of ICE director.
In February 2018, Homan stated that politicians who support sanctuary city policies should be charged with crimes.
In April 2018, Homan and Kevin McAleenan formally advised Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen to implement the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy on immigration, including the prosecution of parents and the separation of children from their families.
In May 2018, Homan participated in the press conference announcing that the "zero tolerance" policy on immigration was going into effect.
On June 5, 2018, Homan appeared for a discussion with the policy director of the Center for Immigration Studies, where he defended the separation of children from their parents.
In June 2018, Homan retired from his position as acting ICE director.
On June 29, 2018, Thomas Homan's tenure as acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) came to an end.
After his time in government, Homan began contributing to Fox News as a commentator in 2018.
In 2018, Homan began contributing to Fox News as a commentator after his time in government.
In July 2019, Homan testified before the U.S. House Oversight Committee regarding the Trump administration's family separation policy.
In March 2020, Homan published "Defend the Border and Save Lives: Solving Our Most Important Humanitarian and Security Crisis".
In February 2022, Homan joined the Heritage Foundation.
On February 25, 2022, Homan was slated as a keynote speaker for the America First Political Action Conference held near Orlando, Florida, but left before the conference began after learning that the conference's founder, Nick Fuentes, praised Russian President Vladimir Putin for the invasion of Ukraine.
In November 2022, Homan launched a border-focused project called "Defend the Border and Save Lives" in collaboration with the United West, which was designated as an anti-Muslim hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
In June 2024, Homan was a featured speaker at an anti-immigration event hosted by Terry Newsome in Chicago.
At a July 2024 National Conservatism Conference meeting, Homan stated that if Trump returns in January, he will lead the biggest deportation force the country has ever seen. On July 17, at the 2024 Republican National Convention, Homan called Biden's immigration policies "national suicide" and told "millions of illegal aliens" to "start packing".
In October 2024, Homan was a guest on Terry Newsome's podcast.
On November 10, 2024, President-elect Trump announced that Homan would be joining the incoming administration as the "border czar," in charge of deporting illegal aliens.
In November 2024, President-elect Donald Trump designated Thomas Homan as "Border Czar" during Trump's second presidency.
In February 2025, Hatewatch reported that Homan met multiple times with Proud Boys associate Terry Newsome.
In February 2025, while appearing with New York City mayor Eric Adams on the Fox News program Fox & Friends, Homan threatened Adams regarding cooperation with ICE on immigration issues.
In March 2025, two planeloads of people alleged to be Venezuelan gang members were deported to El Salvador, defying a court order blocking the deportations. Homan stated that the administration completed the deportations despite the court order.
As of April 2025, the Trump administration reported that around 140,000 people had been deported, although some estimates put the number at roughly half that amount.
On 17 April 2025, Homan was interviewed by Kaitlan Collins about the deportation of American citizens to foreign prisons. He said that was "out of his lane" and deferred to Attorney-General Pam Bondi.
In 2025, Homan became a contributor to the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025, which proposes mass arrests, detentions, and deportations of illegal immigrants across the nation.
In July 2024, at a National Conservatism Conference meeting, Homan referenced 2025 and his plans to run the biggest deportation force the country has ever seen if Trump returns to office.
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