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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Julia Saqui

AOC confronts Trump’s border czar over family separation policy

President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for border czar previously clashed with democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez over his support for a family separation policy along the US-Mexico border.The New York congresswoman sparred with Tom Homan during a House Oversight Committee hearing in 2019.At the time, Homan said he supported a “zero tolerance” border policy, and confirmed that he recommended family separation as top of a list of policies aimed at tackling illegal immigration.

He was acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement during Trump’s first term, and has since vowed to execute the “biggest deportation operation this country’s ever seen” once he joins Trump’s second administration.

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