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Trump says former Ice director Tom Homan will be in charge of borders and deportations

Tom Homan testifies in 2019 over his time as acting director of Ice.
Tom Homan testifies in 2019 over his time as acting director of Ice. Donald Trump has said he will be the new US ‘border czar’. Photograph: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

US president-elect Donald Trump said on Sunday that Tom Homan, the former acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice), will be in charge of the country’s borders in his new administration.

Homan’s areas of control will include “the southern border, the northern border, all maritime, and aviation security”, Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform. Trump added that “border czar” Homan will be in charge of the deportation of illegal immigrants.

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