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com's presidential election live blog for all the latest news and updates By JOE TACOPINO FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 02:22 EST, 11 November 2024 | Updated: 03:06 EST, 11 November 2024 e-mail View comments Donald Trump announced late Sunday that his former ICE director Tom Homan would serve as 'border czar' to oversee the largest deportation of immigrants in US history. The president elect, 78, said on Truth Social that Homan would oversee the country's borders in the incoming administration just days after his landslide victory against Vice President Kamala Harris .
'I am pleased to announce that the Former ICE Director, and stalwart on Border Control, Tom Homan, will be joining the Trump Administration, in charge of our Nation's Borders ("The Border Czar"),' Trump posted on his social network Truth Social. 'I've known Tom for a long time, and there is nobody better at policing and controlling our Borders.' Tom Homan, former Acting Director of US Immigration and and Customs Enforcement, was appointed to the incoming administration The new 'border czar' is expected to oversee the mass deportation of illegal immigrants Trump said Homan will be in charge of 'all Deportation of Illegal Aliens back to their Country of Origin.
' Homan has said all of the estimated 20 million people residing in the US illegally would be targeted by the unprecedented campaign. He said: 'Bottom line: if you come to the country illegally, you're not off the table.' He was asked during an interview on 60 Minutes last month whether large scale deportation could take place without separating families.
'Of course there is. Families can be deported together,' he said bluntly. Tom Homan (left) will serve as 'border czar' in the Trump Administration Trump announced the 'border czar' position on Truth Social 'I hear a lot of people say, "The talk of a mass deportation is racist.
It's threatening to the immigrant community,"' he said, while adding it should only 'be threatening to the illegal immigrant community.' Homan appeared at the Republican National Convention in July, telling supporters: 'I got a message to the millions of illegal immigrants that Joe Biden's released in our country: You better start packing now.' The move by Trump comes after he announced that Susie Wiles would be his chief of staff in the White House.
The 'Ice Baby' - as she has been nicknamed - will be the first female chief of staff in U.S. history.
The 67-year-old ran the campaign that propelled him to an historic election win over Harris. Wiles ran his race from behind the scenes and is one of the most feared and effective political operatives in the nation. Susie Wiles would be the first female chief of staff in U.
S. history Also on Sunday night, Trump offered Republican Congresswoman Elise Stefanik the job of US ambassador to the United Nations. The House Republican and ally of the president accepted the UN gig after it was offered on Sunday, according to The New York Post.
'I am honored to nominate Chairwoman Elise Stefanik to serve in my Cabinet as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.
Elise is an incredibly strong, tough, and smart America First fighter,' Trump told the newspaper. The move to pick Stefanik appeared to be a snub to former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley , who did not appear on the campaign trail for him despite repeatedly claiming she was 'on standby'. Stefanik had appeared at Trump's now infamous rally inside Madison Square Garden last month as the race for the White House intensified.
The New York representative accepted the role previously held by Haley - who had ran against Trump in the Republican primaries. 'I am truly honored to earn President Trump’s nomination to serve in his Cabinet as U.S.
Ambassador to the United Nations,' Stefanik told The Post. Trump offered Republican Congresswoman Elise Stefanik the job of US ambassador to the United Nations Trump has vowed to tackle migrant gangs using the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 - which allows the federal government to round up and deport foreigners belonging to enemy countries - as part of a mass deportation drive he christened 'Operation Aurora.' Aurora was the scene of a viral video showing armed Latinos rampaging through an apartment block that spurred sweeping, false narratives about the town being terrorized by Latin American migrants.
Trump has similarly promoted the fictitious story that Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio, are eating residents' pets. Donald Trump Joe Biden Mexico Ice-T Share or comment on this article: Trump announces his new 'border czar' Tom Homan to lead the biggest mass deportation in U.S.
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