The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported that Tom Horman, who was appointed as the ‘border czar’ who will oversee U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s ‘second-term immigration policy’, will take on the role of coordinating President-elect Trump’s hard-line pledges and realistically implementable policies. It was reported on the 11th.
During his presidential campaign, President-elect Trump pledged “the largest deportation operation in American history” and announced that he would deport 15 to 20 million illegal immigrants. However, recently, Homan has been emphasizing through various broadcast appearances that “illegal immigrants with criminal records will be deported first.” It also mentions that considering budget and manpower constraints, the possibility of large-scale deportation cannot be certain.
In an interview with WSJ, Homan said, “I keep getting questions about how many people we will evict in the first 100 days (of Trump’s second term), and I don’t know. I don’t know what resources I will have or how much funding Congress will provide.” He said.
Homan is a border security expert who has worked in various government agencies for more than 40 years, starting with the Border Patrol in 1984. During Trump’s first term, he served as acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). After President-elect Trump won the presidential election, Horman traveled around the country communicating with local officials and contacting private construction companies to create space to detain illegal immigrants. He recommends active cooperation with ICE to deport immigrants even in areas where the Democratic Party is strong.
WSJ evaluated Homan as a person who fits the preferences of President-elect Trump, who values both ‘image making’ and efficient policy design. In 2017, President-elect Trump described the appearance of Horman, who was acting director of ICE at the time, as “very rough and mean,” and praised him, saying, “That’s exactly what I was looking for.”
However, there are complaints from some hard-core Republican supporters that Homan’s ‘two-track’ strategy, which emphasizes realism, is “weakening Trump’s promises.”
Reporter Yunjin Kim [email protected]
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