Trump’s Border Czar Pledges Humane Approach to Family Deportations

Tom Homan, the man tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to lead the administration’s deportation strategy, has promised that deporting illegal migrant families will be handled humanely. Homan, who served as acting ICE director during Trump’s first term, emphasized that the new administration’s plans would focus on restoring public confidence in immigration enforcement while upholding dignity.

Under the second Trump administration, immigration enforcement is set to ramp up significantly. Plans include a large-scale deportation operation starting with violent criminals and extending to families who entered the U.S. illegally. Homan, now serving as the administration’s “border czar,” assured the public, “We need to show the American people we can do this and not be inhumane about it.”

Homan outlined the key components of the strategy:

• Detention of Families: Families will be housed in “soft-sided” tent structures while undergoing deportation proceedings.

• New Family Facilities: The administration will assess data to determine how many beds and resources are needed to accommodate detained families.

• Choice for Families: Parents facing deportation will be allowed to decide whether to leave the U.S. with their children or separate and leave their U.S.-born children behind.

In addition to family deportations, the administration will address the more than 300,000 unaccompanied minors who entered the country illegally and were placed with adult sponsors. Many of these sponsors have stopped responding to government welfare checks.

“I think some of these children will be in forced labor, and some will be in the sex trade,” Homan said. “I think some will be perfectly fine. We just want to make sure.”

Families who reunite with these children will also face deportation proceedings as a unit, with Homan clarifying, “We’ll let them get the child and put them in proceedings with the child, so they can go to court and plead their case as a family.”

According to federal data, nearly 7.8 million illegal migrants are currently in the U.S., with approximately 8.6% 662,586 individuals convicted of crimes or facing charges. Homan expressed confidence that illegal immigration numbers would decline as enforcement increases.

“They’re going to try to come illegally, but once the message is clear that we’re ending catch-and-release, the numbers will reduce,” he said.

Homan’s plan reflects an effort to balance robust enforcement with a humane approach, ensuring families are treated with dignity while sending a clear message about the rule of law. As the administration prepares to implement its policies, the debate over immigration enforcement is likely to intensify.

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