President Donald Trump on Tuesday named immigration hardliner Tom Homan, who has served nearly 10 months as acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, to run ICE on a permanent basis.
Homan has run the agency since Obama appointee Sarah Saldaña — the former U.S. attorney in Dallas — stepped down when Trump took office in January. He has been a public face of the administration's crackdowns on immigrants and border security, a tough-talking law enforcement careerist who is unapologetic about being "heartless" when it comes to deporting even the most sympathetic longtime U.S. residents.
Homan's performance as an advocate for Trump's policies made him briefly the subject of speculation for secretary of homeland security. But that vacancy, created when former Marine Gen. John Kelly took over as White House chief of staff, ended up going to a Kelly deputy.
In July, he floated the possibility of charging mayors and other local leaders with violating anti-smuggling laws if they don't abandon "sanctuary city" practices that shield immigrants from federal enforcement efforts.
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2 comments:
he doesnt even have to really do much. Scare a few people, the word will spread pretty quick.
ICE officers beg to disagree. They claim nothing much has changed. For example they are still required to give Utah a week notice before they arrest meaning they seldom find the people as the State notifies them.
Seems they do a few things for photo opts while nothing much changes.
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