Trump ‘Border Czar’ Pick Outlines First Priorities on Handling Illegal Immigration

‘I don’t care if you’re Republican or Democrat or independent, for border security is national security,’ Tom Homan says.

ICE Acting Director Tom Homan at the National Press Club at an event hosted by the Center for Immigration Studies, on June 5, 2018. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times

President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for “border czar” on Monday provided more details about the forthcoming administration’s plans on dealing with illegal immigration and the border.

Trump on Sunday evening named Tom Homan, the former director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) under the first Trump administration, to lead his agency’s border effort.