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The Former Border Patrol Agent’s Ambitious Plans to Reform U.S. Immigration Policy May Put Him on a Collision Course With U.S. Bishops
If the second Trump administration does what the president-elect says about immigration — finish the wall, stop unauthorized border crossings, keep asylum applicants in Mexico while their case is pending, and deport millions of foreign-born people here without legal residency — it will be a Catholic overseeing the effort.
Tom Homan, a former U.S. Border Patrol agent, is President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for border czar.
Homan, 62, who served as acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the first Trump administration, grew up in West Carthage, a village in far upstate New York about 30 miles southeast of the border with Canada. He is one of seven children. His father was a police officer and later a local magistrate; his mother was a homemaker.
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If the second Trump administration does what the president-elect says about immigration — finish the wall, stop unauthorized border crossings, keep asylum applicants in Mexico while their case is pending, and deport millions of foreign-born people here without legal residency — it will be a Catholic overseeing the effort.
Tom Homan, a former U.S. Border Patrol agent, is President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for border czar.
Homan, 62, who served as acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the first Trump administration, grew up in West Carthage, a village in far upstate New York about 30 miles southeast of the border with Canada. He is one of seven children. His father was a police officer and later a local magistrate; his mother was a homemaker.
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Border Czar Tom Homan: Faith and Policy at a Crossroads
The Former Border Patrol Agent’s Ambitious Plans to Reform U.S. Immigration Policy May Put Him on a Collision Course With U.S. Bishops