Thomas Douglas Homan is an American former police officer and government official who served during the Trump Administration as Acting Director of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement from January 30,2017 to June 29,2018.
10 Facts About Thomas Homan
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Thomas Homan holds an associate degree in criminal justice from Jefferson Community College and a bachelor's degree from SUNY Polytechnic Institute.
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Thomas Homan was a police officer in West Carthage, New York before joining what was then called the Immigration and Naturalization Service in 1984.
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Thomas Homan was a Border Patrol agent, investigator, and supervisor before being appointed by President Barack Obama to Executive Associate Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in 2013.
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On January 30,2017, President Donald Trump demoted acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement director Daniel Ragsdale to deputy director, a position he already held, and appointed Homan as acting director.
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In February 2018, Thomas Homan said that politicians who support sanctuary city policies should be charged with crimes.
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Thomas Homan participated in the May 2018 press conference announcing that the policy was going into effect.
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On June 5,2018, Thomas Homan appeared for a discussion with the Policy Director of the Center for Immigration Studies, where he defended the separation of children from their parents.
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In July 2019, Thomas Homan testified before the House Oversight Committee regarding the Trump administration's family separation policy.
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On February 25,2022, Thomas Homan was slated as a keynote speaker for the America First Political Action Conference in Orlando, but left before the conference began after he learned that the founder Nick Fuentes had praised Putin for the Invasion of Ukraine.