1. Thomas Douglas Homan was born on November 28,1961 and is an American law enforcement officer and political commentator who served as acting director of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement from January 30,2017, to June 29,2018.
18 Facts About Tom Homan
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Tom Homan was born in West Carthage, New York, into a Roman Catholic family.
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Tom Homan received an associate degree in criminal justice from Jefferson Community College and a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from SUNY Polytechnic Institute.
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In 1984, Tom Homan joined what was then called the Immigration and Naturalization Service, serving as a Border Patrol agent, investigator, and supervisor.
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Tom Homan was appointed by President Barack Obama as Immigration and Customs Enforcement's executive associate director of enforcement and removal operations in 2013.
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On January30,2017, President Donald Trump demoted acting ICE director Daniel Ragsdale to deputy director, a position Ragsdale had already held since May 2012, and appointed Tom Homan as acting director.
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In February 2018, Tom Homan said that politicians who support sanctuary city policies should be charged with crimes.
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Tom Homan participated in the May 2018 press conference announcing that the policy was going into effect.
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On June5,2018, Tom 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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Tom Homan retired from his position as acting ICE director in June 2018.
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In July 2019, Tom Homan testified before the US House Oversight Committee regarding the Trump administration's family separation policy.
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In February 2022, Tom Homan joined the Heritage Foundation, and became a contributor to its Project 2025, which proposes mass arrests, detentions and deportations of illegal immigrants across the nation, though his name is not listed on any specific chapter or policy ideas.
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On February 25,2022, Tom Homan was slated as a keynote speaker for the America First Political Action Conference held near Orlando, Florida, but left before the conference began after he learned that the conference's founder Nick Fuentes praised Russian president Vladimir Putin for the invasion of Ukraine.
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In November 2022, Tom Homan launched a border-focused project called "Defend the Border and Save Lives" in collaboration with the United West, a Southern Poverty Law Center-designated anti-Muslim hate group.
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Tom Homan said that drug cartels would be designated as terrorist organizations and that Donald Trump would "wipe them off the face of the earth".
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In February 2025, Hatewatch reported that Tom Homan met multiple times with Proud Boys associate Terry Newsome.
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Tom Homan told the media that the administration completed the deportations despite the court order, because the court order was made when the planes were above international waters after departing the United States.
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Tom Homan is married to Elizabeth Homan and they have four children together.