Trump Names Tom Homan as Border Czar Without Senate Confirmation

President-elect Donald Trump announced on November 10, 2024 that Tom Homan — former acting ICE director from 2017-2018 — would serve as "Border Czar," overseeing all deportation and border enforcement operations. Homan's position was structured as a White House staff role, bypassing the Senate confirmation process that applies to cabinet secretaries. Homan promised to run "the biggest deportation operation in American history" and had been a vocal architect of the first-term family separation policy.