Thomas Homan

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Thomas Homan
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Director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Acting
In office
January 30, 2017 – June 29, 2018
PresidentDonald Trump
DeputyPeter T. Edge (Acting)
Preceded byDaniel Ragsdale (Acting)
Succeeded byRonald Vitiello (Acting)
Personal details
Born (1961-11-28) November 28, 1961 (age 59)
West Carthage, New York, U.S.
EducationJefferson Community College, New York
State University of New York, Utica-Rome (BAS)

Thomas Douglas Homan (born November 28, 1961) is a former American police officer and government official who served during the Trump administration as Acting Director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from January 30, 2017 to June 29, 2018.[1] Since his retirement from the government, he has been a Fox News contributor.[2]

Career[]

Homan was born in West Carthage, New York. He holds an associate degree in criminal justice from Jefferson Community College and a bachelor's degree from SUNY Polytechnic Institute.[3] He was a police officer in West Carthage, New York before joining what was then called the Immigration and Naturalization Service in 1984. He 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.[4] In 2015, Obama gave him a Presidential Rank Award as a Distinguished Executive. A Washington Post article at the time stated, "Thomas Homan deports people. And he's really good at it."[5][6]

Director of ICE[]

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.[7][8][9][10][11]

In May 2017, Homan announced ICE had arrested 41,319 people between Inauguration Day and the end of April, a 38% increase from the same period the year before.[12]

As ICE director, Homan said that undocumented immigrants "should be afraid."[13] He has denied saying "aliens commit more crimes than US citizens".[14]

On November 14, 2017, Trump nominated Homan for ICE Director.[15]

In February 2018, Homan said that politicians who support sanctuary city policies should be charged with crimes.[16]

On April 30, 2018, he announced that he would retire from his position as acting ICE Director effective June of the same year.[17]

On June 5, 2018, Homan appeared for a discussion with the Policy Director of the Center for Immigration Studies, an anti-immigration group, in which he defended the policy of separating parents from their children, and lauded Trump, saying that "no president has done more for border security and public safety than this president."[18][19]

In July 2019, Homan testified before the House Oversight Committee regarding the Trump administration's family separation policy.[20]

References[]

  1. ^ "Statement from Secretary Kelly on the President's Appointment of Thomas D. Homan as Acting ICE Director". The US Department of Homeland Security. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  2. ^ Blitzer, Jonathan (June 24, 2019). "ICE Agents Are Losing Patience with Trump's Chaotic Immigration Policy". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
  3. ^ "Trump appoints West Carthage native as ICE director". Watertown Daily Times.
  4. ^ Nixon, Ron (January 31, 2017). "Trump Names Thomas Homan as Acting Immigration Enforcement Chief". The New York Times. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  5. ^ "Meet the man the White House has honored for deporting illegal immigrants". The Washington Post. April 25, 2016. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  6. ^ "5 things to know about ICE Director Thomas Homan". ABC 10. Retrieved May 26, 2017.
  7. ^ Berman, Mark; Zapotosky, Matt (January 30, 2017). "Trump appoints new Immigration and Customs Enforcement director noted for his work deporting illegal immigrants". Washington Post. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  8. ^ Chamberlain, Samuel (January 31, 2017). "Trump Names Thomas Homan Acting Director of ICE". Fox News. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
  9. ^ Lavender, Paige (January 30, 2017). "Trump Fires ICE Director Daniel Ragsdale, Appoints Thomas Homan". The Huffington Post. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  10. ^ "Statement from Secretary Kelly on the President's Appointment of Thomas D. Homan as Acting ICE Director". Department of Homeland Security. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  11. ^ Lichtblau, Eric; Apuzzo, Matt; Landler, Mark (January 30, 2017). "Trump Fires Acting Attorney General". New York Times. Retrieved January 31, 2017. The decision by the acting attorney general is a remarkable rebuke by a government official to a sitting president that recalls the dramatic "Saturday Night Massacre" in 1973, when President Richard M. Nixon fired his attorney general and deputy attorney general for refusing to dismiss the special prosecutor in the Watergate case. That case prompted a constitutional crisis that ended when Robert Bork, the solicitor general, acceded to Mr. Nixon's order and fired Archibald Cox, the special prosecutor.
  12. ^ Dickerson, Caitlin (May 18, 2017). "Immigration Arrests Rise Sharply as a Trump Mandate Is Carried Out". The New York Times. p. A22. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
  13. ^ Kopan, Tal (June 16, 2017). "ICE Director: Undocumented Immigrants 'Should be Afraid'". CNN. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
  14. ^ Mark, Michelle (June 28, 2017). "ICE Director Appears to Break with One of Trump's Key Beliefs on Immigrants and Crime". Business Insider. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
  15. ^ "One Nomination Sent to the Senate". whitehouse.gov. November 14, 2017. Retrieved November 17, 2017 – via National Archives.
  16. ^ Conradis, Brandon (January 2, 2018). "Trump ICE pick: Politicians who run sanctuary cities should be charged with crimes". TheHill. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
  17. ^ The Hill. "Acting ICE director to retire". Retrieved April 30, 2018.
  18. ^ Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Defends Separating Families at the Border, Time Magazine, Maya Rhodan, June 5, 2018. Retrieved June 6, 2018.
  19. ^ CNN, Acting ICE director on whether 'zero tolerance' policy is humane: 'It's the law', retrieved June 19, 2018
  20. ^ Kaufman, Elle. "Former ICE official trades heated words with lawmakers at hearing". CNN. Retrieved August 8, 2019.

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Government offices
Preceded by
Daniel Ragsdale(Acting) 		Acting Director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
January 30, 2017 - June 29, 2018 		Succeeded by
Ronald Vitiello(Acting)
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