President-Elect Trump Picks Tom Homan to Oversee Border Security, Deportations | 11 Nov 2024 | Border hawk Thomas Homan is getting a prize border security job in the new administration, incoming President Donald Trump said in a message via his Truth Social media network. Homan is an experienced border officer who served as acting chief of the vital Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency in 2017 and 2018. The agency is responsible for finding, arresting, and deporting illegal migrants. Homan strongly supported Trump during the 2024 election. However, the statement did not say Homan would be nominated to run the Department of Homeland Security or the ICE agency. Instead, the statement suggests he will serve as a “Border Czar,” and will play an advocacy and coordinating role within the White House staff: