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Trump Appoints Thomas Homan to Be Acting Director of ICE

HeadlineJan 31, 2017

Trump has appointed Thomas Homan to be the acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Homan is a former NYPD officer and Border Patrol agent. Since 2013, he’s served as ICE’s executive associate director of enforcement and removal operations. In 2016, The Washington Post profiled Homan, with a lede that read: “Thomas Homan deports people. And he’s really good at it.” The Washington Post also reported Monday that Jon Feere is slated to join the Department of Homeland Security. Feere is a longtime employee of the leading anti-immigrant think tank the Center for Immigration Studies.

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