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Tom Homan, left, is seen in an April 26, 2018, photo in East Point, Ga., and Stephen Miller is seen in an Oct. 9, 2024, photo in Reading, Pa.

A pair of Trump officials have defended family separation and ramped-up deportations

By Elliot Spagat - Associated Press

Thomas Homan, former acting director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, testifies during a House Oversight subcommittee hearing into the Trump administration's decision to stop considering requests from immigrants seeking to remain in the country for medical treatment and other hardships, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) **FILE**

Thomas Homan, former ICE chief, shut down at UPenn

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

From left to right, Jennifer Costello, Department of Homeland Security acting Inspector General, Ann Maxwell, Department of Health and Human Services Assistant Inspector General for Evaluation and Inspections, Elora Mukherjee, Jerome L. Greene Clinical Professor of Law Columbia Law School, Jennifer Nagda, Policy Director, Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights and Thomas D. Homan, former acting Director, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, are sworn in before testifying before the House Oversight Committee hearing on family separation and detention centers, Friday, July 12, 2019 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Thomas Homan, former acting ICE director, clashes with Dems

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this April 26, 2018, file photo, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement acting Director Thomas Homan poses for a portrait in East Point, Ga. President Donald Trump says he’s planning to name Homan as a border czar who’ll report directly to him. Trump tells “Fox &amp; Friends” that Homan will “probably” work from the White House, but will spend a lot of time on the U.S.-Mexico border. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Trump taps former immigration official as his border czar

By COLLEEN LONG - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 5, 2017, file photo, acting Director for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Thomas Homan, right, speaks as U.S. Customs and Border Protection Acting Deputy Commissioner Ronald Vitiello, looks on at a Department of Homeland Security news conference in Washington. At a round table on sanctuary cities at the White House on Tuesday, March 20, 2018, Homan mentioned three Northern California cases as examples of &quot;undocumented criminals&quot; who have reoffended after being released by California authorities. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, file)

Donald Trump to name Thomas Homan as border ‘czar’

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this June 20, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump, right, listens as Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, left, addresses members of the media before Trump signs an executive order to end family separations at the border, during an event in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Trump and Nielsen never did quite click personally as the president chafed at her explanations of complicated immigration issues and her inability to bring about massive changes at the U.S.-Mexico border With Nielsen’s departure now considered inevitable, her eventual replacement will find there’s no getting around the immigration laws and court challenges that have thwarted the president’s hardline agenda. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) **FILE**

Nielsen’s DHS replacement to face same border challenges

By COLLEEN LONG and JILL COLVIN - Associated Press

Illustration on illegal immigrant voting by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Importing votes via the undocumented

By Cal Thomas

In this Dec. 5, 2017, file photo, then-acting Director for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Thomas Homan takes a question from a reporter at a Department of Homeland Security news conference in Washington. Homan, the acting director of the agency charged with combating illegal immigration, is stepping down, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced Monday. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Trump’s pick to lead immigration agency announces retirement

By JILL COLVIN and ELLIOT SPAGAT - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 5, 2017, file photo, acting Director for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Thomas Homan, right, speaks as U.S. Customs and Border Protection Acting Deputy Commissioner Ronald Vitiello, looks on at a Department of Homeland Security news conference in Washington. At a round table on sanctuary cities at the White House on Tuesday, March 20, 2018, Homan mentioned three Northern California cases as examples of &quot;undocumented criminals&quot; who have reoffended after being released by California authorities. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, file)

3 men who eluded immigration raid in California now arrested

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 5, 2017, file photo, acting Director for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Thomas Homan, right, speaks as U.S. Customs and Border Protection Acting Deputy Commissioner Ronald Vitiello, looks on at a Department of Homeland Security news conference in Washington. At a round table on sanctuary cities at the White House on Tuesday, March 20, 2018, Homan mentioned three Northern California cases as examples of &quot;undocumented criminals&quot; who have reoffended after being released by California authorities. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, file)

ICE director set to testify in California immigration suit

By DON THOMPSON - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, photo released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, foreign nationals are arrested during a targeted enforcement operation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) aimed at immigration fugitives, re-entrants and at-large criminal aliens in Los Angeles. Advocacy groups said that Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers are rounding up people in large numbers around the country, with roundups in Southern California being especially heavy-handed, as part of stepped-up enforcement under President Donald Trump. (Charles Reed/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via AP)

Illegal immigrants alerted of raids by Libby Schaaf, Oakland mayor, committed new crimes: ICE chief

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

File - In this Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, photo released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, foreign nationals are arrested during a targeted enforcement operation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) aimed at immigration fugitives, re-entrants and at-large criminal aliens in Los Angeles. A federal immigration official says about 800 people living in Northern California were able to avoid arrest because of a warning by Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf. Thomas Homan, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement chief, told &quot;Fox and Friends&quot; Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018, that what Schaaf did was &quot;no better than a gang lookout yelling 'police' when a police cruiser comes in the neighborhood.&quot; (Charles Reed/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via AP, File)

Former ICE official says agency exaggerated Oakland arrests

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 25, 2017, file photo protesters hold signs as they listen to speakers at a rally outside of City Hall in San Francisco, Calif. Hundreds of bills await action by California lawmakers as the Legislature begins the last week of business this year. Among the issues is the so-called sanctuary state bill, which would restrict state and local aw enforcement agencies from cooperating with federal immigration authorities. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, file)

Sanctuary cities enriching cartels, Trump administration says

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this May 13, 2016 file photo, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, speaks at a news conference in Oakland, Calif. A federal immigration official says about 800 people living in Northern California were able to avoid arrest because of a warning by Schaaf. Thomas Homan, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement chief, told &quot;Fox and Friends&quot; Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018, that what Schaaf did was &quot;no better than a gang lookout yelling 'police' when a police cruiser comes in the neighborhood.&quot; (AP Photo/Ben Margot, FIle)

Trump-California feud escalates to all-out warfare

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

File - In this Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, photo released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, foreign nationals are arrested during a targeted enforcement operation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) aimed at immigration fugitives, re-entrants and at-large criminal aliens in Los Angeles. A federal immigration official says about 800 people living in Northern California were able to avoid arrest because of a warning by Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf. Thomas Homan, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement chief, told &quot;Fox and Friends&quot; Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018, that what Schaaf did was &quot;no better than a gang lookout yelling 'police' when a police cruiser comes in the neighborhood.&quot; (Charles Reed/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via AP, File)

Immigration head blames Oakland mayor for 800 missed arrests

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and ELLIOT SPAGAT - Associated Press

Thomas Homan, acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Associated Press) **FILE**

Thomas Homan, acting ICE chief: Oakland mayor left criminals on the streets, endangered officers

By Sally Persons - The Washington Times

In this Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, photo released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, foreign nationals are arrested during a targeted enforcement operation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) aimed at immigration fugitives, re-entrants and at-large criminal aliens in Los Angeles. Advocacy groups said that Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers are rounding up people in large numbers around the country, with roundups in Southern California being especially heavy-handed, as part of stepped-up enforcement under President Donald Trump. (Charles Reed/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via AP)

Thomas Homan, ICE chief, says immigrant ‘sanctuaries’ break smuggling laws

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The sanctions issued Tuesday by the Trump administration mark a major increase in pressure on countries that refuse to take back their deportees. (Associated Press/File)

Illegals, take note: Donald Trump took shackles off ICE

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Advocacy groups have encouraged illegal immigrants to exercise their rights and to resist deportation efforts, resulting in a spike in noncompliance. (Associated Press/File)

Immigration arrests up 38 percent under Donald Trump

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times