The incoming border tsar Tom Homan On Tuesday, he will join Gov. Greg Abbott at a key border region in Texas, serving a Thanksgiving meal to troops stationed there — ahead of a major collaboration between the Trump administration and Abbott’s team next year. It is expected.
Homan and Abbott will greet and serve food to Texas National Guard soldiers and Texas Department of Public Safety soldiers in Eagle Pass, Texas.
Homan was appointed “border czar” by President-elect Trump this month following Trump’s election victory.
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Gov. Greg Abbott during the Republican National Convention on July 17, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“I have known Tom for a long time, and there is no one better at policing and controlling our borders. Illegal aliens Back to your country of origin. Congratulations Tom. I have no doubt that he will do an outstanding job, and has been looking forward to the job for a long time,” Trump said on Truth Social.
Homan, the former acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), will be one of the most senior figures in the incoming administration’s planning of a massive deportation operation.
Abbott, meanwhile, has repeatedly clashed with the Biden administration over border security as his state grapples with a historic migrant crisis on the southern border.
Abbott has drawn controversy by settling immigrants in “sanctuary” cities like New York City, Chicago and others as a way to ease pressure on the state. His administration has also built its own border wall, installed buoys in the Rio Grande and deployed troops to provide additional border security.
Tom Homan speaks at the Republican National Convention on July 17, 2024. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)
Abbott, a Republican, is likely to find common ground with the incoming administration on additional border security, an end to “catch and release” and tougher penalties for those who enter the U.S. illegally. . Speaking on “Fox & Friends” Tuesday, Homan said the incoming administration isn’t waiting until Jan. 20 to get to work.
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“We’re already planning what we’re going to do to lock down the state of Texas,” he said. “Gov. Abbott has done a great job so far. Gov. Abbott’s tremendous work has reduced illegal crossings in Texas by more than 80 percent, and he’s been successful because he’s taken Trump’s policies to task. It’s installed.”
“We’re going to partner and help him secure 100 percent of his border, and we’re going to do that across the southwest border,” he said.
Abbott made the announcement on Monday. Texas recently More buoy barriers were installed in the Rio Grande.
“Texas continues our historic border security mission to deter illegal entry and protect our nation,” he said.
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“We will use every tool and strategy available to hold the line,” he said.
Later Monday, he told Fox News’ Sean Hannity that he was grateful for the incoming administration and Homan’s role in it.
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“I’m grateful that we have Tom Homan as our incoming border czar who will help enforce and enforce these laws and make sure we get back to restoring peace. Go.”