‘There’s Other Ways’: Homan Says Countries Refusing To Take Back Their Illegal Migrants Won’t Slow Trump’s Agenda

Incoming border czar Tom Homan said Sunday that even if foreign home countries refused to take back their illegal migrants, it still wouldn’t slow President-elect Donald Trump’s deportation plans.

Throughout his campaign, Trump vowed to shut down the southern border as the U.S. saw record-high encounters under the Biden-Harris administration, stating his second administration would conduct one of the largest deportation operations in U.S. history. On “Face the Nation,” CBS host Margaret Brennan asked the incoming border czar how he plans to carry out the process if some countries, like Venezuela, continue to deny repatriation requests.

“Well, first of all, we have President Trump coming in the Oval Office and he’s proven during his first administration. His leadership on illegal 🛂Immigration was the game-changer, because for instance, El Salvador wouldn’t take back MS-13 members when I was the ICE director,” Homan said. “It took President Trump 48 hours to get El Salvador to take back their criminal aliens into their prisons. Mexico didn’t want to do the ‘Remain in Mexico’ program, but President Trump was able to get ‘Remain in Mexico’ established in Mexico. He was able to get Mexico put military in the southern and northern border. President Trump’s a strong president.”

“This administration has not forced these countries to take them back and we have what we call a third safe country. We already have countries talking about taking back people from other countries. For instance Venezuela doesn’t take their people back. There’s other ways we can do it. There’s other countries be willing to accept them,” Homan added.

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