Trump administration will close down the Darien Gap, incoming border czar Tom Homan says

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  Trump team now 'reviewing' plans for Chicago ICE raids: Incoming border czar

  President-elect Donald Trump's border czar said the incoming administration is now "reviewing" whether to launch removal operations in Chicago.
  
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  How Trump’s Border Czar Thomas Homan Found MAGA

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  The New York Times - 2d
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  Sen. Kim asks Noem if she or Tom Homan will be in charge of the border under Trump

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  Trump's incoming border czar says mass deportations will include workplace roundups

  Tom Homan, President-elect Trump's incoming border czar, said mass deportations of undocumented migrants will include workplace enforcement operations. Homan also said the administration is ...
  
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  Meet the Cabinet: What to know about Tom Homan, Trump’s pick for border czar

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  NBC News - Jan. 8
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  Brennan presses Homan on Trump administration's deportation plans

  CBS News’s Margaret Brennan pressed President-elect Trump’s new border czar Tom Homan on the next administration’s mass deportation plans. Homan joined Brennan on “Face the Nation” on Sunday, where ...
  
  The Hill - Jan. 5

• Trump's "border czar" Tom Homan vows administration to address immigration on "day one"

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  CBS News - Jan. 5
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  Over 300,000 migrants crossed Latin America’s Darien Gap in 2024, down 42%

  Over 300,000 migrants crossed the Darien Gap into Panama in 2024, 42% fewer than the record number who made the perilous jungle crossing from South America a year earlier, Panama’s migration ...
  
  NBC News - Jan. 3

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