Trump's 'border czar' says family detention centers could play role in deportation effort
Tom Homan, whom Donald Trump has chosen to oversee immigration and border security, said using detention centers for migrant families is still being discussed.
President-elect Donald Trump’s "border czar" said Thursday that the use of family detention centers for migrants is “on the table,” raising the possibility that the practice ended by the Biden administration could return as early as next year.
“It’s something we’re considering," Tom Homan, who was acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement during the first Trump administration, said in an interview.
"Look, we’ve got to end catch-and-release — and that includes family units, too,” he added, using a phrase sometimes used to describe migrants’ being released from detention while they await immigration court proceedings.
ICE stopped detaining families who enter the country illegally with their children not long after President Joe Biden took office, though administration officials last year considered reviving the practice.
Homan, whom Trump announced as his border czar on Nov. 10, less than a week after he won a second term, said plans are still being discussed.
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