“He is some man,” #Trump said, adding: “He has been so great on television. He’s been so respectful of the job that we did….”

#TomHoman was an early proponent of the admin’s controversial “#ZeroTolerance” #immigration #policy [#FamilySeparation], which resulted in ≥5,500 #families being separated at the southern #border in 2018 alone, before Trump himself signed an EO ending the practice after intense backlash from #HumanRights groups [tho the practice continued].

#law #BidenHarris2024

#TomHoman now heads #Border911, a *nonprofit* that warns of the supposed threat posed by undocumented immigrants.

On Thurs, #Trump is set to see him at a Mar-a-Lago gala hosted by #Border911. …The gathering will also include #MattWhitaker, who served as chief of staff at the #DOJ when it implemented #ZeroTolerance. Later, when Whitaker testified before Congress as *acting AG, he conceded there was NO PLAN to REUNITE FAMILIES.

#immigration #law #FamilySeparation #HumanRights #BidenHarris2024

#Trump’s open-armed association w/the group — & his intensifying focus on migrants & crime on the campaign trail — provide one of the clearest windows yet into a potential 2nd term & the hard-liners he might appoint to #DHS to enforce #immigration #law.

In campaign rallies & interviews w/ #Newsmax & #FauxNews, Trump has said he’d put #TomHoman & others back into a potential 2nd admin “to have great border security.”

#ZeroTolerance #Border911 #FamilySeparation #HumanRights #BidenHarris2024

…Another expected attendee Thurs night is #RodneyScott, who served as #BorderPatrol chief during Trump’s last yr in office & has defended #ZeroTolerance by arguing that it was effective in slowing down migration.…Scott explored the idea of placing buoys in the #RioGrande to deter migrants years before #Texas actually did it.

#immigration #law #Border911 #FamilySeparation #HumanRights #BidenHarris2024

#Trump has laid out an aggressive #immigration platform for a 2nd term: mass #deportations; restoring ALL #border policies of his 1st term; deploying #military, incl’g the #US #Navy, to impose a full naval embargo on drug cartels; ordering the #DOD to use #SpecialForces, cyberwarfare & other actions to dismantle cartel leadership & infrastructure; designating major drug cartels as foreign #terrorist orgs; & asking #Congress for the #DeathPenalty for #DrugSmugglers & #DrugTraffickers.

#law