Tom Homan to hold weekly press briefings on border security, deportations to ensure transparency

Incoming Trump-appointed border czar Tom Homan is planning to have weekly press briefings to communicate to the American people the different arrests of illegal immigrants in the United States. This comes as President-elect Donald Trump and Homan have promised to crack down on illegal immigration into the country as well as secure the border.

Homan, while talking to Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, was asked by the founder about his thoughts on how to prepare for messaging from media outlets surrounding immigration.

Homan said, "Immigration enforcement has always been controversial. It's always been emotional. I get it. But we're a nation of laws, and we're going to enforce those laws. If you come to this country illegally, that is a crime. I'm sick and tired of hearing illegal aliens commit less crimes than American citizens. Every illegal alien is a criminal."

Homan told Kirk that he has had a number of death threats made against him since being appointed by Trump and did not bring his family to the event. The two held the discussion for a podcast episode recorded in Phoenix at TPUSA's 2024 America Fest.

"So the hate's coming," Homan said. "But we need to control the messaging. Right? So I've told President Trump that what we need to do, do a weekly press briefing. Let's show the American people who we arrested, why we arrested them. Let's show where we arrested them. What kind of bad guys we arrested in that sanctuary city."

Homan and Trump have promised to make it a priority to deport illegal immigrants in the US who have been involved in gangs or violent crime.

Homan previously told reporters, “The priorities will focus on public safety threats, national security threats and fugitives,” those who “got due process at great taxpayer expense and the federal judge ordered them removed, but they didn’t leave, and they became a fugitive.”

During the Biden-Harris administration, many of the border security policies implemented by Trump during his first term were reversed, leading to record illegal immigration happening the last four years. Among the principal threats from the soft-border security policies is the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang, which has started operating in several US states.