Trump’s Border Czar

Created
Tue, 29/10/2024 - 06:00
Updated
Tue, 29/10/2024 - 06:00
He’s a real pip. And Trump loves him: He’s also a grifter, profiting from his reputation as a rank xenophobe. In a piece from the Texas Observer called, “Border 911: The Misinformation Network Profiting Off the ‘Invasion’ Narrative: Dark money and charity organizations led by former intelligence officers and ex-feds have been spreading propaganda and laying the groundwork for presidential election challenges” you can see that Homan has been in on the planning for a Trump restoration, win or lose on November 5th: For a retired federal employee, Tom Homan, an acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) under the Trump administration, is a very busy man. For the last year, he’s crisscrossed the country with a team of former state and federal law enforcement officers, who call themselves Border911, speaking in theaters and event halls from Phoenix, Arizona, to Mission, Texas, to Ronkonkoma, New York, to promote the propaganda that the U.S.-Mexico border is under invasion and that President Joe Biden and his allies are admitting “illegal aliens” so that Democrats will “be in power for years to come.” Homan, the president and CEO of the 501(c)(3) nonprofit Border911 Foundation, Inc., and his group’s members have largely flown under the radar, receiving little coverage outside of right-wing media. But if Trump were to win this November, Homan, the architect of Trump’s family separation initiative, and his allies could receive prominent posts. Trump already promised at a rally this summer that he is “bringing back” Homan in 2025. “Trump comes back in January,…