Trump Border Czar Tom Homan Claims ‘Other Countries Stepped Up’ and Agreed to Take Deported Gang Members Even if Venezuela Doesn’t
Tom Homan, President-elect Donald Trump’s border czar, said he believes Venezuela will take back violent gang members who entered the US illegally, but he had spoken to other countries who assured him they would also be willing to take them in.
Members of the Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua have been reported in dozens of cities across the country. The gang’s foothold in some communities was a talking point for Trump and his running mate Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) during the campaign.
Trump vowed to deport them all back to their country of origin. During an interview with Fox News host Griff Jenkins on Saturday, Homan said he had spoken to leaders in countries who assured him they would take members of the gang if Venezuela declined.
On Fox News Live, Jenkins asked Homan to weigh in on the recent arrests of members of the gang in Colorado and New York. Homan ripped the Biden administration for saying the migrants had been vetted and added:
The good news is you got President Trump coming into office on January 20th, [Tren de Aragua] is on notice, and ICE officers across the country are prepared to go out and target public safety threats. [Tren de Aragua] is on top of that public safety threat. So, their days are numbered. I can’t wait till we get an administration to take care of these people because they’re going to be arrested. They’re going to be detained and they’re going to be removed. I’ve been talking to several different countries that if Venezuela don’t take them back, we got other countries are stepping up to say they will. So they will be deported.
Jenkins noted Venezuela does not have a repatriation agreement with the US. He then aired a clip of Trump saying previously that Venezuela would take the Tren de Aragua members back whether they like it or not.
He asked Homan if he believed Trump could broker a deal to send back criminal migrants to all of their respective countries of origin.
Homan said there would be a “one-way” negotiation that would result in the migrants being deported.
“President Trump’s a strong president,” Homan said. “He’s not going to put up with this.”
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