Heres the issue, Homan said, blaming the parents.
You knew you were in the country illegally and chose to have a child.
So you put your family in that position.
Former Acting Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Thomas Homan speaks at the Republican National Convention on July 17, 2024 in Milwaukee.Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Were going to need to construct family facilities, he said.
How many beds were going to need will depend on what the data says.
Homan said that ICE would use tent structures with soft sides to hold families.
Biden ended the policy of putting families in detention centers in 2021, closing three ICE centers.
However, Biden looked atbringing the policy backin 2023.
Originally an Obama appointee, Homan was the architect of thefamily separationpolicy that defined Trumps first administration.
Another person likely at the helm of immigration policy during the Trump presidency is Gov.
Kristi Noem, Trumps pick to head the Department of Homeland Security.
Ill be setting myself up for disappointment, he said.
The Trump administration apparently also plans to bring back ICE worksite raids, which Biden ended in 2021.
Human rights advocatesarguethat the program exposes migrants to danger and violates their rights.
Still, Homan maintains that these plans would appeal to Americans.
We cant lose the faith of the American people.
