WASHINGTON, Nov 11, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - US President-elect Donald Trump said

late Sunday he was bringing back hardline immigration official Tom Homan to
oversee the country's borders in the incoming administration.

"I am pleased to announce that the Former ICE Director, and stalwart on
Border Control, Tom Homan, will be joining the Trump Administration, in
charge of our Nation's Borders ("The Border Czar")," Trump posted on his
social network Truth Social.

"I've known Tom for a long time, and there is nobody better at policing and
controlling our Borders."

Trump said Homan will be in charge of "all Deportation of Illegal Aliens back
to their Country of Origin".

The 78-year-old Republican has pledged to launch -- on day one of his
presidency -- the largest deportation operation of undocumented immigrants in
US history.

He repeatedly railed against irregular immigrants during his campaign,
employing violent rhetoric about those who "poison the blood" of the United
States.