FACT CHECK #6C_0EQ5-

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Tom Homan served as the acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from January 2017 to June 2018 during the first Trump administration 7. During this period, Homan became a prominent and controversial figure due to his advocacy for mass deportations and his public warnings that undocumented immigrants should be afraid 4. Multiple reports confirm that critics and some Democratic lawmakers publicly likened Homan and ICE agents to Nazis in response to the administration's aggressive immigration enforcement policies 8 9 11. Homan has frequently addressed these comparisons in public statements, claiming that the Nazi rhetoric fueled a significant surge in death threats against him and agency personnel 9 11. While Homan had previously served in leadership roles during the Obama administration and received a Presidential Rank Award in 2015, the specific labeling of him as a Nazi is widely documented as a reaction to his work during the Trump era 5 7 12.

SOURCES

1. 1 · snopes.comFACT-CHECKER
   Was Tom Homan Obama's 'ICE chief' who received award for deportations? We inspected | Snopes.com

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2. 2 · ca.news.yahoo.comFACT-CHECKER
   Fact Check: Inspecting claim Tom Homan was Obama's 'ICE chief' who received award for deportations - Yahoo News Canada

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3. 3 · factually.coFACT-CHECKER
   Tom Homan worked at ICE under Obama and also Trump

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4. 4 · timesnownews.comFACT-CHECKER
   Was Tom Homan Obama's ICE Chief and Receive an Award from the Ex-President? Viral Claims Fact-Checked | Times Now

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5. 5 · yahoo.comFACT-CHECKER
   Fact Check: Inspecting claim Tom Homan was Obama's 'ICE chief' who received award for deportations

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6. 6 · thedailybeast.comNEWS
   What Was Trump’s ICE Director Thomas Homan Doing at AFPAC’s ‘Nazi Conference’?

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7. 7 · en.wikipedia.orgWEB
   Tom Homan - Wikipedia

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8. 8 · csmonitor.comWEB
   Meet the man running mass deportations for Trump - CSMonitor.com

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9. 9 · mediaite.comWEB
   Tom Homan: 'Nazi' Claims About ICE Fueled More Death Threats

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10. 10 · britannica.comWEB
    Tom Homan | Border Czar, ICE, Minneapolis, Obama, Trump, Facts, & Biography | Britannica

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11. 11 · theintercept.comWEB
    Donald Trump’s Former ICE Chief to Be Honored at Notorious Anti-Muslim Convention

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12. 12 · opb.orgWEB
    What to know about Tom Homan, the former ICE head returning as Trump's 'border czar' - OPB

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