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FACT CHECK #NTK2XKCQ
06/25/26 · 11:56 PM UTC · 10 SOURCES
“The immigration enforcement actions Tom Homan performed under the Trump administration were the same as those he performed under the Obama administration.”
LEANS FALSE · HIGH CONFIDENCE
TL;DR ·Homan led deportations under both presidents, but Trump-era policies introduced systemic family separation.
WHAT WE FOUND
Tom Homan served in high-ranking enforcement roles during both the Obama and Trump administrations, but the nature and tactics of his enforcement actions differed. Under the Obama administration, Homan was the Executive Associate Director of Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), where he was recognized with a Presidential Rank Award in 2015 for his effectiveness in deportations . While he successfully executed the Obama administration's enforcement policies, he was not the agency’s director at that time . Under the Trump administration, Homan served as Acting Director of ICE, where he became the face of the Zero Tolerance policy . Multiple sources explicitly associate Homan with the systematic separation of families during the Trump era, a specific enforcement action not attributed to his work under Obama . Although his core responsibility in both administrations was the removal of undocumented immigrants, the specific policy frameworks and controversial tactics he implemented changed significantly between the two terms .
SOURCES
- 1 · ca.news.yahoo.comFACT-CHECKERFact Check: Inspecting claim Tom Homan was Obama's 'ICE chief' who received award for deportations - Yahoo News Canada
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- 2 · factually.coFACT-CHECKERTom Homan worked at ICE under Obama and also Trump
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- 3 · timesnownews.comFACT-CHECKERWas Tom Homan Obama's ICE Chief and Receive an Award from the Ex-President? Viral Claims Fact-Checked | Times Now
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- 4 · snopes.comFACT-CHECKERWas Tom Homan Obama's 'ICE chief' who received award for deportations? We inspected | Snopes.com
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- 5 · fortune.comACADEMICTrump's 'Border Czar' being sent to Minnesota was head of ICE Enforcement and Removal under Obama | Fortune
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- 6 · nytimes.comNEWSHow Trump’s Border Czar Thomas Homan Found MAGA - The New York Times
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- 7 · en.wikipedia.orgWEBTom Homan - Wikipedia
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- 8 · kcra.comWEBWhat to know about Tom Homan, Trump's border czar, as he heads to Minneapolis
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- 9 · britannica.comWEBTom Homan | Border Czar, ICE, Minneapolis, Obama, Trump, Facts, & Biography | Britannica
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- 10 · timesunion.comWEBWhat to know about Tom Homan, Trump's border czar, as he heads to Minneapolis
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