Trump's 'border czar' says family detention centers could play a role in deportation effort

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : At the start of the Biden administration, ICE operated three facilities.
52% : "It's something we're considering," Tom Homan, who was acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement during the first Trump administration, said in an interview.
49% : "Look, we've got to end catch-and-release -- and that includes family units, too," he added, using a phrase sometimes used to describe migrants' being released from detention while they await immigration court proceedings.ICE stopped detaining families who enter the country illegally with their children not long after President Joe Biden took office, though administration officials last year considered reviving the practice.
31% : Homan, whom Trump announced as his border czar on Nov. 10, less than a week after he won a second term, said plans are still being discussed.
30% : Trump campaigned on a pledge to deport people who are in the country without authorization.
29% : "Homan also criticized local governments, like San Diego County and Los Angeles, that have taken steps they say will protect undocumented immigrants, and which prevent or restrict local resources available to federal immigration authorities.

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