When Tom Homan signed again on as President Donald Trump’s so-called border czar, he seems to have conveniently forgotten to reveal that he had pocketed cash from detention facilities he would quickly be sending undocumented immigrants to.
In line with paperwork obtained by The Washington Submit, Homan labored as a marketing consultant for the Geo Group—which operates numerous the nation’s immigrant detention facilities—for 2 years previous to taking his newest gig. And whereas paperwork reportedly reveals that he was compensated greater than $5,000, Homan isn’t required to reveal how a lot he made. In different phrases, the quantity might be a lot larger.
Since taking the job in January, Homan has pushed for the reopening of household detention facilities and dove headfirst into the mass deportation efforts..
Unsurprisingly, these companies supplying the detention facilities—like Geo—are reaping huge rewards from Homan’s work. And because the demand for extra beds and amenities grows, these corporations count on their earnings to maintain growing.
In a gathering with traders, the chief government for GEO stated he expects this time to be an “unprecedented alternative” to broaden the enterprise, in accordance with the Submit. The Florida-based firm additionally gives deportation flights and surveillance for non-detained immigrants.
Homan and the remainder of the administration awarded GEO and its competitor with contracts earlier this yr to reopen extra amenities to deal with undocumented immigrants.
Naturally, Homan, Homeland Safety Secretary Kristi Noem, and their groups have been doing an impressive job on the PR entrance to push the idea that the folks they’re scooping up and imprisoning deserve inhumane remedy.
Final month, Homan’s crew pitched up a line of mugshots within the background of the place reporters ship their information from the White Home.
Homan even tried to come after Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York for educating immigrants on their constitutional rights when coping with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which he incorrectly forged as her attempting to “educate folks how they evade regulation enforcement.”
So far as Homan’s earlier work for Geo, a White Home spokesperson advised the Submit that his work adheres to “the very best moral requirements” and that he left behind a “profitable personal profession” to work on Trump’s crew.
Homan claimed in December 2024 that he would recuse himself from choice making in any authorities contracts.
