Tom Homan

I was in camp on a smaller station, but as a GS-5 Border Patrol agent, I tried to get all the overtime I could get. So I'd go down and work the overtime on the weekends or whatever days I had off to work the soccer field or work the checkpoints. illegal grace was, there's very few border patrol agents, so you're overwhelmed every night down there. Damn. How long did you do that? Four years.

I was in camp on a smaller station, but as a GS-5 Border Patrol agent, I tried to get all the overtime I could get. So I'd go down and work the overtime on the weekends or whatever days I had off to work the soccer field or work the checkpoints. illegal grace was, there's very few border patrol agents, so you're overwhelmed every night down there. Damn. How long did you do that? Four years.

like a police department to get you uniformed division on patrol you got the specialists more the investigators so you investigate you know conspiracies you investigate alien smuggling and drug smuggling and you know in trafficking um illicit trafficking of people and goods so i left the uniform division the uniform division became a criminal investigator special agent

like a police department to get you uniformed division on patrol you got the specialists more the investigators so you investigate you know conspiracies you investigate alien smuggling and drug smuggling and you know in trafficking um illicit trafficking of people and goods so i left the uniform division the uniform division became a criminal investigator special agent

like a police department to get you uniformed division on patrol you got the specialists more the investigators so you investigate you know conspiracies you investigate alien smuggling and drug smuggling and you know in trafficking um illicit trafficking of people and goods so i left the uniform division the uniform division became a criminal investigator special agent

So I went from Campo, California. It was a small station. When I got to Campo as a border liaison, I think I was like number 34. Now it's got 300 people there. So I went from there and I became a special agent in Phoenix, Arizona in 1988. What kind of stuff were you investigating? Mostly immigration related, anti-smuggling. I spent most of my time anti-smuggling unit.

So I went from Campo, California. It was a small station. When I got to Campo as a border liaison, I think I was like number 34. Now it's got 300 people there. So I went from there and I became a special agent in Phoenix, Arizona in 1988. What kind of stuff were you investigating? Mostly immigration related, anti-smuggling. I spent most of my time anti-smuggling unit.

So I went from Campo, California. It was a small station. When I got to Campo as a border liaison, I think I was like number 34. Now it's got 300 people there. So I went from there and I became a special agent in Phoenix, Arizona in 1988. What kind of stuff were you investigating? Mostly immigration related, anti-smuggling. I spent most of my time anti-smuggling unit.

So we're investigating criminal cartels who smuggle people and smuggle drugs. So I spent most of my career doing that. But you do immigration fraud. People are selling fraudulent green cards and birth certificates and worksite enforcement. Worksite enforcement came around in 1986, 87. Did a lot of worksite enforcement. You went to companies, large factories.

So we're investigating criminal cartels who smuggle people and smuggle drugs. So I spent most of my career doing that. But you do immigration fraud. People are selling fraudulent green cards and birth certificates and worksite enforcement. Worksite enforcement came around in 1986, 87. Did a lot of worksite enforcement. You went to companies, large factories.

So we're investigating criminal cartels who smuggle people and smuggle drugs. So I spent most of my career doing that. But you do immigration fraud. People are selling fraudulent green cards and birth certificates and worksite enforcement. Worksite enforcement came around in 1986, 87. Did a lot of worksite enforcement. You went to companies, large factories.

and arrested illegal aliens but i spent most of my time in phoenix in the anti-smuggling unit so we're mostly working you know the the smuggling group is coming from mexico up to the united states mexico and south america damn what are you stayed there for quite a while correct stayed in phoenix for 10 years

and arrested illegal aliens but i spent most of my time in phoenix in the anti-smuggling unit so we're mostly working you know the the smuggling group is coming from mexico up to the united states mexico and south america damn what are you stayed there for quite a while correct stayed in phoenix for 10 years

and arrested illegal aliens but i spent most of my time in phoenix in the anti-smuggling unit so we're mostly working you know the the smuggling group is coming from mexico up to the united states mexico and south america damn what are you stayed there for quite a while correct stayed in phoenix for 10 years

I climbed the ladder, and I was an agent, became a supervisory special agent, then deputy ADDI, assistant district director for investigations. Then from there, I went to San Antonio and became the head of that office, the ADDI, which equals a SAC, special agent in charge. They had different names back then. But yeah, I was actually the first ICE director. We actually came up through the ranks.

I climbed the ladder, and I was an agent, became a supervisory special agent, then deputy ADDI, assistant district director for investigations. Then from there, I went to San Antonio and became the head of that office, the ADDI, which equals a SAC, special agent in charge. They had different names back then. But yeah, I was actually the first ICE director. We actually came up through the ranks.

I climbed the ladder, and I was an agent, became a supervisory special agent, then deputy ADDI, assistant district director for investigations. Then from there, I went to San Antonio and became the head of that office, the ADDI, which equals a SAC, special agent in charge. They had different names back then. But yeah, I was actually the first ICE director. We actually came up through the ranks.

I started at the bottom run and got to the top. I didn't miss one run. So out of all my achievements, that's my most proudest achievement. I became an ice director. through the ranks, from the bottom to the top. And what I like about that is the 20,000 men and women that worked for me, I never asked them to do anything that I didn't do myself because I was one of them. So I'm very proud of that.

I started at the bottom run and got to the top. I didn't miss one run. So out of all my achievements, that's my most proudest achievement. I became an ice director. through the ranks, from the bottom to the top. And what I like about that is the 20,000 men and women that worked for me, I never asked them to do anything that I didn't do myself because I was one of them. So I'm very proud of that.

I started at the bottom run and got to the top. I didn't miss one run. So out of all my achievements, that's my most proudest achievement. I became an ice director. through the ranks, from the bottom to the top. And what I like about that is the 20,000 men and women that worked for me, I never asked them to do anything that I didn't do myself because I was one of them. So I'm very proud of that.