Homan suggests deportation plans could include halfway homes for children of illegal immigrants

President-elect Donald Trump's incoming border czar, Tom Homan, suggested Thursday children who were born in the United States to illegal immigrants could be placed in halfway homes when their parents are deported. 

Trump has promised a massive deportation operation on all illegal immigrants, including those whose children were born in the United States. The children themselves will not be deported by the U.S. government, because they are American citizens, but Homan warned that having a child in the U.S. does not shield the parents from deportation.

“We’re not going to detain your U.S. citizen children, which means, you know, they’re going to be put in a halfway house,” Homan told NewsNation. “Or they can stay at home and wait for the officers to get the travel arrangements and come back to get the family."

Homan said that parents can also decide to take their children with them when they are deported, even if the child is in the country legally.

Homan also told the Washington Post on Thursday that the deportation plans include bringing back family detention centers, which was enacted during Trump's first presidency. President Joe Biden got rid of the detention facilities in 2021.

Homan additionally emphasized the parents' responsibility if families are separated, maintaining that they are the ones who came into the country illegally instead of seeking asylum or applying for citizenship through legal means. 

“Here’s the issue,” Homan told the Washington Post. “You knew you were in the country illegally and chose to have a child. So you put your family in that position.”

Trump has also warned that he could pursue an end to birthright citizenship, even though its currently protected by the United States Constitution through the 14th Amendment. 

Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.