Trump announces that former immigration director Tom Homan will serve as “border czar.”

NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump says Tom Homan, his former acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement director, will serve as “border czar” in his new administration.

“I am pleased to announce that former ICE director and stalwart border control expert Tom Homan will be joining the Trump administration in charge of our nation’s borders,” he wrote on his Truth Social website late Sunday.

Homan was widely expected to take on a border-related role in Trump’s second administration.

In addition to overseeing southern and northern borders and “maritime and air security,” Trump said Homan would be “responsible for all deportations of illegal aliens back to their country of origin,” a central part of his agenda.

He says he has “no doubt that Homan will do a fantastic and long-awaited job.”