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How Tom Homan’s no-drama deportations trounced Kristi Noem’s flash

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Where does Tom Homan go to get his apology?

When President Donald Trump put his border czar in charge of unwinding the controversial Department of Homeland Security operation in Minneapolis earlier this year, critics on the right believed that Homan would be the instrument of a broad Trump climb-down on his signature issue. 

Gregory Bovino, the border officer who had been in charge in Minneapolis before getting supplanted by Homan, accused him of pretending to be tough while giving up on mass deportations. 

As it turns out, immigration arrests hit a record for Trump’s second term in June at 43,000, and the number increased again in July to 50,000.

Removals, too, were at a high in July — 34,000. 

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It didn’t last long, though.

As the administration settled on a new approach and funding from the Big Beautiful Bill — $75 billion for ICE — flowed into additional enforcement assets, the numbers began to increase again. 

Homan has avoided the........

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