Tom Homan, also known as the “border czar” of the Trump administration, said the administration looks forward to striking deals with many countries to accept deported migrants when their home countries are unable or unwilling to do so, he said to the Politico.Homan spoke in the wake of the recent Supreme Court ruling that paved the way for eight men to be deported to South Sudan, a country that the State Department has deemed too dangerous for all but essential US personnel.“They’re living in Sudan. And will they stay in Sudan? I don’t know,” Homan said, speaking of the current status of the eight men, emphasizing that they are not under US custody anymore.“When we sign these agreements with all these countries, we make arrangements to make sure these countries are receiving these people and there’s opportunities for these people. But I can’t tell if we remove somebody to Sudan, they can stay there a week and leave. I don’t know,” he said.Homan noted that similar such negotiations with other countries are significant to Trump’s mass deportation agenda but declined to name the other countries until agreements are finalized. “When you’ve got countries that won’t take their nationals back, and they can’t stay here, we find another country willing to accept them,” he said.He added that the administration might not deport individuals to every country that accepts migrants, but the goal is to ensure the option remains open as a tool. “If there is a significant public threat or national security threat, there’s one thing for sure, they’re not walking the streets of this country. We’ll find a third, safe nation to send them to, and we’re doing it,” he said as reported by Politico. The administration first sought to deport the men to Libya, but the plan collapsed under public scrutiny. Then the eight migrants arrived at South Sudan this week after a Supreme Court ruling allowed them to be deported to the African nation, concluding a six-week legal standoff during which the men were held in a shipping container on a US military base in Djibouti. Sudan is engulfed in conflict as the war between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese army continues.
