President-elect Donald Trump announced he had offered Republican Congresswoman Elise Stefanik the post of U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, in statements to U.S. media late Sunday. “I am honored to nominate Speaker Elise Stefanik to serve in my administration as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. Elise is an incredibly strong, tenacious and intelligent fighter for America.”Donald Trump said in a statement to New York Post.

Elise Stefanik confirmed her acceptance of the position in a statement to the newspaper, saying. “truly honored”. “In my conversation with President Trump, I expressed how deeply honored I was to accept his nomination and my eagerness to gain the support of my colleagues in the United States Senate.”she declared. Elise Stefanik’s nomination was also reported by CNN, which cited two anonymous sources.

A hardliner on immigration

A few hours earlier, the president-elect had announced the return of Tom Homan, a hardliner, to head the agency responsible for border and immigration control (ICE). “I am pleased to announce that former ICE director and border control stalwart Tom Homan will join the Trump administration where he will be in charge of our nation’s borders (‘The Border Czar’).”wrote the Republican billionaire on his Truth Social network.

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“I’ve known Tom for a long time, and there’s no one better than him to monitor and control our borders.”Donald Trump continued, saying that the new ICE director will be responsible for “all deportations of illegal aliens to their countries of origin.”. The 78-year-old president-elect has pledged to launch, on his first day in office, the largest deportation operation of illegal migrants in U.S. history. During his campaign, he repeatedly lashed out at illegal immigrants, whom he considered to be the most dangerous group in the world, “poison the blood”. of his country, and promised to re-instate a policy of separating families at the border. Thomas Homan previously headed ICE during Donald Trump’s previous term (2017-2021).