Washington, D.C., United States

After the United States President-elect Donald Trump appointed Tom Homan as the 'border czar', the latter shared that he has been receiving death threats, adding that this is something "we are going to deal with". 

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In an interview on Fox and Friends, Homan said his family is "not at home right now" because they have received death threats. 

"They are not going to bully me away," he said. 

Homan noted that his task is to deliver on Trump's promise to enact the "largest deportation operation in history". To begin that, he said he would target those that "a federal judge said you must go and they didn't".

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"You have the right to claim asylum. You have a right to see a judge. We make that happen," he said, adding, "If the judge says you must go home, then we have to take them home."

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'Get the hell out of our way'

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The newly-appointed 'border czar' said that his message for Democratic lawmakers who might resist Trump's mass deportation plans is to "get the hell out of our way".

Homan appeared on Fox News this morning, and said, "I've seen some of these Democratic governors say they're going to stand in the way and make it hard for us." 

"We're going to do the job," he added.

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He said that it is a similar tactic Democrats used during Trump's first term, creating areas known as sanctuary cities. "If sanctuary cities don't help us, then get out of the way... We're coming," he said. 

Homan, who has backed Trump's controversial "zero tolerance" policy, will be his administration's border czar during the former president's second term. 

Trump further said that Homan's responsibilities would include “the Southern Border, the Northern Border, all Maritime, and Aviation Security.”

(With inputs from agencies)