Border Business Bonanza: Trump, Tom & $45 Billion Shenanigans
Meet Charles Sowell, the Pennsylvania LinkedIn power swiper who buddy-upped with border âczarâ Tom Homan in 2021, bonding over bashing Bidenâs border policies. Fast forward to 2023: Sowell pays $20,000 monthly consulting fees to Homanâs boutique SE&M Solutions, while becoming chair of Homanâs Border911 foundation in 2024 â which champions 'secure' borders, aka money magnets. Trumpâs 2024 campaign pitches Homan as deportation kingpin promising 'largest deportation operation ever,' complete with a $45 billion bonanza for prison camp contracts. Meanwhile, Sowellâs clients hope their wallets buy backstage passes to Homanâs inner circle, despite Homanâs official ârecusalâ claims. Spoiler: FBI caught Homan accepting $50K cash pre-appointment; ethics seem to have left US soil faster than detainees.
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Three decades of government service plus LinkedIn hustle turned Tom Homanâs net worth from modest to multi-million while Trump promised mass deportations powered by $45 billion contracts. Ethics? Apparently optional in this cash-and-border dance.
When your official border czar looks like heâs moonlighting as a mafia consultant, you know âsecure borderâ means secure wallet first.
45 billion dollars earmarked for detention camps and a LinkedIn connection turned cash cow? Sounds like a government version of The Apprentice, minus the firing.
Source: Propublica | Published: 10/1/2025 | Author: by Avi Asher-Schapiro, Jeff Ernsthausen and Mica Rosenberg
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