please join me in welcoming thomas d. homen. >> i want to get out here and send a message to the public that what they're reading in the media is not accurate. so i spent a lot of time trying to set the record straight on what size does and most importantly what we don't do. i started inboarder patrol in 1984. so i've worked the front line inboarder patrol several years and i investigated organization that smuggled aliens in this country for 20 years and the last eight years i was in charge of enforcement and removal operations which arrest aliens 24i in the interior, detention and removal. so i have worked the entire immigration life cycle. i'm not the smartest guy to ever sit in this chair but i'm the first cop. i've done the job on the front line and now i'm acting director. i'm proud to do that. i actually retired january 27th for about three hours and on the way out of the ceremony got a call from general kelly asking me to stay round the agency. and when the president asks you to serve, there's only one answer. so i'm bac