US border Czar Tom Homan has confirmed that mass deportations of illegal migrants from the US will proceed daily, aligning with President Trump’s campaign pledges.
When asked if that is going to be a constant commitment from the US military every single day to take deportees out, he responded, “Yes.”
He confirmed that the southern border has received reinforcement from over a thousand US troops to support security measures and continued use of military aircraft to transport illegal migrants out of the country.
“You’re going to see the numbers steadily increase, the number of arrests nationwide, as we open up the aperture. Right now, it’s concentrating on public safety threats [and] national security threats. That’s a smaller population,”he said.
“So we’re going to do this on a priority [basis], that’s President Trump’s promise. But as that aperture opens, there’ll be more arrests nationwide,” he added.
He however did not specify a target for daily deportations, merely stating that the aim is “as many as we can get.”
Homan began his career as a US Customs and Border Patrol agent and progressed through the ranks to become the acting director of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement during Trump’s previous term, gaining extensive experience in immigration matters.
Homan throughout his career has maintained a strict stance on border control measures.
“If you’re in the country illegally, you’re on the table because it’s not OK to, you know, violate the laws of this country. We have millions of people standing in line, taking the test, doing their background investigation, paying the fees, that want to come in the right way,” he said.
Prior to Trump’s return to office, he has pledged that the administration would take firm action against “sanctuary cities,” which are predominantly Democratic areas with policies that restrict their collaboration with federal authorities regarding deportation operations.
“Sanctuary cities lock us out of the jails. So instead of ICE being able to arrest the bad guy sanctuary cities release them back in the community, which endangers the community,” Homan said.