White House border czar Tom Homan revealed that nearly two million illegal aliens have exited the U.S. since President Donald Trump began his second term.
“We’re at over 400,000 deportations between CBP and ICE, and that’s just since the president took office,” Homan said. “The first four months of the fiscal year, we can’t count them because Joe Biden wasn’t doing anything. But here’s what people need to understand … two things. Number one, over 1.5 million illegal aliens, close to 1.6 illegal aliens already left the country on their own. Why? Because they see what ICE is doing out there every day.”
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Homan stressed that ICE getting results and doing the work to show that illegal aliens will be held accountable for their actions will act as a form of deterrence. He said he knew that once ICE started arresting illegal aliens, it would result in a decrease, with many opting to leave on their own or decide not to try entering the country at all.
“One of the reasons we have the most secure border in the history of this nation is because, the great work of the men and women of the border patrol, the great work of President Trump and his leadership, but also because ICE is out there, over a thousand teams, all across the country arresting people,” Homan said. “A lot of people have left, a lot of people aren’t coming, which helps us secure that border. And that was part of the strategy from the beginning. We said that if we show consequences, if we show we’re actually out there looking for them, many will leave. So, we knew a large population would leave, and over 1.5 million have.”
Homan also mentioned the reinforcements ICE would be getting with the recent hiring of 10,000 new agents. He said this would make the organization even more productive in achieving its goals.
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“But, what’s to come? ICE is getting 10,000 more agents,” Homan said. “Right now, we got 5,000 deportation officers. We’re tripling the size of the workforce.”
“The numbers are going to explode this next coming year,” Homan added.
