Context:

White House border czar Tom Homan argues that restoring the country’s immigration framework would require millions of deportations, after asserting the administration will intensify enforcement. He contends resources will surge, especially to sanctuary cities, with deportation numbers rising even as border crossings fall. The plan includes hiring 10,000 more ICE agents—about 7,000 already on board and 3,000 in training—and prioritizing jurisdictions willing to cooperate. Homan frames this as a fulfillment of the Trump administration’s mass-deportation pledge, while signaling ongoing pushback against states resisting federal operations. The outlook centers on accelerated removals and expanded federal presence at the southwest border, with potential clashes over jurisdiction in several states.

Dive Deeper:

• Homan, interviewed on Will Cain's program, said that millions of deportations would be needed to return the U.S. to a country of lawful citizens, and that the administration plans to arrest as many people as possible given a claimed '12 million' illegal residents historically and currently well above that figure.

• The administration is hiring 10,000 additional immigration enforcement agents, bringing the total to roughly 7,000 already on board and 3,000 more in training, as part of a broader surge in resources for removals.

• Homan argued that most agents should be deployed to sanctuary cities, citing cooperation in states like Florida and Texas and contrasting them with states that refuse to work with federal authorities at jails.

• In a direct clash with New York Governor Kathy Hochul, he stated that federal agents would be deployed despite her objections, insisting, 'they’re not going to stop us' and that the zone would be flooded with ICE personnel.

• He described sanctuary-city resistance as the core hurdle, claiming that blocking operations in certain jurisdictions leads to the release of public-safety threats, and he asserted this was a major policy target.

• Homan asserted the move is aligned with President Trump’s mass-deportation promise and framed the logistics as challenging but deliverable, emphasizing determination to increase removals even if it requires a one-hell-of-a-shot effort.

• The remarks portrayed a high-stakes immigration enforcement strategy aimed at reshaping how removals are conducted, with a focus on sanctuary-city enforcement and a more aggressive ICE posture nationwide.