Incoming border czar Tom Homan said the White House needs $86 billion from Congress to begin the incoming Trump administration's mass deportation plan, but that's just the beginning.
Homan assured FOX Business on Tuesday that the president-elect's deportation plan, while “expensive,” will save taxpayers money in the long run.
The former acting ICE director recently said he wants to increase the number of detention beds from the current tens of thousands to 100,000.
“Congress needs to fund this deportation operation,” Homan said. “It's going to be expensive, and everyone's looking at how expensive it's going to be. Understanding that it's going to cost more initially, but it will save billions of dollars of taxpayer money in the long run. There is a need.
“We need more resources, and we pray that Congress will give us money to do this during the reconciliation period,” he said.
“We're talking about the greatest national security vulnerability in this country,” Homan added, noting that the federal government is offering additional detention beds, deportation flights and other measures to remove illegal immigrants from the United States. They said they needed funding for transportation and medical care along the way.
President Trump vowed Sunday that his administration would launch “the largest deportation operation in American history” on his first day back in the White House.
“On my first day back in the Oval Office, I will sign a historic executive order closing our borders to illegal aliens and stopping their invasion of our country,” President Trump said at The Turning in Phoenix. -Declared to a friendly crowd at Point Action's Americafest conference. , Arizona.
“And on the same day, we will begin the largest deportation operation in American history, surpassing even that of President Dwight D. Eisenhower,” he said.
Eisenhower oversaw the deportation of hundreds of thousands of mostly undocumented Mexican workers in the 1950s.
Homan has been selected to lead the current deportation effort and said he will focus resources first on illegal immigrants who have committed crimes.
The incoming border czar also said the effort will not be stifled by “sanctuary city” leaders who thwart federal immigration officials with liberal policies, saying, “We will do it without you, without you.” I'm going to get the job done no matter what.”
