Overview
- Speaking at a border security conference in Phoenix, White House border adviser Tom Homan said “mass deportations are coming” and vowed to “flood the area” with ICE agents in sanctuary jurisdictions that limit local cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.
- Homan warned that sweeps in those areas will produce more collateral arrests of people who were not the original targets, and he argued local restrictions have forced larger street operations.
- He said he spoke with Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin about plans for the coming months, as reporting describes DHS moving toward quieter, more targeted raids than those run under former secretary Kristi Noem.
- Homan acknowledged that 35% to 40% of recent arrestees had no criminal record and cited about 800,000 deportations since President Trump returned to the White House to defend the administration’s record.
- Earlier high-profile sweeps in cities such as Minneapolis drew protests and two U.S. deaths, a history that heightens community fears and could spur court challenges as deployments expand.