Homan Announces Plan for 10,000 New Deportation Officers

Phoenix, Arizona - Tom Homan, President Donald Trump's border security coordinator, announced Tuesday that the administration plans to hire 10,000 additional deportation officers as part of an expanded effort to remove unauthorized immigrants from the U.S. interior. Speaking at the Border Security Expo, Homan vowed that mass deportations would continue unabated, prioritizing criminals and public safety threats while conducting operations in a more targeted manner.

Homan addressed concerns from some supporters that enforcement had softened, stating, "For the people out there saying President Trump's getting weak on mass deportation, you don't know what the hell you're talking about." He emphasized that the administration has already achieved approximately 800,000 removals through U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection since Trump returned to office, surpassing previous annual records.

The remarks follow a shift in tactics after high-profile operations drew backlash earlier this year. In January, two U.S. citizens, VA nurse Alex Pretti and Renee Good, were fatally shot by federal immigration agents during protests in Minneapolis amid large-scale...