SAN ANTONIO — A former Immigration and Customs Enforcement chief says the agency needs to steal a page from the Obama administration and go after Central American migrants who illegally enter the country, but skip out on court hearings where their asylum claims were denied by immigration judges.

Otherwise, the surge of unauthorized immigration will continue, said Tom Homan, who led ICE as acting director during President Trump’s first 18 months in office. Homan, speaking this week at the Border Expo conference in San Antonio, Texas, said he has “no faith” Congress will give ICE additional funding to house families.