‘Mass deportations are coming’: Homan previews ICE surge to sanctuary cities

Published May 5, 2026 4:38pm ET | Updated May 5, 2026 4:39pm ET



Border czar Tom Homan took aim on Tuesday at Democrats and sanctuary city politicians for standing against the Trump administration’s deportation operation, and he vowed in a fiery speech to go far beyond the record-setting pace of arrests that Immigration and Customs Enforcement has set in President Donald Trump’s second term so far.

The White House border czar and former acting ICE director rebuked progressive lawmakers as being backward in their approach to criminals who are illegally residing in the country, and promised that the Trump administration would make far more arrests in the coming two and a half years.

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