Trump’s border czar says he’ll need funding and at least 100K beds to carry out deportation plans
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Tom Homan, who Donald Trump has tapped as his incoming administration’s “border czar,” said Wednesday night that plans are underway to deport undocumented immigrants at large scale, and that he’ll need funding from Congress to do so.
Tom Homan, who Donald Trump has tapped as his incoming administration’s “border czar,” said Wednesday night that plans are underway to deport undocumented immigrants at large scale, and that he’ll need funding from Congress to do so. In an interview with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, he said he will need a minimum of 100,000 beds to detain undocumented immigrants – more than doubling the 40,000 detention beds ICE is currently funded for – and needs more Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to carry out the president-elect’s mass deportation plans. “It all depends on the funding I get from the Hill,” Homan said on “The Source.” He said he isn’t yet sure how much additional funding Trump’s administration will seek from the Republican-led House and Senate. Homan also said he would ask the military for help transporting migrants. “They’re not going to be out arresting people, but they can be a force multiplier in doing things we need to do that doesn’t require a badge and a gun,” he said.