Border czar promises 'mass deportations are coming' to fulfill Trump's promises

White House border czar Tom Homan speaks to the press at the White House in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 2026. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via hide caption toggle caption Brendan Smialowski/AFP via PHOENIX – Top Trump administration officials this week reinforced their plans to execute mass deportations as a key strategy on immigration. Speaking at the Border Security Expo in Phoenix, Ariz., White House border czar Tom Homan praised the work of Border Patrol agents and Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers over the last year and said the high number of arrests and deportations was expected to continue. Immigration officers arrested more than half a million undocumented immigrants last year, according to officials speaking at the Expo, and are now making about 1,200 arrests a day; President Trump had campaigned on a promise of a million deportations a year. "If you think last year's historic number is good, wait till next year and we have 10,000 more agents on the border. You ain't seen s*** yet," Homan said in his opening remarks to kick off the Expo. "This year will be a good year. Mass deportations are coming." The remarks contrast with Homan's softer messaging on immigration enforcement after two U.S. citizens were killed by Homeland Security officers during an immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis in January. …