Donald Trump’s new border czar is confident the Trump administration will move forward with millions of deportations, though he’s still not saying how.

Requested by the hosts of Fox & Friends how he would carry out the largest planned deportation in human history, Tom Homan — who served as head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement during part of Trump’s first term — said deporting undocumented immigrants who pose a threat to the national security or public safety is the top priority of the administration.

He also said he planned to raid job sites because most victims of sex trafficking and forced labor are found in workplaces.

“It’s going to be the same as it was during the first administration, it’s just going to be a lot more because under the Biden administration, 10 million people are coming into this country illegally,” Homan said.

Ten million people have not actually entered the country illegally since President Joe Biden took office in 2021. There have been more than 10 million “encounters” between immigration officials and migrants, a number including people who were turned away and repeated attempts.

According to data from the Department of Homeland Security, the vast majority of undocumented immigrants living in the US arrived before 2010, the BBC reported.

During his Fox & Friends During his appearance, Homan also repeated the debunked MAGA talking point that the Biden administration had lost 300,000 undocumented children. Finding the “trafficked” children will be another immigration priority, Homan said.

In fact, during a period from October 2018 – when Trump was president – ​​to May 2024, more than 290,000 undocumented children did not receive notices to appear in court. That doesn’t mean they’re lost, the Associated Press reported. It means they have not been summoned for removal hearings.

Requested by Fox & Friends Guest host Rachel Campos-Duffy on how he would respond to criticism of his policies, Homan finally had something honest to say.

“Honestly, I don’t care what people think about me, especially on the left,” he said.

At least that part is correct.

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