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“If you think last year’s historic number is good, wait till [sic] next year and we have 10,000 more agents on the border. You ain’t seen s— yet,” Homan declared during his opening remarks.
That statement alone tells you exactly where this administration is headed
According to NPR, the White House is planning a massive expansion of deportation operations, including adding more than 10,000 federal agents to ramp up enforcement efforts nationwide.
Homan also brushed aside critics who say Trump’s immigration crackdown hasn’t gone far enough.
For the people out there saying President Trump’s weak on mass deportation, what the hell are you talking about
Translation: they’re just getting started.
And if anyone thought the administration planned to focus only on violent offenders or serious criminals, Homan made it crystal clear that’s not the case.
I’ve said no one’s off the table
In other words, the dragnet is the point.
That moment is clearly over
What makes Homan’s comments even more striking is that they come as public support for the administration’s immigration tactics has started slipping. Polling cited by NPR found that more than half of Americans believe immigration enforcement efforts have gone “too far,” though Republican voters still overwhelmingly support ICE operations.
Homan also claimed newly confirmed DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin fully supports the administration’s aggressive deportation agenda, even though Mullin didn’t attend the Phoenix event
The bigger picture here is impossible to ignore. This is no longer just tough-on-immigration messaging. The administration is openly framing mass deportation as a centerpiece political spectacle, one delivered with swagger and vulgar boasts about what comes next.