The Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration needs more funding, his border czar said on March 4.
“We need more beds, we need more enforcement assets, we need more air flights. This operation is going to cost money,” Tom Homan, the border czar, told reporters at the White House in Washington.
Homan said that the funding would help Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the agency he once led, and other departments locate and deport illegal immigrants.
The required money is significant but “it’s a one-time cost,” unlike the recurring payments for schools, hospitals, and other services for illegal immigrants, Homan said….