Border Czar Homan Pledges 'Mass Deportations Are Coming' at Phoenix Border Security Expo

White House border czar Tom Homan spoke at the Border Security Expo in Phoenix, Arizona on May 7, 2026, pledging that 'mass deportations are coming' to fulfill President Trump's immigration campaign promises. Homan said the administration was prioritizing individuals with criminal backgrounds or national security threats while maintaining that others remained subject to enforcement. He highlighted ICE's enforcement pace — approximately 1,200 arrests daily — and noted over half a million undocumented immigrants had been arrested in the prior year, with an estimated 1.9 million having self-deported due to fear of enforcement. Homan said ICE was expanding detention capacity toward a target of 70,000 daily detainees, up from approximately 43,000 at the start of the year. He dismissed civil liberties concerns raised by immigrant advocacy organizations and cited the Senate's $72 billion reconciliation bill (with $38.2B for ICE) — expected to pass the week of May 11 — as 'the resources we need to finish the job.' The Phoenix expo brought together federal and state immigration and border enforcement officials and contractors. Homan's comments directly reinforced Trump's broader immigration enforcement agenda as the administration simultaneously pushed to rename ICE to NICE (National Immigration and Customs Enforcement) — a rebranding Trump endorsed on April 27.