Tom Homan says 10,000 more immigration agents will be 'on board by the end of next month'

Speaking at the Faith & Freedom Coalition’s annual Road to Majority Conference on Friday, Trump administration border czar Tom Homan revealed that 10,000 new immigration agents will soon be on board.

"We had a record, historic year with deportations, but now we have 10,000 more agents on board — or should be on board by the end of next month," Homan told the crowd. "But wait until next year."

Homan spoke on the "hate" that ICE agents receive, saying that "the men and women of ICE are just like you." He said these agents "strap a gun to their hip every day, put a Kevlar vest on to go arrest the worst of the worst in this nation, and they’re getting attacked by members of Congress who want to call the Gestapo and the secret police." 

"Well, I tell you what. They’re enforcing the law that you wrote. So if they’re racist for enforcing that, what’s that make you? You wrote the law." 

Homan’s comments came following Trump's revelation that under his administration, ICE and Border Patrol have had the highest average daily arrest rate than any other president in history.

Trump wrote, "It was just announced that, and I’m not necessarily thrilled to be talking about it because it does not exactly sound NICE, the Trump Administration has the Highest Average Daily Arrest Rate by ICE and CBP, including Total Detention, with Final Orders of Removal, than any other president, by far! The pending Final Orders are being seriously delayed by the Courts, but that is also a record."

"President Trump has the Highest 12 Month Removal Total, by far, of any president, despite the fact that they fudge their numbers by including people that never even tried to come into the Country. Likewise, the Average Daily Catch and Repatriation is, by far, the Highest under President Trump. No other president comes close. So, when you hear these Anchors, Pundits, Dumocrats, and Communists, try to make the case that President Obama’s numbers are comparable to President Trump, it would be nice if people like “Milk Toast” Shannon Bream, and others, would put up a little fight — Just a little," he added.