Border Czar Says More Funding Is Needed for Crackdown on Illegal Immigration

Tom Homan is heading Trump’s immigration enforcement efforts.

White House 'border czar' Tom Homan speaks to the press outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington on Feb. 6, 2025. Ting Shen/AFP via Getty Images

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.