“I’m proud to be standing on the most secure border in the history of the nation today because of President Trump and his leadership,” Homan told reporters on Saturday morning.
Homan, who started his career as a police officer in New York before becoming a Border Patrol agent in California in 1984, touted the dip in drugs coming over the southern border.
“Fentanyl has plummeted, known and suspected terrorists coming across [the] border has plummeted,” Homan said.
“A secure border means stronger national security, but most importantly, it means saving lives—saving the aliens’ lives and saving Americans’ lives.”
The former agent called out the “disgusting” attacks on CBP and immigration agents and clarified that while some of the 62,000 children located by federal agents were safe and hiding from immigration agents with their families, many were in sex trafficking and forced labor.
Scott praised multi-agency efforts to curb illegal immigration and reiterated that illegal immigrants will face consequences for any assault or crime.
“The entire federal government is united in a way I’ve never seen in my entire career, focused on one thing: putting Americans first and making sure that we simply know and control who we’re allowing into our home,” Scott said.
CBP is working to add 10,000 Border Patrol agents by the end of January 2026, Homan said.
Meanwhile, the agency is promoting a “home for the holidays” initiative, which will let people illegally in America use an app to self-deport and return to their country of origin.
The United States will assist with a plane ticket and provide $1,000 once an individual exits the country, which Scott said is cheaper than having federal agents go through the deportation process.
November marked the seventh month in a row that there were “zero releases,” Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said in a statement after the preliminary report was released.
