Trump’s Border Czar Confirms Deportations Have ‘Already Started’

ICE teams are targeting those who have been convicted of a serious crime and are in the country illegally, Tom Homan said.

Tom Homan is seen giving remarks during a law enforcement roundtable on sanctuary cities held by President Donald Trump, in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on March 20, 2018 in Washington, D.C. Photo by Kevin Dietsch-Pool/Getty Images

President Donald Trump’s border czar Tom Homan said Tuesday that U.S. immigration officials have already started carrying out deportations, targeting illegal immigrants who are deemed a threat to public safety.

Homan, a former acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), told Fox News on Tuesday that regarding deportation operations, “it already started” and that operations are primarily focused on “public safety threats.”