Since taking office, the Trump administration has made tackling illegal immigration one of its top priorities.
On his first day in office, President Donald Trump took decisive action and closed the southern border, which his predecessor refused to do during his 4-year tenure.
The president has, for months, deployed the National Guard and ICE across the country to drastically reduce crime in America’s large cities and carry out mass deportations. He has faced hefty criticism for this and has faced disasters in court, but has refused to waver.
Since Jan. 20, over 2 million foreign nationals have been removed from the country. In the first 100 days of the Trump administration, ICE reported that nearly 70,000 illegal immigrants were deported.
The Trump administration is also in an ongoing conflict with the Venezuelan government, with a war on the horizon. Trump and War Secretary Pete Hegseth have ordered U.S. strikes against drug boats from the South American country in international waters, marking an effort by the president to ensure that drugs are not illegally smuggled into the U.S. to poison Americans.
Border Czar Tom Homan, a fierce advocate for deportations, applauded the Trump administration on Sunday and revealed that because of the president’s policies, more than 60,000 children have been rescued from sex trafficking, as the New York Post reported.
Homan’s comments came during an interview with Fox News, where he outlined the stark contrast in leadership between Trump and former President Joe Biden.
“Over half a million children were smuggled into this country under Joe Biden,” Homan said.
“They lost track of 300,000. President Trump committed on day one that we will do everything we can to find every one of these children,” he added.
Homan said that the administration knew the abuse that these children were subjected to, but he refused to disclose specifics.
“We know many of them are in sex trafficking. Many are in forced labor. Many are being abused,” the border czar said.
“I can’t discuss some of the mistreatment we found out about. President Trump again proved why he’s the greatest president in my lifetime. Over 62,000 children rescued,” he added.
As the New York Post noted, Trump and Homan eviscerated Democrats during the 2024 campaign cycle for losing track of unaccompanied minors at the border.
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lambasted the Biden administration for failing to track over 300,000 kids who crossed the southern border. The South Carolina congresswoman credited Trump for his efforts in finding the kids.
“The Biden Administration lost track of over 320,000 children at the border. Children were exploited in forced labor, p*rnography, and drug trafficking because Democrats looked the other way. This ends NOW,” she wrote. “President Trump’s administration has already helped locate more than 22,000 missing children. We introduced the No More Missing Children Act to ensure America never again abandons children to cartels or predators.”
