Tom Homan, the new government border affairs chief selected by President-elect Trump, recently stated in an interview that hundreds of billions of dollars are needed to carry out a "tsunami" of illegal immigrant deportations. Homan referred to the estimated deportation cost reaching 86 billion dollars, though the specific scope remains unclear. However, he noted that compared to the ongoing provision of housing, food, and migration expenses to immigrants entering the USA, this number is negligible, "In the long run, I will save taxpayers a lot of money."