He continued, “While we’re out prioritizing the public safety threats and national security threats, if you wanna self-deport, you should self-deport because, again, we know who you are, and we’re gonna come and find you.”

“So if you wanna self-deport, that’s fine. But criminals and gang members, they get no favors from this administration. You came to this country illegally, which is a crime. You committed crimes against United States citizens, some heinous crimes. You get no grace period. So we’re coming for you,” he added, saying that those who have not committed a crime beyond crossing into the US illegally can “put everything in order” during this time and “leave with their family all together.”

When asked how people would return to their countries of origin, Homan responded that criminals would be “put on an airplane” and sent home. For others, he said, “they found their way across the world to come to the greatest nation on earth and they can find their way home. Either that, or I can give them a free airline ticket.”

Homan, a former police officer and Border Patrol agent who served as acting ICE director in Trump’s first term, was appointed to the border czar role on Monday. That role is currently held by Vice President Kamala Harris, under which a border crisis has ensued and record numbers of illegal immigrants entered the US.