White House border czar Tom Homan warned that members of a migrant caravan moving north through Mexico are “wasting their time,” saying anyone who tries to enter the United States illegally will be caught and removed. President Trump shared the interview, from Fox News’ “Hannity,” on Truth Social early Friday.

“If they’re entering illegally, they’ll be arrested, they’ll be prosecuted, they’ll be jailed, and then they’ll be deported,” Mr. Homan said.

Mr. Homan credited the president with what he called the most secure border in the nation’s history. He said no one who crossed illegally has been released at the border in a year and a half, and that the administration intends to keep it that way for the next two years.

Asked whether the government is prepared if migrants try to rush the border, Mr. Homan said it always has a plan. He said the government has more ICE agents and more immigration attorneys than it has ever had, along with thousands of Department of War assets already on the border, and that more can be sent.

He also said Mexico should do its part. Traveling through Mexico without a transit visa is against Mexican law, he said, and Mexico should put troops on its southern and northern borders, as it did during President Trump’s first term.

Mr. Homan said the president’s team, including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, is “serious about securing the border.”

He also pointed to new figures showing that ICE broke its own records for arrests and deportations in fiscal 2026, surpassing the marks set a year earlier. The Department of Homeland Security reported Thursday that the agency carried out 483,200 deportations in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30.

The interview followed the president’s warning to Mexico on Thursday that tariffs on Mexican goods would be “IMMEDIATELY DOUBLED” if the country does not stop the caravans.