"Border Czar" Tom Homan on Thursday said operational leaks endanger agents and he expects drug cartels to escalate violence at the nation's southern border.

A high-profile Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operation targeting suspected members of the violent Tren de Aragua gang turned into a chaotic scene this week, as protesters disrupted the raid and federal agents came up empty-handed.

President Trump's Border Czar, Tom Homan, sat down with ABC-7's Paul Cicala for an exclusive, 1-on-1 interview, after he spent two days in the El Paso-area visiting troops at Fort Bliss and Federal Agents along the border.

"Border czar" Tom Homan said he expects to use the U.S. military if Mexican cartels target American troops on the border.

Around 11,000 undocumented migrants have been arrested under the Trump administration in major cities around the United States, “border czar” Tom Homan told reporters Thursday. Earlier this week, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement targeted more than 100 alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua during an early morning raid at an Aurora,