(NewsNation) — White House border czar Tom Homan offered details Saturday about the Trump administration’s plans to deploy 1,700 National Guard members across 19 states to assist federal immigration officers.

The troops will be a “force multiplier” for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and help with duties that include transportation and intelligence, but not arrests, Homan tells NewsNation correspondent Libbey Dean.

“ICE is overwhelmed. ICE has less than 5,000 deportation officers. We’ve got well over 20 million illegal aliens,” Homan said. “We’ve got almost 700,000 illegal aliens with criminal history that we’re trying to find.”

Guard will allow ICE to focus on arrests: Homan

Leveraging National Guard manpower, Homan said, will allow ICE officers to focus on finding potentiall

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