India, Oct. 18 -- The Trump administration is preparing to bring in 3,000 additional immigration enforcement agents as it seeks to accelerate deportations, White House border czar Tom Homan has said in an interview with Fox News, defending the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) crackdown amid mounting legal challenges and delays in immigration courts.

Homan said ICE had repeatedly broken its records for arrests during the summer, with September recording the agency's highest monthly number of removals, according to his remarks. He said additional personnel would help expand enforcement operations, while arguing that deportations involve legal procedures that prevent authorities from removing everyone immediately after an arrest. ...