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‘GAME ON’: Tom Homan Puts Democrat Leaders On Notice As Deportations Accelerate
While speaking with Fox News on Thursday, Border Czar Tom Homan issued a stark warning to Democrat leaders of “sanctuary” cities and states, many of whom have vowed to openly defy federal immigration law and the federal government.
In the opening days of President Trump’s second term in the White House, ICE has already conducted dozens of raids across the nation. As of this report, hundreds of illegal aliens, the vast majority of whom have extensive criminal records and convictions for violent crimes, have been detained and scheduled for deportation by federal agents.
“It has started. It has started. All these teams are out there as of today,” Homan said earlier this week. “We gave them the direction to prioritize public safety threats that we’re looking for. We’ve been working on the target list.”
“Right out of the gate is public safety threats: those who are in the country illegally that’s been convicted of or arrested for a serious crime,” he explained. “Let me be clear, it’s not only public safety threats that will be arrested because the sanctuary cities were not allowed to get that public safety threat in the jail.”
While speaking with Fox News on Thursday, Homan addressed efforts from Democrat leaders to obstruct and oppose mass deportation orders. Police departments in numerous cities, including Chicago and Minneapolis, have stated that they will be defying federal immigration law by refusing to cooperate with ICE. Chicago leaders have also been instructing residents, including illegal aliens, not to cooperate with ICE regardless of the circumstances.
Homan began by providing the latest figures on mass deportations that have been underway throughout the week. “Look, the last 24 hours, total apprehensions on the southwest border, 766. Compare that to the 10 to 12,000 Biden had at one time. CBP, CBP-1 releases, zero. CHNV, Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, Venezuela releases, zero. Total of 766 across the entire southwest border. That is a game changer,” Homan said, noting that border encounters have plummeted.
He was then asked about statements from Democrat governors and attorneys general, 22 of whom have vowed to openly oppose and “fight back” against the Trump Administration. “I also will not have any part of, and will fight the attempt to set up what I believe are essentially concentration camps and family separation camps in the state of Arizona,” said Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes.
“Look, I find it strange that an attorney general from Arizona makes such statements because there was a lawsuit in Arizona a few years ago, the ‘Show Me Your Papers’ lawsuit, and the highest court in the land has said immigration enforcement is a federal responsibility,” Homan responded.
“Federal responsibility. She has no say in the matter. And look, I’ve said many times, we said right out of the gate, Lawrence, right out of the gate we’re going to concentrate on public safety threats,” the border czar continued. “So she’s saying that she doesn’t want public safety threats out of her community. I also am insulted by the term concentration camps. Are you serious? You’re comparing ICE agents. We just lost a border patrol agent to a shooting up in Vermont yesterday, and they’re the Gestapo? Are you serious? Concentration camps? ICE has detention centers. They have the best standards in the entire industry. I’ll compare ICE detention standards to any state or federal facility or any county facility in the entire world.”
Homan went on to put Democrat leaders on notice, stating that deportation operations will continue despite their interference. “Here’s what’s going to happen. We’ll find the bad guy, but when we find him, he’s going to be with others. Others that may not be a criminal priority, but guess what? If they’re in the United States illegally, they’re going to be arrested too,” the border czar went on to say.
“So sanctuary cities are going to get exactly what they don’t want. More agents in the communities, more people arrested, more collaterals arrested. So that’s a game they want to play. Game on.”
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