White House Border Czar Tom Hohman stated his intention to “flood the zone” of sanctuary cities with immigration enforcement following progress made in Minnesota.
“The number of agents depends on the situation on the ground,” he said in an interview with Face the Nation. “How many known criminal targets are out there, because we know we have a problem with sanctuary cities, because we know they’re releasing public safety threats to the public.”
According to Homan, it’s safer for everyone if sanctuary cities cooperate by holding undocumented immigrants on detainers. That way, ICE wouldn’t need to send multiple agents to track down these individuals:
Homan: I'm hoping other sanctuary cities look at what happened in Minnesota, and how we got to the place we're at, which I think is a good place. I hope more people pay attention to that, and we work with these states to let our officers in the jails.
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“I’m hoping other sanctuary cities look at what happened in Minnesota, and how we got to the place we’re at, which I think is a good place. I hope more people pay attention to that, and we work with these states to let our officers in the jails.”
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Homan didn’t specify any particular sanctuary cities, but the Department of Justice has issued a list of such cities, states, and counties. These sanctuary cities impede federal law enforcement from apprehending undocumented immigrants, with places like Chicago being a notable example among over 1,000 similar cities across the country, according to the Federation for Immigration Reform.
Homan mentioned that he has already removed more than 1,000 immigration officers from Minnesota; however, the agents who are probing into fraud and the activists protesting at a church there will remain in place.
“There will be a small security force called RQs that will respond when our soldiers are out and get surrounded by agitators and things get out of control. They will remain for a short period of time just to make sure that the coordination, the agreements we have with state and local law enforcement stays in place and they respond to a public safety threat when needed,” he said.
Border Czar Tom Homan confirms to Jake Tapper that the Democrats’ latest shutdown push will not hinder ICE or immigration enforcement operations.
Not one bit.
TAPPER: “Does this funding freeze in any way impact or limit your ability to carry out immigration operations across… pic.twitter.com/AmPPIZfxDR
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The border czar was asked in a CNN interview if the partial government shutdown – again caused by Democrats – would hurt immigration enforcement, to which he responded: “Not one bit.”
