At an impromptu press gaggle outside the White House Tuesday, Homan warned that officials in Democrat-dominated sanctuary cities will “get exactly what they don’t want” because “they forced us” into the precise action those officials tried to avoid.
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White House 'border czar' Tom Homan, seen in a Feb. 6 photo, told reporters Tuesday that sanctuary city policies are making everyone less safe, including illegal aliens who have not committed crimes.Commentary
White House 'border czar' Tom Homan, seen in a Feb. 6 photo, told reporters Tuesday that sanctuary city policies are making everyone less safe, including illegal aliens who have not committed crimes. (Ting Shen - AFP / Getty Images)
'They Forced Us': Tom Homan Warns Sanctuary Cities Are About to 'Get Exactly What They Don't Want'
By Michael Schwarz
February 11, 2025 at 1:08pm
Border czar Tom Homan has a good deal in common with his boss, President Donald Trump.
For instance, both men shoot straight with reporters, and neither man pulls any punches when it comes to illegal immigration.
At an impromptu press gaggle outside the White House Tuesday, Homan warned that officials in Democrat-dominated sanctuary cities will “get exactly what they don’t want” because “they forced us” into the precise action those officials tried to avoid.
Specifically, Homan meant that sanctuary cities will get “more agents in the neighborhoods and more non-criminals being arrested.”
The border czar has long complained that sanctuary cities’ policies put Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents’ lives in danger.
For instance, those policies preclude cooperation with ICE, which results in sanctuary city officials releasing criminal migrants back into local communities. From there, ICE agents must track them down and arrest them under far more dangerous circumstances.
Thus, Homan repeated his plea for sanctuary city officials to hold criminal migrants in their prisons.
“Let us arrest the bad guy in the jail,” he said. Otherwise, ICE will surely continue to arrest lower-priority migrants.
“Non-criminals are being arrested at a higher rate,” Homan said, “and they’re gonna keep being arrested at a higher rate, because if we can’t arrest that bad guy in the jail, we gotta go to the community, and when we go into the community we’ll find the bad guy. When we find the bad guy, he’s probably with others that aren’t a criminal priority. But they’re gonna get arrested, too.”
Finally, before the brief gaggle ended, Homan, a Catholic, responded to a question about Pope Francis by repeating earlier criticism of the pontiff.
“The pope ought to fix the Catholic Church,” Homan said.
Indeed, one cannot help noting the hypocrisy of the pope’s advocacy on behalf of illegal immigrants.
“He wants to attack us for securing our border?” Homan said. “He’s got a wall around the Vatican, does he not?”
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White House 'border czar' Tom Homan, seen in a Feb. 6 photo, told reporters Tuesday that sanctuary city policies are making everyone less safe, including illegal aliens who have not committed crimes.Commentary
White House 'border czar' Tom Homan, seen in a Feb. 6 photo, told reporters Tuesday that sanctuary city policies are making everyone less safe, including illegal aliens who have not committed crimes. (Ting Shen - AFP / Getty Images)
'They Forced Us': Tom Homan Warns Sanctuary Cities Are About to 'Get Exactly What They Don't Want'
By Michael Schwarz
February 11, 2025 at 1:08pm
Border czar Tom Homan has a good deal in common with his boss, President Donald Trump.
For instance, both men shoot straight with reporters, and neither man pulls any punches when it comes to illegal immigration.
At an impromptu press gaggle outside the White House Tuesday, Homan warned that officials in Democrat-dominated sanctuary cities will “get exactly what they don’t want” because “they forced us” into the precise action those officials tried to avoid.
Specifically, Homan meant that sanctuary cities will get “more agents in the neighborhoods and more non-criminals being arrested.”
The border czar has long complained that sanctuary cities’ policies put Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents’ lives in danger.
For instance, those policies preclude cooperation with ICE, which results in sanctuary city officials releasing criminal migrants back into local communities. From there, ICE agents must track them down and arrest them under far more dangerous circumstances.
Thus, Homan repeated his plea for sanctuary city officials to hold criminal migrants in their prisons.
“Let us arrest the bad guy in the jail,” he said. Otherwise, ICE will surely continue to arrest lower-priority migrants.
“Non-criminals are being arrested at a higher rate,” Homan said, “and they’re gonna keep being arrested at a higher rate, because if we can’t arrest that bad guy in the jail, we gotta go to the community, and when we go into the community we’ll find the bad guy. When we find the bad guy, he’s probably with others that aren’t a criminal priority. But they’re gonna get arrested, too.”
Finally, before the brief gaggle ended, Homan, a Catholic, responded to a question about Pope Francis by repeating earlier criticism of the pontiff.
“The pope ought to fix the Catholic Church,” Homan said.
Indeed, one cannot help noting the hypocrisy of the pope’s advocacy on behalf of illegal immigrants.
“He wants to attack us for securing our border?” Homan said. “He’s got a wall around the Vatican, does he not?”
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'They Forced Us': Tom Homan Warns Sanctuary Cities Are About to 'Get Exactly What They Don't Want'
Homan sounded like a man running thin on patience as he warned sanctuary city officials to abandon their dangerous policies.
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