Tom Homan ready to take on California ‘super sanctuary’ law that would prevent deportation of criminal illegals
“It just means we’ll have more agents in San Diego because rather than one guy arresting a guy in a jail — we have to send a whole team to safely arrest a guy,” Homan said.
Border Czar Tom Homan says he knows how to deal with the San Diego County Board of Supervisors that wants to block President-elect Donald Trump’s deportation policy: send in more Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.
The Democrat-controlled board voted in December to expand California’s sanctuary laws that stop law enforcement in the state from assisting or cooperating with ICE agents to find illegal immigrants. San Diego has gone even farther and prevents police from notifying ICE about illegals who have committed violent crimes such as rape and child abuse.
Homan told the Daily Caller News Foundaton that new law is ridiculous. “Rather than arresting an illegal alien criminal in the safety and security of a county jail where we know he doesn’t have weapons, they’re forcing ICE officers into the streets, into neighborhoods to find these people,” Homan told the Daily Caller News Foundation. “It’s ridiculous.”
“[Sanctuary laws] make it more difficult, but it doesn’t mean we’re not going to do it,” Homan said. “It just means we’ll have more agents in San Diego because rather than one guy arresting a guy in a jail — we have to send a whole team to safely arrest a guy, so they can expect a lot more agents in that jurisdiction.”
The San Diego County policy change was opposed by Republican Supervisor Jim Desmond who referred to it as a “super” sanctuary law for the protection of illegal immigrant criminals. “This reckless measure not only goes far beyond California’s already extreme Sanctuary State laws but actively endangers our communities by shielding illegal immigrant criminals from deportation. Consider this: under this policy, law enforcement is prohibited from notifying ICE about individuals, in custody, who have committed violent and heinous crimes, including: Rape and stalking, Assault and battery, Burglary, Child abuse and more,” Desmond said in a statement provided to the the Daily Caller.
Other Democratic-controlled cities have also reiterated their sanctuary status to say they won’t cooperate with Homan. He has vowed to prosecute mayors who impede the work of ICE agents and announced that deportations will begin in Chicago, where Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) has declared his opposition to the policy and suggested it is somehow racist. Homan has also traded words with Denver, CO Mayor Mike Johnston (D) who said he is prepared to go to jail to coddle illegals.
Homan voiced dismay that some city and state politicians would rather protect criminal illegals than their own law-abiding citizens. “I’ve been clear and President Trump’s been clear, we’re going to concentrate on public safety threats right out of the gate,” Homan told the Daily Caller. “What elected official doesn’t want public safety threats removed from their community?”