First on Fox: Incoming border czar Tom Homan is not backing down from his plans to lead President-elect Donald Trump's campaign Mass deportation In Chicago after a Democratic congresswoman asked him to “prepare to face resistance.”
“Message received. Please see 18 USC 111 and also see 8 USC 1324 (iii),” Homan told Fox News Digital in an interview on Wednesday. “The game continues.”
He was referring to two laws that prohibit obstructing a federal law enforcement officer and another that prohibits harboring or concealing illegal immigrants from immigration officers.
“So, the message has been received, please review this platform and this platform and keep the game going,” he said.
Progressive Rep. Delia Ramirez received a letter from Thomas Homan earlier this week. (Photo by Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Homan spoke in Chicago this week and told local Republicans that he wants Illinois Democrats to “come to the table” but if they don't, to “get out of the way.”
The comment sparked a fiery response from Rep. Delia Ramirez, D-Illinois.
“Tom Homan, next time you come to #IL03 – a region that has become stronger and more powerful thanks to immigrants – you better be prepared to face resistance,” she warned.
“You might think Chicago needs to get out of the way of Trump's mass deportation plans, but we plan to put everything your way.”
Ramirez's comments are the latest in a series of comments by Democratic lawmakers and officials across the country who have promised to either not cooperate with the incoming Trump administration's plans for mass deportations or resist them entirely.
Last month, Denver's mayor said he was willing to go to prison because of his opposition to deportations. Homan responded to the mayor's statement that he was willing to jail him, citing the same laws he referred to when he spoke to Fox Digital.
On Wednesday, he described Ramirez's opposition as opposition that would stop arrests that threaten public safety.
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ICE agents made arrests on September 25, 2019 in Revere, Massachusetts. (Photo by Matt Stone/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images)
“President Trump and I have been clear in every interview I've given that we will prioritize public safety threats immediately,” Homan said. “Any elected official who wants to prevent the removal of public safety threats from their communities, especially if they are illegal aliens, is not doing their job. And because their job, their first responsibility to their communities is to protect that community, the safety of that community.”
“No one should argue against removing public safety threats, and I find it unbelievable that it supports more criminals, especially in Chicago for God's sake,” he said.
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He said the administration would also prioritize the bloodthirsty Venezuelan cartel Aragua trainWhich spread throughout the country and established its presence in Chicago alongside other gangs.
“I'm not going to say every criminal in Chicago is an illegal alien, but some of them are, many of them are. So let's not just get them out of the community, let's get them out of the country.”
“So, the game went on,” he said.
