President-elect Donald Trump's new border czar has warned local leaders that they will face justice if they challenge mass deportation efforts.
Democratic leaders in blue states announced they will fight the incoming Trump administration's efforts to mass deport illegal immigrants. The Boston City Council voted unanimously to double the order Obstructing Trump's plans For mass deportation Denver Mayor Mike Johnston, Massachusetts Governor Maura Haley, and Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs, all Democrats, are among those who oppose it.
Tom Homan, the former acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Trump's pick for border official, told Dr. Phil that he is prepared for such a confrontation, and has a concrete plan for the changes that will happen when Trump takes office.
“First, we will secure the border. Second, we will manage the deportation process, and third, we will look for these 300,000 children, and we will find them too,” he said. Talk show host. “President Trump has been clear that we will prioritize public safety threats and national security threats first because they pose the greatest risk to this nation.”
Incoming border czar Tom Homan spoke with Dr. Phil about the Trump administration's plan to deport illegal immigrants.
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The incoming border czar added: “So, on day one we will be looking for public safety threats, arresting them, detaining them, deporting them, and if those… Mayors of the city of Malaz “I don't want to help, so get out of the way, because we're coming, we're coming.”
Later in the show, Homan emphasized that lawmakers need to familiarize themselves with the actual legal text that states, “If you knowingly conceal or harbor an illegal alien from a police officer, it is a felony. Obstructing a federal law enforcement officer is a felony.” . So don't cross this line, we have a powerful Attorney General coming in, Pam Bondi, and we're going to bring these prosecutions, so you know, don't test us!”
President-elect Donald Trump, left, and new appointee Tom Homan, right (Getty Images)
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He stressed that sanctuary cities “are havens only for criminals” and that by challenging efforts to get rid of criminal illegal immigrants, “by putting up roadblocks and being a sanctuary city, they will get the exact outcome they don't want.” “We don't want any more ICE officers in our neighborhoods.”
He said the best thing to do with illegal immigrant criminals who are apprehended by local law enforcement is to bring them to Immigration and Customs Enforcement so that they are not only removed from the community, but removed from the country as well.
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“Let's protect American citizens, let's protect the immigrant community, give us the bad guy,” he said.
Fox News' Taylor Penley contributed to this report
