Trump’s Border Czar Tom Homan declares Chicago is First for Mass Deportations

Tom Homan, Donald Trump’s incoming “Border Czar,” wants officials in Chicago, America’s third-largest city, to “get the hell out of the way” of his plans for mass deportations or risk prosecution.

Homan announced to a group of Chicago Republicans on December 9, 2024, Monday night, Chicago and the state of Illinois are “in trouble” because “your mayor sucks and your governor sucks.”

Trump’s pledge to arrest, detain and deport people living in the country without legal permission as part of his “day one” agenda would deploy federal, state and local law enforcement into immigrant communities across the country — starting in the Windy City, according to Homan. Homan warned the audience: “If your Chicago mayor doesn’t want to help, he can step aside,” he added. “But if he impedes us — if he knowingly harbors or conceals an illegal alien — I will prosecute him.”

Homan, former acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, is expected to carry out what the president-elect has described as “the largest mass deportation operation in American history,” which his allies expect to expand to target potentially millions of people beyond the scope of undocumented immigrants who are accused of committing crimes. He also said that the children of non-citizens are expected to be deported along with their families. “I’m not looking to separate families at all. That’s not my goal,” Homan said. “My goal is to enforce the law, but if you put yourself in that position, it may happen. But there’s no plan in this administration right now to separate families. It just isn’t. However, we’re going to enforce the law. So if you put yourself in that position, it’s on you.” Homan also cautioned that said people who are found “with” targeted immigrants could also face arrest.

“When they go find that bad guy, and when they find him, he’s probably going to be with others, others that are not a priority because they’re not criminals. But guess what? They’re going to be arrested, too,” he said. “Because he forced me into that position. So he wants to play the game. I’ll play that game.”

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