Incoming Border Czar Tom Homan has warned that he will double manpower in “sanctuary cities” that interfere and push back against the Trump administration’s deportation operation.
Homan discussed his plans on Friday’s episode of Fox News Channel’s “Hannity.”
One of the big problems in the current immigration system, Homan explained, is that many agents are stuck performing administrative duties.
To solve the problem, Homan said he intends to contract out as much work as possible to perform tasks that don’t require law enforcement officials.
“[M]y plan is, and I’ve been very vocal about this, we’re going to contract as much work out as we can, work that doesn’t require a badge and a gun, because I need badges and guns on the street to do the deportation operation,” Homan explained.
“So, when it comes to driving a bus, transportation, whether it’s ground or air, whether it’s processing, whether it’s other administrative duties, contract that work out, because right now, we’ve got badges and guns doing that work,” he continued. “Get them out of that administrative work, put more on the street, and that’s what we’re going to do.”
Homan warned that “if these sanctuary states and cities keep pushing back, I’ll have the extra resources to double manpower in those sanctuary cities. Because if we can’t arrest the bad guy in the jail with one agent, it means I’ve got to send a whole team out into the field to find this person, and, for officer safety reasons, we need a whole team, rather than just one person.”
In November, Homan suggested that criminal illegal aliens and gang members should self-deport because “we know who you are, and we’re gonna come and find you.”
“While we’re out prioritizing the public safety threats and national security threats, if you wanna self-deport, you should self-deport because, again, we know who you are, and we’re gonna come and find you,” Homan asserted.
“So if you wanna self-deport, that’s fine,” Homan continued. “But criminals and gang members, they get no favors from this administration. You came to this country illegally, which is a crime. You committed crimes against United States citizens, some heinous crimes. You get no grace period. So we’re coming for you.”
Making himself very clear, Homan said that those who have not committed crimes beyond their illegal border crossing can “put everything in order” and “leave with their family all together.”
Asked about the logistics of the deportations, Homan said criminals would be “put on an airplane” to their country of origin.
TOM HOMAN: “Criminals and gang members get no grace period. While we’re going after the criminals, if you want to self deport, you can self deport, that’s fine. It would allow you to get your affairs in order, which is reasonable. We know who you are, and we’re going to come… pic.twitter.com/4i1VNLw0Ou
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For those who have not committed additional crimes, Homan said, “They found their way across the world to come to the greatest nation on earth, and they can find their way home. Either that, or I can give them a free airline ticket.”
