Tom Homan, the former director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for “border czar,” has made a commitment to slash federal funding for states that decline to fall in line with the new immigration policies of the administration.
The promise was made by Homan, who has also served as the interim ICE director, during an interview on Mark Levin’s television program. His announcement accompanies the news that he and his family have relocated due to death threats.
“This administration has turned this world upside down, so now I’m being attacked,” Homan expressed during the interview. “I got death threats, my family’s not even living in my home right now.”
The ex-ICE director has vowed to initiate what he characterizes as the “biggest deportation operation this country’s ever seen.”
Mark Levin, the host of the television program, proposed the idea of leveraging federal funding against defiant governors, especially those managing sanctuary jurisdictions. Sanctuary cities are defined as areas that restrict cooperation between local authorities and federal immigration officials.
“If you have a governor who says, ‘I’m not going to cooperate’…then federal funds should be slashed to that state, and I mean hugely so, so that the people of that state understand that the governor is the responsible party,” Levin suggested, to which Homan replied: “And that’s going to happen. Guaranteed, President Trump is going to do that.”
Homan’s statement follows his previous warning to Democratic governors on Fox & Friends to “get the hell out of the way” and not to “cross that line” in terms of potential opposition to the administration’s immigration reforms.
In his role as border czar, Homan is expected to supervise border control operations and deportation processes for illegal immigrants. His appointment indicates the administration’s ongoing commitment to stricter immigration enforcement and possible clashes with sanctuary jurisdictions.
Cooperation at the local level is deemed vital for federal immigration enforcement, although sanctuary policies can impede such efforts. Under the new administration, state and local officials may face heightened pressure to aid federal immigration actions.
