President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for “border czar,” Tom Homan, who formerly directed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), has vowed to slash federal funding to states that decline to align with the administration’s new immigration rules.
While on Mark Levin’s TV program, Homan, who previously was the acting ICE director, made this commitment. He revealed during the show that he and his family had to move from their house due to death threats.
“This administration has turned this world upside down, so now I’m being attacked,” Homan stated during the interview. “I got death threats, my family’s not even living in my home right now.”
The ex-ICE director has committed to executing what he calls the “biggest deportation operation this country’s ever seen.”
TV host Mark Levin, during his show, proposed using federal funding as a tool against defiant governors, particularly those in charge of sanctuary jurisdictions. These are areas where local officials limit their cooperation with federal immigration authorities.
“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, and Homan responded: “And that’s going to happen. Guaranteed, President Trump is going to do that.”
This declaration comes after Homan’s earlier warning on Fox & Friends to Democratic governors to “get the hell out of the way” and “don’t cross that line” in regards to any possible opposition to the administration’s immigration policies.
As border czar, Homan will be responsible for managing border control operations and deportation procedures for undocumented immigrants. This appointment underscores the administration’s ongoing emphasis on stricter immigration enforcement and potential confrontations with sanctuary jurisdictions.
Cooperation at the local level is deemed critical for federal immigration enforcement. However, sanctuary policies can hinder such efforts. The new administration could put more pressure on state and local officials to aid with federal immigration actions.