President-elect Donald Trump’s deportation strategy will include targeting so-called sanctuary jurisdictions, his new border lieutenant, Tom Horman, said.
Homan said in an interview with Center Square: said The plan will prioritize national security threats and violent criminals. This includes detention requests from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
According to a recent ICE report, a deputy director in the Biden administration said some local jurisdictions have “scaled back their cooperation with ICE, including denying ICE detention requests even for non-citizens who have been convicted of serious felonies and pose a persistent threat.” . ‘Public safety resulting from the so-called ‘sanctuary city’ policy. “But ‘sanctuary’ policies can end up sheltering dangerous criminals who victimize those same communities,” he said. reported.
Many Democratic leaders in so-called sanctuary jurisdictions have said they will not cooperate with ICE, but Homan said they are required to do so under federal immigration law, Title 8 USC 13.24 iii. He said anyone who “harbours or conceals illegal aliens from federal law enforcement officers” is committing a crime.
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“Obstructing a federal law enforcement officer is a crime,” he told The Center Square. It is also a crime for people to “knowingly harbor or conceal illegal aliens from ICE.”
He also asked“What mayor or governor doesn’t want public safety in their community? Their primary responsibility is to protect their communities. That’s exactly what we’re trying to do.”
Homan said he will work with both Democrats and Republicans to ensure public safety.
“I am willing to meet with anyone. “Our top priority on day one is public safety.” He’s encouraging local leaders to work with him “to make your community safer.”
The goal is to get local jurisdictions to cooperate with ICE in requests to detain illegal aliens already in the custody of local jurisdictions. Removing alleged criminals from local jurisdictions also reduces costs for cities, counties, and the state. The plan would not require local police officers to become immigration agents, but to cooperate with ICE agents, Homan said.
For example, ICE agents can check who is incarcerated in county jails. That’s because everyone who is arrested has their fingerprints entered into the national criminal NCIC database, which federal agents can access. He argues that not providing access to people detained in publicly funded facilities is a cover-up.
Homan is also asking Attorney General Pam Bondi, a Trump appointee, to conduct a full review and issue a formal opinion on whether local jurisdictions that deny ICE detention requests are violating federal law. Under Bondi, it is also possible that reserve jurisdictions could face federal prosecution.
Other options on the table include Congress imposing penalties on reservation jurisdictions, including withholding federal funds from law enforcement and city and county governments that shelter people crossing the border illegally, Homan said. .
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Homan’s appeal is already having an effect. New York’s Democratic mayor said he was willing to cooperate with the Trump administration, and Denver’s Democratic mayor walked back claims that he had ordered police to block federal agents’ operations.
Federal agents are already active in Denver, including at the Denver ICE field office and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection airport port of entry.
Todd Lyons, acting deputy director of field operations for ICE’s New England Enforcement and Removal Operations, argues that elected officials “propagating their sanctuary city status makes it easier for people to commit sex crimes and fentanyl dealers.” We need cities and towns to work with us to keep these criminals out of their neighborhoods.
“We are focused on the worst of the worst and all the political rhetoric is not helpful.” said Boston Herald.
Among the more than 660,000 criminal aliens Confirmed deported According to ICE, the majority live freely in the United States. This includes people convicted or charged with commercialized sex crimes, including murder (14,914), sexual assault (20,061), assault (105,146), kidnapping (3,372), and prostitution. (3,971).
Massachusetts’ Sanctuary Policy was implemented Several cities, including Boston, have banned officers from cooperating with ICE.
ICE agents have been arresting violent criminals in Massachusetts, including a man convicted of aggravated rape, assault and battery. fugitive wanted In his home country for a violent sexual offense. In many cases, sanctuary jurisdictions refuse to cooperate with ICE and instead release violent offenders into the community to commit additional crimes. reported.
Local officials promoting sanctuary policies “are welcoming criminals into the state. They are harming their own communities,” Lyons said. “All we are asking is to arrest those who have already been arrested.”
Homan says local jurisdictions “will work with us to make our communities safer.”
Those who don’t, he says, “can get sidetracked.”
Syndicated with permission from The Center Square.
