Tom Homan outlined ongoing enforcement actions and challenges during an interview with Bill Hemmer, focusing on sanctuary city policies, recent operations in major cities, and concerns about individuals released into the country without proper vetting.

Hemmer opened a segment by asking Homan to respond to criticism from a sanctuary city mayor.

“Go ahead. Go ahead and answer that. Mr. Homan, sir, if you could, she says, total disregard for the people of her community,” Hemmer said.

Homan responded that federal officers are carrying out existing law and removing dangerous offenders.

“No, she doesn’t understand we’re enforcing the law. Mean, what other federal agency does she think should not enforce laws we are taking public safety threats out of her community every day, which makes your community safer,” Homan said.

He added that cooperation would benefit local residents.

“You think she’d be hand in hand with us and thanking President Trump for focusing on the worst of the worst, prioritizing those public safety threats, so child rapists and murderers and others. So we’re gonna keep doing it. She can. She can dislike it all she wants. We’d like her to be a partner and come and work with us on it, but she doesn’t want it stand aside and watch us do your job.”

Hemmer asked whether operations were continuing in Charlotte.

“That operation continues in Charlotte, right? You’re still operating there?”
“Yes,” Homan replied.

Hemmer then compared results in Houston with other locations.

“Okay, Chicago’s been an issue. I know you’re well aware of it. We just put us some numbers from Houston, Texas… Is the mayor in Charlotte cooperating? Or are we seeing numbers the way we are in Houston? Because there is cooperation from that Mayor in Texas.”

Homan described the Houston operation as significant.

“No. You know what happened in Houston? Was a fantastic operation. I actually went out there and kicked that operation off. And I mean, the first day, I can’t tell you how many child rapists. I mean, the worst of the worst, to me is a child rapist. How many of them we arrested the first day? I think we nine were arrested the first day,” he said.

He added that the agency enforces the law regardless of a city’s political leanings.

“We’re like, regardless of republican or democratic city. We’re going to force the laws across this country and take those public safety threats off the street, Bill.”

Homan said sanctuary city policies continue to create enforcement gaps.

“Sanctuary cities were flooding the zone because we know they’re releasing public safety threats in the communities every day. That’s where the biggest problem is, and that’s where we’re sending the majority of the agents.”

Hemmer asked about local leaders in San Francisco seeking to handle issues independently.

“Apparently, a lot of local leaders in San Francisco approached the administration and said, We can do this on our own… What do you know about that?”

Homan said he spoke directly with San Francisco’s mayor.

“Well, I can tell you the President Trump and me talked about San Francisco, and I actually spoke to the mayor of San Francisco, and he said, he goes, Look, let my law enforcement, my leadership, let us see what we can do within our own government agencies here, and give us, give us a chance.”

Homan said some local officials were taking action against dangerous offenders.

“Even though they’re sanctuary city, they’re taking some actions against the worst of the worst. We’ll see it. Will monitor it.”

He also said operations are planned for New York City.

“But New York City, I plan on being in New York City in the near future. We’re going to do operations in New York City… We know in New York City, me and Mayor Adams at one point had an agreement to let ice into Rikers Island so we can rest the public safety threats in the safety and security of that facility, but the city council shut it down.”

Homan added, “We’re going to be coming to New York City. We’re already there now. I mean, teams are there now, but we will increase the enforcement present New York City again, because they’re a sanctuary city, and we know we have an issue. There are public safety threats sitting in the street everyday.”

Hemmer asked whether San Francisco’s approach could be replicated in New York.

“With that answer, is there a distinction between what’s happening in San Francisco and what can or will happen in New York?”

Homan replied, “We’ll see. I mean, I think President said last night, if the mayor of New York City wants to come and talk about making the street safer, open up for discussion. I’m willing to meet with anybody. President Trump’s willing to meet with anybody.”

He said cooperation is preferred.

“We much rather work with with these sanctuary cities than keep, you know, putting our agents at extreme risk going out in the community and wrestling public safety trip, they could have rested them in the safety and security of a jail.”

He added, “But if they don’t want assist, they want to keep pushing back and impeding our efforts, then we’re going to just send more teams there. We’re going to flood the zone.”

Hemmer closed with a question about an illegal alien from Uzbekistan arrested in Kansas. “What do we know about this? Or what do we need to know about him?”

Homan said the case fits concerns he has raised for years.

“You know, Bill, you and I talked the last four years… I said the Biden administration was lying to American people. And they said, everybody they released in the country was properly vetted. They weren’t.”

He said whistleblowers described pressure to release individuals before FBI checks were complete.

“They were forced to release people quickly so there wasn’t overcrowding… They released them before vetting even came back.”

Homan said many dangerous individuals will not appear in U.S. databases.

“Most terrorists in this world, you can’t find in any database unless they’re on the battlefield and had a retina scan done by DOD, unless they’re part of a T3 investigation.”

He concluded that federal law requires detention.

“Federal law says if you enter country through an illegal route without proper documentation, you shall be detained… And that’s what President Trump’s doing, most secure border in history in the nation. History, in the nation right now because we’re following federal law.”

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