Border Czar Tom Homan delivered a message to GOP lawmakers and Sanctuary City officials in an interview with The Gateway Pundit at the White House this week.
In response to GOP Senators who are planning to vote against the Big Beautiful bill, which narrowly passed in the House last week and provides funding for Border Patrol, enforcement, and barriers to illegal crossing, Homan called on the Senate to obey the will of the voters.
“Look, President Trump was voted into office by the American people, and the biggest issue was securing the border and removing public safety threats and national security threats, criminal illegal aliens in this country,” Homan said. “I would think every member of the GOP would agree, there’s no downside to securing the border.”
As The Gateway Pundit reported, several Republican Senators, including Rick Scott (R-FL), have voiced concerns over the bill and vowed not to vote for it, citing concerns about the deficit. Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI), who also opposes the bill, said the One Big Beautiful Bill does not have the votes to pass the Senate earlier this week.
Homan further warned Democrat Sanctuary City leaders against committing felonies by impeding ICE, warning he will be asking for prosecution of those who harbor illegal aliens.
Earlier this week, Homan responded to Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell’s attempts to obstruct ICE enforcement operations and protect public safety threats, including sex offenders, violent criminals, gang members, and repeat border-crossers. In addition to ongoing House Committee investigations, he signaled that O’Connell may be under investigation by federal law enforcement and that he plans on paying a visit to Nashville.
So far, a former New Mexico judge and a Milwaukee County judge have been arrested for harboring or concealing illegal aliens from arrest. Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) has also faced charges for assaulting ICE agents at the Delaney Hall Detention Center in Newark, New Jersey.
But not a single sitting official directing Sanctuary City policies has been arrested for shielding aliens, including designated foreign terrorist cartel members, from ICE, a felony violation. 8 U.S. Code § 1324 carries penalties of prison time for anybody who “brings to or attempts to bring to,” “moves or attempts to transport or move,” “conceals, harbors, or shields from detection, or attempts to conceal, harbor, or shield from detection” illegal aliens. Charges may be enhanced if the alien causes injury or death to another person, which is all too common with the violent criminal aliens.
“That’s going to be up to the DOJ” to prosecute, Homan says. He also said he has spoken to Attorney General Bondi about the issue, but stated that he’s keeping the discussions between him and Bondi confidential.
Hopefully, Bondi and the DOJ will actually do something besides civil lawsuits to deter these criminals from giving sanctuary to illegal aliens.
WATCH:
Conradson: There’s several GOP Senators, who have announced plans to oppose the Big Beautiful Bill. They say they have enough votes. What’s your message to those senators?
Homan: Look, President Trump was voted into office by the American people, and the biggest issue was securing the border and removing public safety threats and national security threats, criminal illegal aliens in this country. The American people voted for that. I would think every member of the GOP would agree, there’s no downside to securing the border. There’s no downside on removing public safety threats in this country. It should be a nonpartisan issue, but especially the GOP, who the American people have spoken, this is what they want. We’re giving them what they want. They need to give them what they want also. That’s my opinion.
Conradson: You recently said there may or may not be an ICE investigation into the Nashville mayor. You at least said you’re keeping a closer eye on him. Is there a chance, you know we’ve seen it with LaMonica McIver, we’ve seen it with these two judges. Is there a chance we could see a sitting sanctuary state official have charges brought against them for impeding ICE?
Homan: That’s going to be up to DOJ, but I’ll say it again, don’t cross the line. If you cross the line and commit a crime, then we’ll certainly ask for criminal prosecution. That’ll be up to the DOJ.