Tom Homan on Deploying National Guard to Chicago & Combating Illegal Immigration

Operation in Chicago

• 🎯 Tom Homan discusses President Trump's commitment to focusing on sanctuary cities, with Chicago being a priority.
• ⚡ In a previous operation, ICE arrested nine child sex predators, nine members of the Terror Aaba terrorist organization, and two illegal aliens convicted of homicide.
• 🚀 The operation also seized pistols with switches, making them fully automatic, which were being sold by gang members.
• 💡 Homan states that the goal is to make Chicago safer by removing public safety and national security threats.

Sanctuary City Policy Pushback

• ⚠️ Homan urges the governor and mayor of Chicago to "stay out of the way" if they do not want to help make their city and state safe.
• 🤝 He believes that the number one responsibility of elected officials is the safety and security of their communities.
• 👮 Law enforcement officers in Chicago expressed gratitude for ICE's help, as sanctuary laws lead to repeated arrests of the same illegal aliens.

Resource Allocation and Hiring

• 🌊 Homan plans to "flood the zone" in sanctuary cities like Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York with resources.
• 📈 ICE is hiring 10,000 more officers, with the majority being sent to sanctuary cities where the problems are most concentrated.
• 🔥 Resources are being directed to the biggest "fires," which are identified as sanctuary cities.

Border Security and Drug Interdiction

• 🚢 A military operation off the coast of Venezuela obliterated a narco ship, killing 11 Transwa members, with drugs likely headed for the USA.
• 🎗️ Homan recalls stating at the Republican National Convention that President Trump would "wipe the cartels of Mexico off the face of the earth."
• 🇺🇸 The secure border is credited with reducing overdose deaths from fentanyl, indicating President Trump's leadership in making the country safer.

New Detention Facilities

• 🤝 Governors from several states are stepping up to be part of the solution to make the country safe again.
• 🔒 A new detention facility is being opened in Louisiana, utilizing the old Angola prison, with the governor's cooperation.
• ✅ Homan looks forward to working with more governors on this initiative.