Trump's border czar to target sanctuary cities in US: 'We're gonna flood the zone' [View all]
Source: The Guardian
Mon 21 Jul 2025 18.13 EDT
Last modified on Mon 21 Jul 2025 18.15 EDT
The Trump administration is targeting sanctuary cities in the next phase of its deportation drive after labelling them “sanctuaries for criminals” following the shooting of an off-duty law enforcement officer in New York City, allegedly by an undocumented person with a criminal record.
Tom Homan, Donald Trump’s hardline border czar, vowed to “flood the zone” with Immigration, Customs and Enforcement (Ice) agents in an all-out bid to overcome the lack of cooperation he said the government faced from Democrat-run municipalities in its quest to arrest and detain undocumented people. His pledge followed the arrest of two undocumented men from the Dominican Republic after a Customs and Border Protection officer suffered gunshot wounds to the arm and face in an apparent robbery attempt in New York’s Riverside park on Saturday night.
New York is one of several self-designated “sanctuary cities” across the US, called so because the mayors and local councils have prevented law officers under their control from collaborating with federal immigration officers working on Trump’s mass deportation scheme.
Homan – who has previously threatened to arrest mayors if they impede Ice’s arrest efforts – said: “Every sanctuary city is unsafe. Sanctuary cities are sanctuaries for criminals and President Trump’s not going to tolerate it. “I’m going to work very hard … to keep President Trump’s promise and his commitment several weeks ago that sanctuary cities are now our priority. We’re going to flood the zone.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/21/trump-sanctuary-cities-noem-homan
Time for the vaudville hook to drag this clown off the stage.
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