Incoming “border czar,” Tom Homan said large-scale raids as part of President-elect Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration are set to begin as soon as Tuesday, January 21st.
In an interview with Fox News on Friday night, Homan did not offer further details, but he did confirm that Chicago will be one of the cities targeted.
“On Tuesday, ICE is finally going to go out and do their job. We’re going to take the handcuffs off ICE,” he said, referring to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Homan, a former acting head of ICE, added that immigration agents will focus on the “worst first, public safety threats first, but no one is off the table. If they’re in the country illegally, they got a problem.”
The anticipated raids in Chicago were first reported by The Wall Street Journal. It comes after Homan visited the city in December and threatened to prosecute the city’s mayor if he refused to cooperate.
On Saturday, Homan told The Washington Post that the incoming administration was reconsidering launching raids in Chicago because details had leaked in the media, but had yet to make a final decision.
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