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President Donald Trump’s border czar Tom Homan blasted New York’s sanctuary city policies during a Wednesday interview, revealing that Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul is resisting deportation efforts.
Homan shared the comments on Fox News’ “Hannity” following his visit to Albany, New York, to meet with lawmakers.
“Governor Hochul stood on national TV after NYPD officers were assaulted, saying she thinks criminal aliens should be deported. She said the same thing after a young woman was burned alive on a subway by an illegal alien. So she says, yeah, criminal aliens should be deported,” Homan told host Sean Hannity.
“However, when Mayor Adams meets me and wants to help us arrest criminal aliens, get us back on Riker’s Island, she goes down and tries to fire him. She’s got the green light law where ICE officers and CBP officers can’t get DMV data. When they pull a car over here, they don’t even know who they are because they can’t get data to DMV because she locked them out,” he continued.
When Hannity asked about the legality of the New York response, Homan noted U.S. General Attorney Pam Bondi’s lawsuit against the Empire State.
“It absolutely is, and that’s why Pam Bondi is suing the state of New York,” Homan replied.
“We got Pam Bondi as the AG now. So, you know, New York’s going to have some issues, but the men and women like you just read the great numbers that came out. God bless the men and women of ICE and the Border Patrol — they put their lives on the line for this country every day. President Trump is committed to seeking the worst — the worst of the worst, the significant public safety threats and national security threats and you got a governor that doesn’t share DMV data with us, which helps us target these people, and she’s going to notify them we’re doing operation against them?” he added.
Homan joined state GOP lawmakers seeking to repeal the state’s Green Light law, which allows illegal immigrants to apply for drivers’ licenses without providing a Social Security number.
The Trump border czar also addressed implementing the Laken Riley Act, which would require law enforcement to notify ICE upon arresting a non-citizen.
