The White House border czar said to “expect action” in Chicago this week without offering any specific details during a CNN appearance Sunday morning.
President Donald Trump and his administration have been threatening to send Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and National Guard troops to Chicago.
But troops have yet to appear, and increased immigration enforcement has yet to be seen. Gov. JB Pritzker said last week he expects immigration raids to target the city during Mexican Independence Day festivities.
CNN’s Jake Tapper asked border czar Tom Homan on Sunday if “we should expect action in Chicago this week?”
“Absolutely, you can expect action in most sanctuary cities across the country,” Homan said. “We got to send additional resources to the problem areas, which are sanctuary cities.”
But Homan did not say when the “action” would happen, what it would entail and if National Guard troops would be involved. Homan defended using National Guard troops to assist ICE agents in their operations despite the fact that troops wouldn’t make arrests.
“The National Guard does provide protection for us, provides us infrastructure, provides us transportation, provides us additional processing capabilities,” Homan said. “They’re a force multiplier, and they’re on the table.”
Tapper also questioned Homan about Trump appearing to declare war on Chicago in a Saturday social media post.
“I think [Trump’s] words are being taken out of context,” Homan said. “We’re going to war with the criminal cartels. We’re going to war with illegal aliens, public safety threats.”
