Trump’s border czar reveals which city is first for mass deportations

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Donald Trump’s incoming “border czar” wants officials in America’s third-largest city to “get the hell out of the way” of his plans for mass deportations or risk prosecution. In remarks to a group of Chicago Republicans on Monday night, Tom Homan said the city and the state of Illinois are “in trouble” because “your mayor sucks and your governor sucks.” Trump’s pledge to arrest, detain and deport people living in the country without legal permission as part of his “day one” agenda would deploy federal, state and local law enforcement into immigrant communities across the country — starting in the Windy City, according to Homan. “But if he impedes us — if he knowingly harbors or conceals an illegal alien — I will prosecute him.” open image in gallery Trump’s ‘border czar’ Tom Homan plans to make Chicago ground zero for the president-elect’s mass deportation operation Homan, Trump’s former acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, is expected to carry out what the president-elect has described as “the largest mass deportation operation in American history,” which his allies expect to expand to target potentially millions of people beyond the scope of undocumented immigrants who are accused of committing crimes. “But you don’t get a pass.” open image in gallery Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has pledged to protect the city’s immigrant communities from Trump’s sweeping deportation plans Homan also said people who are found “with” targeted immigrants could also face arrest.