Tom Homan, the “border czar” for President Donald Trump’s administration, is setting his sights on the City of Boston’s sanctuary city policies.
Speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference outside Washington, D.C. on Saturday, Homan issued a warning specifically to Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox.
“The police commissioner of Boston, you said you’d double down on not helping the law enforcement offices of ICE. I’m coming to Boston, I’m bringing hell with me,” Homan said, prompting applause from the crowd. “You’re not a police commissioner. Take that badge off your chest, put it in your desk drawer. Because you became a politician. You forgot what it’s like to be a cop.”
Homan accused the state’s police forces of neglecting their duty in targeting criminals who are in the country illegally. He said, without citing specifics, that he found multiple cases where criminals who he alleges were in the country illegally were in jail but subsequently released.
“And guess what. The men and women of Immigrations and Custom Enforcement found those predators and they’re locked back up. And we’re going to deport them from the United States,” Homan said.
Boston is a sanctuary city. Mayor Michelle Wu will join the mayors of New York, Chicago and Denver to testify before a congressional oversight committee hearing investigating sanctuary city policies early next month.
