Tom Homan Vows Not To Surrender Immigration Enforcement While Chaos Ensues In Minnesota

Border czar Tom Homan declared on Thursday that federal immigration officials will not back down as tensions escalate in Minnesota.

Homan held a press conference to brief the public on his meetings with state officials, including Democratic Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, and address the ongoing upheaval in Minnesota. He assured that immigration officials will not be “surrendering” their mission of arresting criminal illegal aliens.

“We are not surrendering the president’s mission in immigration enforcement,” Homan said. “Let’s make that clear.Prioritization of criminal amendments doesn’t mean we forget about everybody else. That’s just simply ridiculous.But when you have a criminal standing here and a non-criminal standing there, that criminalalways should be targeted because he’s a significant concern to the safety and security of the community.” 

“By and large, for decades, ICE and have carried out their duties with integrity, professionalism,and compassion. That remains the expectation under President Trump and we will, I will, hold our agents and officers to that standard,” Homan continued. 

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Homan also confirmed during the presser that he had a productive meeting with officials in Minnesota and expressed hope of a drawdown in personnel over time. Ellison also told Homan that county jails can notify ICE of the release dates of public safety threats so agents can track them down and take them into custody.