Border czar Tom Homan on Wednesday said that President Donald Trump’s federal takeover of Washington, D.C., means that the city can no longer enforce its sanctuary status.
Homan said on “The Story with Martha MacCallum” that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is working “hand-in-hand” with the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), which has been federally taken over, to arrest and deport any illegal immigrant criminal in Washington. The border czar promised that any illegal immigrant who commits a crime will not be protected under any sanctuary law.
“I think D.C., under federal control, is not gonna be a sanctuary city. We’re working with the police hand-in-hand and if we encounter a criminal illegal alien, they will be turned over to ICE, and that’s how it should be. I mean, I’m not saying every illegal alien in D.C.’s a criminal, but many are. So these are people we’re gonna focus on. Illegal alien criminal safety threats in D.C. is not gonna be protected. There is no sanctuary for these people in D.C.,” Homan said.
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The administration is tackling violent crime in the nation’s capital by having Attorney General Pam Bondi “take command” of the MPD and by deploying the National Guard. On the first night of Trump’s crackdown, around 850 officers and agents arrested 23 individuals for committing homicide, firearm and drug offenses, stalking, lewd acts and the possession of a high capacity magazine, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Tuesday.
With 30 National Guard troops and 750 uniformed officers on duty, law enforcement arrested 43 people on Tuesday night, according to Fox 5 Washington, D.C. A significantly larger National Guard troop presence is expected to take place on Wednesday.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) data shows that violent crime has reportedly only gone down by 10% since 2024, although the MPD’s statistics claim that it has decreased by 26%. The MPD’s violent crime data excludes aggravated and felony assault, which makes the drop in violent crime appear larger than it is in reality.
The MPD suspended its police commander in May and opened an investigation into whether he manipulated data to make it appear as if crime had decreased at large rates.
Since Trump took office, illegal border crossings have decreased to the lowest levels ever recorded in U.S. history. The historic drop follows ICE’s crackdown on illegal immigration by arresting more than 300,000 illegal immigrants since Trump began his second term.
The number of detainees being held by ICE increased from 39,000 in January to over 60,000 as of August, according to The New York Times.
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