President Trump’s no-nonsense border czar Tom Homan has threatened to prosecute New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy after he suggested he was sheltering a migrant in his home.
“If he’s knowingly harboring and concealing an illegal alien, that’s a violation of Title 8, United States Code 1324. I will seek prosecution or the secretary will seek prosecution,” Homan said on Fox News’ “Hannity” Monday night.
“Maybe he’s bluffing. If he’s not, we’ll deal with that,” Homan added. “It’s a foolish thing what he said, because I got note of it, won’t let it go, will look into it.”
The threat of prosecution comes after the Garden State leader implied over the weekend that he had opened his home to a female migrant and taunted the Trump administration “to try to get her” — as ICE agents continue to carry out sweeping deportation raids across the country.
“I don’t want to get into too much detail, but there’s someone in our broader universe whose immigration status is not yet at the point that they are trying to get it to and we said, ‘You know what, let’s have her live at our house above our garage,’” Murphy had said in the Saturday interview.
“And good luck to the feds coming in to try to get her.”
Murphy’s office later tried to backpedal his remarks — with a rep telling The Post on Monday that he had been “misinterpreted.”
His spokesperson later insisted Murphy was referring to a legal resident who is in his circle of friends and was worried about Trump’s return to the White House.
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