President Trump’s border czar Tom Homan ripped into Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral campaign promise to “kick the fascist ICE out of New York City,” telling the Democratic socialist that it’s “game on.”
Homan, who Trump tabbed to serve as the top immigration enforcer in the administration, called out Mamdani on Wednesday — one day after the 33-year-old Queens assemblyman declared victory in the NYC Democratic primary.
Mamdani has vowed to “Trump-Proof” the Big Apple if he were to be elected mayor, claiming the president has “deployed ICE agents to pluck New Yorkers from their families,” according to his campaign website.
Homan had a short, sweet response to the Mamdani’s promise.
“Good luck with that,” Homan told Larry Kudlow during his appearance on Fox Business’s “Kudlow.”
“Federal law trumps him every day, every hour of every minute,” Homan added. “We’re going to be in New York City, matter of fact, because it’s a sanctuary city and President Trump made it clear a week and a half ago, we’re going to double down and triple down on sanctuary cities.
“We’re going to concentrate in sanctuary cities because we know they’re releasing public safety threats and national security threats back to the street, so we know we’ve got a problem there.”
Homan warned the dark horse politician, who upset former Gov. Andrew Cuomo during Tuesday night’s primary, that ICE would have plenty of agents to round up the illegal immigrants in the metropolis.
“We don’t have that problem in Florida, where the sheriffs work with us, so we’re going to double up and triple up on New York,” Homan said. “Not only are we going to send more agents to the neighborhood, we are going to increase worksite enforcement tenfold.”
Homan lauded current Mayor Eric Adams for helping ICE operations in New York.
“He wants to do the right thing, he wants to be a law and order mayor,” Homan said.
The White House official said Hizzoner wants the NYPD to work with federal agents on the “significant public safety threats” and help find the 300,000 missing children trafficked in the US.
“He’s in the right mindset, it’s just that his hands are tied in many ways,” Homan said about the 64-year-old mayor, who will run as an independent.
In March, Mamdani made a scene inside the statehouse, shouting at Homan as he walked the halls of the state capital, before publishing the footage six months into his primary campaign.
The Astoria, Queens assemblyman was protesting ICE’s arrest of former Columbia University student and anti-Israel activist Mahmoud Khalil who had been detained for lying on his visa forms.
Mamdani was removed by state troopers during the March 12 stunt but was released without being charged.
The Ugandan native has called on his supporters to elect him to fight Trump, who he claims is “tearing at the fabric of New York City in his second term.
“Zohran Mamdani will fight Trump’s attempts to gouge the working class, and deliver a city where everyone can afford a dignified life. He’ll ensure our immigrant New Yorkers are protected by strengthening our sanctuary city apparatus: getting ICE out of all City facilities and ending any cooperation, increasing legal support, and protecting all personal data,” the campaign site says.
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