President Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, has announced he will put Democrat Denver mayor Mike Johnston in jail.
Holman’s comments come after Mayor Johnston stated he was willing to go to jail to stop the Trump administration from launching mass deportations.
Homan stated, “But look, me and the Denver mayor, we agree on one thing — he’s willing to go to jail, I’m willing to put him in jail because there’s a statute.”
He continued, “It’s Title 8 United States Code 1324 (iii). And it says it’s a felony to knowingly harbor and conceal an illegal alien from immigration authorities.”
“It’s also a felony to impede a federal law enforcement officer,” added Homan.
Incoming Border Czar Tom Homan:
"Me and the Denver mayor, we agree on one thing: He's willing to go to jail. I'm willing to put him in jail."
Let’s go!! pic.twitter.com/mnVOJwfesv
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) November 26, 2024
Check out what ABC News reported:
Incoming border czar Tom Homan says he’s willing to throw Denver Mayor Mike Johnston in jail over his protests about mass deportation.
ADVERTISEMENT“But look, me and the Denver mayor, we agree on one thing — he’s willing to go to jail, I’m willing to put him in jail because there there’s a statute. It’s Title 8 United States Code 1324 (iii). And what it says is it’s a felony if you knowingly harbor and conceal an illegal alien from immigration authorities. It’s also a felony to impede a federal law enforcement officer,” Homan told Hannity during an interview on Fox News last night.
Homan’s comments come after Mayor Johnston said he was willing to go to jail to stop possible mass deportation efforts under the incoming Trump administration.
“I’m not afraid of that and I’m also not seeking that,” he said during an interview with a local NBC affiliate.
Johnston did walk back comments he made about stationing police officers at the county line to stop federal forces from coming in to deport undocumented immigrants. In an interview with local news outlet Denverite he likened those efforts to the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests in China.
Border Czar Tom Homan on Denver Mayor Johnson's threats to block deportations:
"I'm willing to put him in jail" pic.twitter.com/cX393ay2LM
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) November 26, 2024
Per The Guardian:
Tom Homan, Donald Trump’s hardline incoming border czar, has threatened to put the mayor of Denver in jail after the latter said he was willing to risk incarceration to resist the president-elect’s migrant mass deportation plan.
The threat was issued against Mike Johnston, a Democrat, who said he was not afraid of being jailed and encouraged people to protest against mass round-ups of immigrants in their cities and communities.
Johnston’s remarks came after Trump focused during the presidential election campaign on the Denver suburb of Aurora, which he said had become “a war zone” where apartment buildings had been taken over by Venezuelan gang members.
Asked to respond by Fox News’s Sean Hannity, Homan said: “Me and the Denver mayor, we agree on one thing; he’s willing to go to jail. I’m willing to put him in jail.”
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