President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for border czar, Tom Homan, said plans for a large-scale operation to deport illegal immigrants would begin in Chicago, warning local officials not to stand in the way.
“We’re going to start right here in Chicago, Illinois. If your Chicago mayor doesn’t want to help, he needs to step aside,” Homan told the crowd at a Dec. 9 event in Chicago co-organized by the Northwest Side GOP Club. “But if he impedes us—if he knowingly harbors or conceals an illegal alien—I will prosecute him.”
Trump campaigned on the promise to secure the border and deport anyone residing in the country illegally, with estimates of the illegal immigrant population in the United States ranging from around 11 million to 21 million. The president-elect has also vowed to end birthright citizenship, although he recently signaled willingness to work with Democrats on a plan that would exclude individuals who entered the United States illegally as children—often referred to as Dreamers—from the mass deportations….
Mass Deportations Will Start in Chicago, Trump’s Border Czar Tom Homan Says
