Border czar rips Virginia's new 'Bond villain' governor after she blocked ICE on day one… as he lays out plans to move forward without her https://t.co/yFzFhBbDAk
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Border Czar Tom Homan slammed the newly elected governor of Virginia who was compared to a ‘Bond villain’ by the Trump administration after she attempted to throttle ICE enforcements.
Tom Homan said on a podcast Thursday that he would do his best to defy the executive orders of Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger after she signed a liberal wish list on her first day in office, and while he hopes they can work together ‘it doesn’t look good’.
Spanberger’s most controversial order reduces the state’s cooperation with ICE to thwart President Trump’s drastic immigration crackdown.
‘I said it from Day 1: the thousands of agents we’re bringing on – we’re going to flood sanctuary cities,’ Homan said.
‘We have to because you created a problem when you released some public safety threats in the streets.’
The border czar promised to devote more resources to Virginia now that the new administration ‘makes our job harder.’
He added that liberal governors like Spanberger ‘set the stage’ but his team are going to do their job regardless – as they have in places like New York, California, Oregon and Illinois.
‘They’re not going to stop us,’ he said. ‘They can stand on the sidelines and watch. Shame on them, but they’re not going to stop us from doing this mission.’
Homan expressed frustration because there are simple ways in which having the cooperation of governors makes his job easier.
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