Border Emperor Tom Homan on Thursday assured that federal law enforcement would eventually take his hand and deport illegal immigrants accused of killing women on a New York City subway car.
“He's not going to run away,” Homan said in an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity about Sebastian Zapetta Khalil of Guatemala.
Zapeta-Calil is currently under the control of Rikers Island's New York City Amendment Bureau, but Big Apple's Sanctuary City policies have made the agency refuse to hand him over to federal authorities for expulsion, according to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
Homan has shown that federal agents are not blocked, despite the Department of Corrections' refusal to respect Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainees.
“If we have to sit outside that prison 24/7, we'll take his hand,” Homan vowed.
“New York City, or any other sanctuary city, is not going to stop President Trump from keeping his promise to eradicate all illegal criminal aliens, all public threats, all national security threats, all national security threats from this country,” he added. “We'll do that.”
“They just — the sanctuary cities make it difficult and more dangerous, but they're not going to stop what we're doing.”
Under the current sanctuary status of New York City, local law enforcement agencies will be prevented from working with federal immigration authorities to keep immigrants in custody until they can be taken up for deportation proceedings.
Ice issued a Details against Zapeta-Calil after being arrested in a December arson attack.
Zapetta Khalil has been charged with murder and arson for the horrifying murder of 57-year-old Debrina Kawam.
The 33-year-old immigrant was previously deported from the United States in June 2018.
Last month, Attorney General Pam Bondy filed a lawsuit against New York over the sanctuary state policies. It targets the Imperial State's “Green Light Act,” which grants illegal immigrants driver's licenses.
The 2019 law also prohibits inquiries about immigration status and prohibits state DMVs from sharing personal information with the Fed and law enforcement agencies unless ordered by a judge.
The Justice Department lawsuit alleges that the DMV information is “important” in order to “identify and delete people here illegally and keep officers safe.”
Homan suggested that if Zapetta Kali is not handed over to the ice, Bondy could pursue more lawsuits against New York.
