Trump’s Border Czar Threatens Jail Time for Denver Mayor Over Immigration Stance

On 27 Novem­ber 2024, Peo­ple Mag­a­zine report­ed that Tom Homan, Don­ald Trump’s des­ig­nat­ed “bor­der czar,” threat­ened to jail Den­ver May­or Mike John­ston over resis­tance to Trump’s pro­posed mass depor­ta­tion plans. The arti­cle begins:

Tom Homan, who was tapped to serve as the “bor­der czar” in Don­ald Trump’s upcom­ing admin­is­tra­tion, has already threat­ened a lib­er­al law­mak­er with incar­cer­a­tion if he resists Trump’s mass depor­ta­tion plan. Homan, 62, is a for­mer Bor­der Patrol agent who served as the act­ing direc­tor of Immi­gra­tion and Cus­toms Enforce­ment dur­ing Trump’s first term. Though he will not be an offi­cial Cab­i­net mem­ber in Trump’s new admin­is­tra­tion, he “will be in charge of all Depor­ta­tion of Ille­gal Aliens back to their Coun­try of Ori­gin,” accord­ing to the president-elect…

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Key Points:

1. Tom Homan, des­ig­nat­ed to over­see depor­ta­tions in Trump’s upcom­ing admin­is­tra­tion, pub­licly threat­ened legal action against a sit­ting mayor.
2. Den­ver May­or John­ston stat­ed his inten­tion to pro­tect migrants and called for oth­ers to join in oppos­ing mass depor­ta­tion efforts.
3. The con­flict high­lights grow­ing ten­sions between fed­er­al immi­gra­tion enforce­ment plans and local gov­ern­ment resis­tance to such measures.
4. Though des­ig­nat­ed as “bor­der czar,” Homan will not hold an offi­cial Cab­i­net posi­tion in the pro­posed Trump administration.