Incoming border czar Tom Homan says he is keen to throw Denver Mayor Mike Johnston in jail over his protests about mass deportation.
“However look, me and the Denver mayor, we agree on one factor — he is keen to go to jail, I am keen to place him in jail as a result of there there is a statute. It is Title 8 United States Code 1324 (iii). And what it says is it is a felony in case you knowingly harbor and conceal an unlawful alien from immigration authorities. It is also a felony to impede a federal regulation enforcement officer,” Homan advised Hannity throughout an interview on Fox Information final evening.
Homan’s feedback come after Mayor Johnston mentioned he was keen to go to jail to cease doable mass deportation efforts beneath the incoming Trump administration.
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston speaks throughout a information convention on the U.S. Capitol, Jan. 18, 2024, in Washington.
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“I am not afraid of that and I am additionally not searching for that,” he mentioned throughout an interview with an area NBC affiliate.
Johnston did stroll again feedback he made about stationing law enforcement officials on the county line to cease federal forces from coming in to deport undocumented immigrants. In an interview with native information outlet Denverite he likened these efforts to the 1989 Tiananmen Sq. protests in China.
Homan and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who have been each interviewed by Hannity on Monday evening, mentioned they plan to make two stops alongside the border to feed Nationwide Guard troops and DPS troopers who’ve been very important to Texas’ mission to cease immigrants from coming to the border.
