Overview

• Border Czar Tom Homan pledged to “flood the zone” with ICE agents in sanctuary cities that refuse to hand over criminal illegal aliens.
• The announcement followed a New York City briefing where DHS confirmed an off-duty CBP officer was shot in the face and arm and returned fire, wounding one of the suspects.
• DHS identified the assailants as Miguel Francisco Mora Nunez and Cristian Aybar Berroa, both in the country illegally, previously arrested multiple times and under final orders of removal.
• Homan cited internal data showing that 70 percent of the 130,000 recent ICE arrests involved criminal aliens, arguing those figures justify the escalated operations.
• Federal officials are exploring withholding federal funds and pursuing legal measures to compel cooperation from sanctuary jurisdictions resisting detainer requests.