Thomas Homan, who was appointed ‘border czar’ by newly elected President Donald Trump on Sunday evening, has a clear message for all Democratic governors who oppose the planned mass deportation operation.

“If they’re not willing to help, then step aside, because (Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)) is going to do their job,” Homan, who was acting ICE director during the first Trump administration, told Fox News Digital an interview Friday.

Trump announced Sunday that Homan will be appointed “border czar” and will be responsible for the borders and “all deportations of illegal aliens back to their countries of origin” in the new administration.

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Before that announcement, Fox News asked Homan about comments from Democratic governors who have indicated they will not cooperate with the administration on the mass deportation of illegal immigrants.

Massa Governor Maura Healey said last week that “every tool in the toolbox must be used to protect our citizens, to protect our residents and our states and to uphold democracy and the rule of law as a foundation. principle.”

“No. Absolutely not,” she said last week when asked whether state police would assist with deportations.

Thomas Homan speaks on Day 3 of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee on July 17, 2024. (REUTERS/Mike Segar)

Homan, a Fox News contributor, suspects some “sanctuary” jurisdictions will cooperate with the government.

“They’re not going to say it, but with all the alien crime and the young women being sexually assaulted and murdered, some sheriffs have stepped up and been working with us behind the scenes,” he said.

While he said it would be helpful to have the “force multiplier” of help from state and local governments, and to give officers access to county jails where serious illegal immigrant criminals are incarcerated, he said a lack of that help would do not stop operations.

“If you don’t want to work with us, go all the way, we’re going to do it. What it means is, instead of sending 100 people to Boston, we’re going to send 200 agents.” to Boston. We are going to get the job done,” he said.

‘We have a mandate. I think the American people just gave President Trump a mandate. That’s why he was elected – to secure the border, save lives and deport people, especially when it comes to threats to national security and public safety. go help us, stand aside, but don’t get in our way because there will be consequences.”

Homan said the immediate focus will be on illegal immigrants with criminal convictions or charges, as had been the focus under the first Trump administration.

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“It will not be a large-scale raid on neighborhoods, it will not be mass raids. It will be a targeted enforcement operation,” he said.

However, he cautioned that this does not mean anyone is off the table. “If you are in a country illegally, you have a problem.”

Then-President Trump, left, and Acting Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Thomas Homan discuss sanctuary cities during a law enforcement roundtable in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on Tuesday, March 20, 2018 in Washington, D.C. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Homan argues that with millions of people entering the southern border illegally under the Biden administration, there must be consequences for those who are found not to have a valid claim for asylum, otherwise there can be no true due process.

“There will be a mass deportation operation because we have never seen mass illegal immigration before where 90% will be removed. That’s common sense,” he said.

He also said many illegal immigrants are likely to leave on their own if incentives to cross the border are ended. How many can be removed, he says, will depend on available resources.

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“It depends on the resources, it depends on the money. But I guarantee you that President Trump means what he says and there will be a green light to enforce our laws and secure that border. And that will require a massive deportation operation,” he said. said.

Homan, a former New York police officer, Border Patrol agent and ICE chief, was widely expected to play a key role in the mass deportation operation. A 2016 Washington Post article stated that Homan “deports people. And he’s really good at it.”

Homan said Friday of his potential role in government: “Here’s what I’ll say. I didn’t ask for a feature. I certainly didn’t ask for a cabinet position. President Trump knows that if he needs me to conduct a deportation operation. If he needs me to secure the border, I stand ready to help in any way I can. And he will decide what he wants me to do and whether he wants me to do it.”

Instead, he emphasized the threat at the border and the incoming administration’s determination to resolve it.

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“The southern border is the greatest national security threat I have seen in my lifetime. It should be a nonpartisan issue. People should not be making death threats against me and hating me. Securing the border should be a nonpartisan issue should be.” he said. “And we’re going to do it…I don’t care what people’s opinions are, we’re going to get it done.”