Tom Homan didn’t mince words when he told sanctuary Democrats to get over themselves and be thankful that federal agents are finally enforcing the law in their cities. The border czar made clear that ICE will keep operating in sanctuary jurisdictions — whether Gavin Newsom, Karen Bass, J.B. Pritzker, or Brandon Johnson like it or not — because public safety must come first.
This isn’t abstract rhetoric; the administration has ramped up targeted operations in cities that refuse to cooperate, including a large enforcement effort in Illinois that has already produced a wave of arrests and fierce local pushback. Those operations, characterized by officials as a crackdown on criminal illegal aliens, have predictably sparked lawsuits, protest theater, and declarations that federal law somehow has no place where sanctuary politics rule.
Let’s be blunt: sanctuary policies were always a moral failure and a law-enforcement dodge, and Homan is right to call out politicians who cozy up to political virtue-signaling while their constituents pay the price in crime and fear. When federal officers are blocked from doing their jobs, the only people who benefit are smug politicians and the criminals they shield; Americans deserve leaders who choose safety over headlines.
Democrats howl about “federal overreach” as Trump’s team sends in agents and even National Guard elements to protect ICE operations, but the real overreach is the willful refusal of local leaders to follow federal law. The optics of governors and mayors suing the federal government while residents worry about public safety is pitiful — and Homan’s blunt “you’re welcome” attitude captures exactly what millions of Americans are thinking: enforcement is protection, not persecution.
Patriots who love their neighborhoods should stand with law enforcement and with anyone willing to do the hard work of restoring order, not with career politicians who posture about compassion from behind sanctuary shields. If Democrats won’t put Americans first, then officials like Tom Homan and a president who backs enforcement deserve the applause for finally choosing citizens over political theater.
