PHOENIX — The Trump administration threatened to flood New York with federal agents performing deportation roundups if the state passes a law that cuts off immigration enforcement cooperation, border czar Tom Homan said at a business conference Tuesday.
Speaking to government contractors at the Border Security Expo 2026 in Phoenix, Homan vowed to continue the aggressive tactics used recently by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol teams in Los Angeles, Memphis and Minneapolis. But he singled out New York, where Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul has proposed a bill that would bar police departments from partnering with federal agents on immigration enforcement with legal arrangements called 287(g) agreements.
“You want to do that to us?” Homan asked from the stage. “Rather than one agent arresting a public safety threat in the safety and security of a jail ... now we’re going to send a whole team to find this person ... six or seven guys.