Overview
- Homan, who spoke Tuesday at a Phoenix border security expo, warned he would "flood the zone" in New York with ICE teams if lawmakers pass a bill cutting off local cooperation.
- Gov. Kathy Hochul said Trump told her he would not send a surge unless she asked and she is not asking, while Homan told Fox News on Wednesday that he plans to send agents anyway.
- The pending "Local Cops, Local Crimes" package would outlaw 287(g) agreements that let counties help with civil immigration arrests, limit ICE access to schools and churches without a judge’s warrant, curb face coverings by on-duty agents, restrict jail holds for ICE, and allow lawsuits over constitutional violations.
- Homan repeated that "mass deportations are coming," said agents will make more collateral arrests of non-targeted immigrants, and touted 10,000 planned deportation hires and roughly 800,000 removals, figures that reporters note are not fully documented.
- The clash follows January shootings by federal officers in Minnesota that spurred a shift to lower‑profile operations and training changes under DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin, and Nassau County’s Bruce Blakeman vowed to sue if Albany bans his 287(g) program, setting up a court fight that could shape how raids play out in neighborhoods.