in World News Tom Homan Blasts Denver Mayor Johnston
‘We Agree on One Thing—He’s Willing to Go to Jail, and I’m Willing to Put Him in Jail’
Former acting ICE Director and incoming Border Czar Tom Homan took aim at Denver Mayor Mike Johnston, who has openly declared his willingness to defy federal law to protect illegal immigrants, including those with criminal records, from deportation under President-elect Donald Trump’s administration.
Mayor Johnston’s controversial sanctuary city agenda has drawn sharp criticism for its extreme approach.
In an interview with Denverite, Johnston outlined his vision of Denver as a “fortress of resistance,” complete with human barricades of residents and police officers standing in the way of federal deportation efforts.
Johnston even likened his planned resistance to “a Tiananmen Square moment.”
“More than us having [Denver Police] stationed at the county line to keep them out, you would have 50,000 Denverites there,” Johnston boasted, adding, “It’s like the Tiananmen Square moment with the rose and the gun, right?” You’d have every one of those Highland moms who came out for the migrants. And you do not want to mess with them.”