White House border czar Tom Homan announced plans to increase Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deployments in sanctuary cities, including New York City, following an incident in which federal officers shot and wounded a 28-year-old undocumented immigrant on Thursday.

Speaking on Fox Business, Homan defended the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement strategy, pointing to the injured man’s reported criminal history as he argued for expanding federal operations.

“We are gonna flood the zone of sanctuary cities,” Homan said, without specifying when or where additional deployments would take place.

He also directed a warning toward New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who has called for ICE to leave the city.

“If he wants to double down and say he wants ICE out of New York? Well, I’m going to triple down — we’ll send more resources there,” Homan said.

The remarks signal the administration’s intention to intensify immigration enforcement in cities whose policies limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities.

Since President Donald Trump returned to office in 2025, his administration has carried out expanded ICE operations in several major Democratic-led cities, including Minneapolis and Chicago, with New York City among the latest targets.

Homan’s comments set the stage for a continued confrontation between the Trump administration and local officials over federal immigration enforcement and the role of sanctuary-city policies.

Tom Homan: "[Mamdani] wants to double down and say he wants ICE out of New York? Well I’m going to triple down—we’ll send more resources there." https://t.co/w7yilYkfbl

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