which portrayed him leading the National Guard in Chicago, describing the scene as “Chipocalypse Now.”

“I love the smell of deportations in the morning… Chicago about to find out why it’s called the Department of WAR,” the meme read.

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker responded, claiming that the meme was a legitimate threat to “go to war with an American city.”

Pritzker had already accused the Department of Homeland Security of planning to “invade” his city on Friday.

The Trump Administration has been planning federal law enforcement operations and potential National Guard deployment in the Windy City after at least 14 were killed and nearly 100 injured in shootings over the last two weekends.

It was recently revealed that 200 or more Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials would be deployed in the sanctuary city of Chicago to carry out deportations. The National Guard may also be deployed as a deterrent to rioters and criminals.

Homan doubled down on the President’s Saturday meme post, saying that while “his words are being taken out of context,” the Trump Administration is, in fact, “going to war with the criminal cartels.”

“We’re going to war with illegal aliens, public safety threats, that rape children, that raped citizens, that committed armed robberies, that distribute narcotics that kill Americans. We’re at war with the criminal cartels, and Governor Pritzker protects criminal illegal alien public safety threats every day in that state, along with Mayor Johnson,” he added.

“Yeah, we’re at war with the criminal cartels and those who want to murder and rape American citizens. You’re damn right.”

Homan: I think his words are being taken out of context. When I said, we’re going to war, we’re going to war with the criminal cartels. We’re going to war with illegal aliens, public safety threats, that rape children, that raped citizens, that committed armed robberies, that distribute narcotics that kill Americans. We’re at war with the criminal cartels, and Governor Pritzker protects criminal illegal alien public safety threats every day in that state, along with Mayor Johnson. We proved that.

The first week of the administration, I went to Chicago. I started an operation there. The first day, we arrested nine sexual predators, most of them child rapists. We arrested nine members of TDA. Several of those TDA members had an illegal pistol with a switch on it, which makes that pistol fully automatic. We arrested two illegal aliens that had a homicide conviction. That was the first day in Chicago. So, you know, President Trump and this administration, yeah, we’re at war with the criminal cartels and those who want to murder and rape American citizens. You’re damn right.

In another segment of the interview, Tapper asked Homan about the incoming operations with ICE and DHS and whether the Administration plans to send National Guard troops into Chicago.

Homan confirmed that National Guard deployment is “always on the table” as a “force multiplier” for immigration enforcement operations. He further stated that we can expect to see action in Chicago and “most sanctuary cities across the country,” starting this week, as the Administration targets sanctuary cities.

Previously, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller said that Democratic Sanctuarty city leaders should face “numerous felony charges” for harboring and concealing illegals after they ignored a deadline set by the Department of Justice to comply with Homeland Security and ICE. This was after Attorney General Pam Bondi sent letters to the mayors of several sanctuary cities containing an ultimatum that they commit to complying with the Trump Administration’s efforts to enforce federal immigration law or face consequences.

Tapper: Maybe it should say criminal aliens in Chicago are about to find out why it’s called the Department of War, not Chicago itself. But let me ask you, we keep hearing the president’s going to send National Guard troops into Chicago. It has not yet happened. Help clear this up for me: Is the President talking about sending National Guard troops and other federal troops into Chicago to handle deportations or to handle violent criminals, or both, like you just referred to violent criminals who are in this country illegally? What is the operation going to look like? Will it happen this week?

Homan: National Guard are always on the table. We use them in Los Angeles, and we use them in Washington, DC. They’re a force multiplier. Now, do they arrest illegal aliens? No. ICE officers, Border Patrol agents, who have Title 8 authority, arrest illegal criminal aliens. But the national guard does provide protection for us, it does provide us infrastructure, provides us transportation, provides us additional processing capability that allows the ones who immigration authority, the badge and guns on the streets, to continue resting the bad guy. So, yeah, they’re force multiplier. They’re on the table. I mean, they’ve been used by every administration since I’ve been working for the government, starting in 1984. Every administration’s used the Guard and the military on the border, and they’ve been very beneficial. Look at the crime change in Washington, DC. Look at what they’re able to do in Los Angeles. I was in Los Angeles when that all started. We were serving criminal warrants on money fraud, tax evasion, money laundering and cartel funding. We were serving criminal search warrants, and, you know, all hell broke loose because, you know, the left said we were doing immigration raids and just arresting people look different from us. And for two days, ICE agents were under extreme threat. We were being attacked. The facilities were being attacked. Thank God President Trump called the National Guard in to bring peace. National Guard is beneficial.

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Tapper: So, should we expect action in Chicago this week?

Homan: Absolutely you can expect action in most sanctuary cities across the country. President Trump’s prioritized sanctuary cities because sanctuary cities knowingly release illegal alien public safety threats to the streets every day. That’s where the problem is. We don’t have that problem in Florida, where every sheriff and chief works for us, right? Or Texas, so we’ve got to send additional resources to the problem areas, which are sanctuary cities.