Incoming border czar Tom Homan joined 'Fox & Friends' to discuss his key takeaways from his meeting with New York City Mayor Eric Adams and his reaction to an illegal immigrant allegedly killing a 7-year-old in a drunk driving crash.

"Cancel me, because I’m going to protect the people of this city."  

Those were the defiant words of New York City’s Mayor Eric Adams as he threw down the gauntlet to liberal activists who are determined to wage war against President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to deport illegal immigrants. On Thursday, he met with Trump’s incoming border czar Tom Homan to discuss ways to evict those who have committed crimes.  

"Hats off to the mayor for coming to the table and working with us," said Homan afterward.   

TOM HOMAN WARNS KNOWINGLY HARBORING ILLEGAL MIGRANTS VIOLATES LAW

It was quite the about-face for the leader of the biggest metropolis in America. There was a time, not so long ago, that Adams extolled the city’s sanctuary status. He endorsed President Joe Biden’s ruinous open borders policy and welcomed undocumented people who crossed the southern border.  

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has already met with Trump border czar Tom Homan. FILE: Adams departs Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse in New York City on Friday, November 1, 2024. (Adam Gray for Fox News Digital )

Then, the harsh reality and pernicious truth set in.  

The city was inundated with more than half a million migrants. The financial and logistical burden was overwhelming and unsustainable. Violent crimes soared. The crisis, said Adams last year, "will destroy New York City." Predictably, his pleas for help from the Biden White House went unheeded.  

It is no wonder then that Adams is reversing course. Other big-city mayors and blue-state governors who vow to block Trump’s plan should take note. They have no legal right to provide sanctuary. They are either oblivious to the law or mistakenly believe that they are above it and untouchable.  

Such conceit must soon face a reckoning. With criminal indictments, if necessary.  

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson promised that police in his city would not work with federal immigration officials to remove illegal migrants and would continue to shield them. Not to be outdone, his state’s governor, J.B. Pritzker, pompously warned, "You come for my people, you come through me." Lately, he’s had second thoughts.  

Denver Mayor Mike Johnston boasted that he intended to mobilize police to stop federal officials from deporting illegals. Then, while trying to walk back his threat, he insisted he would still resist Trump’s planned deportation program and was "not afraid" of going to jail.   

Prosecution and jail are precisely........

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