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On Tuesday, Trump’s Border Czar Tom Homan threatened to “flood the zone” with immigration agents if states like New York attempt to limit coordination with federal immigration agencies.

In his opening keynote at the Border Security Expo, an annual conference bringing together law enforcement, government, and private contractors in Arizona, Homan said, “What’s going to happen with places like New York, [where] people want to pass this ridiculous legislation not to work with us? We’re going to flood the zone. You’re going to see more ICE agents [than] you’ve ever seen before.”

He continued by threatening that this would also mean an increase of arrests and detentions of undocumented people who had not committed any infractions — which he called “collateral arrests.” “You’re going to see more agents in your neighborhood,” he said.

Homan repeated his threats the next day, claiming that reducing cooperation between ICE and local law enforcement would make it more difficult to arrest immigrants.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) responded to Homan’s remarks on Thursday,........

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