Tom Homan, President Trump's border czar, said on Tuesday that he will be ramping up ICE's operations in New York “soon” beyond the courtroom hallways of 26 Federal Plaza.

Homan made the ominous statement during a Nov. 18 appearance on Fox News, during which he said that he himself would be coming to the Big Apple in the “near future.”

“I plan on being in New York City in the near future. We are going to do operations in New York City,” Homan said. “We will be coming to New York City; we are already there now, but we will increase the enforcement presence in New York City again because they are a sanctuary city, and we know that we have an issue there.”

The Trump administration has long opposed New York City's sanctuary status because it limits local agency cooperation with federal immi

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