Attorney General Pam Bondi warned sanctuary cities they ‘are going to be next’ if local officials continue to harbor and protect illegal aliens over the safety of citizens.
Speaking with Fox News’ Sean Hannity, Bondi, 59, shared how under her leadership the Justice Department sued the city of Chicago and its mayor Brandon Johnson earlier in the day over its progressive sanctuary policies.
‘Not only did we sue today the city of Chicago, we sued the state of Illinois, we sued the mayor, we sued the governor, and we sued others,’ she said.
The Department of Justice also put a pause on all federal funding to sanctuary states and cities and nonprofits, according to a memo Bondi sent out Thursday.
When asked by Hannity about whether the sanctuary city and states were aiding and abetting the illegal migrants, the AG didn’t pass up a moment to make the new Trump directives crystal clear.
‘What they’re doing is they are choosing illegal aliens over the safety and security of their own citizens and the men and women of law enforcement who are out there trying to protect their citizens,’ Bondi responded.
‘And let me be very clear, if you don’t comply with federal law, you’re going to be next,’ Bondi proclaimed, putting those who harbor the migrants on notice.
In Bondi’s lawsuit against Chicago she argues that their sanctuary laws ‘interfere’ and ‘obstruct’ with ICE’s ability to arrest and deport illegal migrants.
The 22-page lawsuit is the first brought by Donald Trump’s attorney general.
‘The challenged provisions of Illinois, Chicago, and Cook County law reflect their intentional effort to obstruct the Federal Government’s enforcement of federal immigration law and to impede consultation and communication between federal, state, and local law enforcement officials that is necessary for federal officials to carry out federal immigration law and keep Americans safe,’ the lawsuit states.
Bondi said the legal action was made to restore the ‘integrity’ of the rule of law.
Hannity also probed Bondi about what she knows of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid in Aurora, Colorado, that went awry this week because someone tipped off the migrants that the feds were coming.
Border Czar Tom Homan said Thursday he was working with Bondi and the DOJ to deal with the source of the intelligence leak, which he said was ‘already identified.’
‘They may find themselves in pair handcuffs very soon,’ Homan added of whoever leaked information about the early morning raids. ‘I’m working very close, starting this morning, with Department of Justice.’
Bondi told the host that she has been in contact with Homan and then went on to bash the leaker for threatening the lives of law enforcement.
‘This is horrific, what these people are doing to try to destroy our country truly and jeopardize the lives of law enforcement and our citizens,’ she told the Fox News host.
The DOJ is ‘getting back to prosecuting violent crime and giving our great men and women the tools that they need in law enforcement to go after these horrific gangs, the drug dealers, the fentanyl dealers who are killing people on our streets every day,’ the attorney general added.