CHICAGO – Nation activist and Chicago Against Violence founder Andre Smith is also a Democrat, however he says he’s keen to paintings with incoming Trump border czar Tom Homan to deport unlawful immigrants from the Stormy Town.
“I welcome in Chicago the border czar [Tom Homan],” Smith instructed Fox Information Virtual in an interview. “And [truth] be told, I wouldn’t mind working with him seeing that I was the first person in Chicago to stand up and fight against the migrants.”
Smith, who may be a preacher, has been at the entrance form of serving to his population in Chicago, from serving to the homeless family to combating towards native efforts via Mayor Brandon Johnson to disperse migrants during the town.

Chicago resident Andre Smith voices his frustration over the town’s pristine $51 million migrant support package deal. (Fox Information)
“I would love when he come[s] to Chicago to work with him, and getting them expedited back where they came from,” Smith stated of Homan. “Because to lie to a federal official is a federal offense, and if they came over on the pretenses of they are in fear of their life, then you have women, you have men, and all of them said they’re in fear for their life because someone is going trying to kill them, and lying, you have to make examples.”
Smith’s feedback come as many Chicago citizens were outraged via “sanctuary city” policies that experience introduced in 1000’s of migrants to a town already plagued via some of the absolute best violent crime charges within the U.S.
“Here we are in Chicago, where we [are] supposed to be celebrating a season of joy, love and happiness,” Smith persisted. “And a lot of people have Christmas trees and under their trees in Chicago. We are unwrapping gifts of neglect. We are unwrapping gifts of disappointment and heartaches. We are unwrapping gifts of $575 million of taxpayer dollars given to and misallocated to give to illegal migrants. We need solutions, and we need change.”

A bunch of migrants receives meals out of doors the migrant touchdown zone right through a iciness hurricane on January 12, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. (KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP by means of Getty Pictures)
Following President-elect Donald Trump’s re-election, Johnson — who allotted thousands and thousands of greenbacks to migrant assets — vowed to secure the unlawful migrants dwelling in Chicago, pronouncing “we will not bend or break,” consistent with native information outlet WTTW.
“Our values will remain strong and firm. We will face likely hurdles in our work over the next four years, but we will not be stopped, and we will not go back,” Johnson stated.
In the meantime, Homan spoke in Chicago extreme time and instructed native Republicans he sought after Illinois Democrats to “come to the table,” but when to not “get the hell out of the way.”
That remark sparked a fiery reaction from Rep. Delia Ramirez, D-In poor health.
“Tom Homan, the next time you come to #IL03 — a district made stronger and more powerful by immigrants — you better be ready to meet the resistance,” she warned.

Incoming border czar Tom Homan spoke with Dr. Phil concerning the Trump management’s plan to deport unlawful migrants. (The Dr. Phil Podcast YouTube channel)
“You may think Chicago needs to get out of the way of Trump’s plans for mass deportation, but we plan to get ALL UP IN YOUR WAY.”
Ramirez’s feedback upload to a rising collection of statements from Democratic leaders national vowing to ban or deny cooperation with Trump’s accumulation deportation plans.
However date Homan might face opposition from Illinois Democrats, there’s one Democratic chief keen to paintings with him: Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker.
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“Violent criminals who are undocumented and convicted of violent crime should be deported,” Pritzker stated at a Northwest Facet GOP accumulating extreme time. “I do not want them in my state, I don’t think they should be in the United States.”
Pritzker, 59, is thought of as a potential 2028 Democratic presidential hopeful.
Fox Information Virtual’s Adam Shaw and Pilar Arias contributed to this record.