Border czar Tom Homan told Newsmax Thursday that sanctuary cities like New York City should work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement to arrest criminal migrants if they want to see fewer collateral arrests.

“For the naysayers, the city council who wants nothing to do with ICE, they need to understand: If we arrest the bad guy at Rikers Island, then the alien’s safe, the officer’s safe, the community’s safe,” Homan said on “American Agenda.”

“But when you release that public safety threat back into the public, what do I have to do? We got to send law enforcement officers in that community, and we will find him.

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