Tom Homan Delivers Bad News to Dem Gov Hiding Illegal Above His Garage

Western Journal ^ | February 4, 2025 | Samantha Chang

[george76]

President Donald Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, threw down the gauntlet to New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, warning the Democrat if he insists on harboring illegal aliens, he’ll be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

Over the weekend, Murphy foolishly incriminated himself by bragging that he was harboring an illegal alien above his garage — in defiance of Trump’s executive order and in violation of federal immigration laws.

At an event hosted by the left-wing group Blue Wave New Jersey, Murphy gloated: “There is someone in our broader universe whose immigration status is not yet at the point that they are trying to get it to. And we said, ‘You know what? Let’s have her live at our house above our garage.’

“And good luck to the feds coming in to try to get her,” the governor crowed defiantly.

...

“I think the governor is pretty foolish,” the border czar said. “I got note of it, won’t let it go. We’ll look into it.”

“And if he’s knowingly — knowingly — harboring, concealing an illegal alien, that’s a violation of Title 8, United States Code 1324. I would seek prosecution, or the Secretary would seek prosecution,”

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Sanctuary cities are sanctuaries for criminals. With one example … New York City: If they would have gave us over the killer of Laken Riley when he got arrested in New York City for endangering a child, he would have been in jail, and he would never have killed Laken Riley,” Homan .

Sanctuary cities are responsible for deaths of thousands — thousands — of young children throughout my career. And we’re going to sue ‘em.”

[Bob434]

Love it! The illegal invader above his garage will be pissed at the gov for outing her

[SaveFerris]

(Tom Homan Delivers Bad News to Dem Gov Hiding Illegal Above His Garage)

Uh oh....😆

[New Perspective]

One of two things will happen:

A)The illegal alien will get deported

or

B)Murphy will be exposed as a liar.

I am happy with either outcome.

[vikingd00d]

>>(Tom Homan Delivers Bad News to Dem Gov Hiding Illegal Above His Garage)

It’s a pity that the bad news wasn’t delivered at 3 in the morning by fully-armed ICE agents kicking in the door.

[rlmorel]

Here is the code below.

When you read 8 U.S. Code § 1324-actually read it-you realize it is clear, unambiguous, legally passed via a legislative process, and completely within the confines of a Constitutionally delineated process.

We are a Republic, which is the rule of law agreed on as the result of a legislative process, not direct direct rule based on the whims of men, which is an oligarchy.

If we have a stark, black and white, legally passed item of legislation that is openly ignored, when it is not openly flaunted by non-compliance, then...we don't have a Republic.

And of that is the case, we are done as a nation, because if we are an oligarchy, that will always descend into tyranny if an oligarchy is not a form of tyranny right out of the gate.

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NEED TO BEGIN ENFORCEMENT.

NOW.

CUT OF ALL FEDERAL FUNDING TO LOCALITIES AND STATES AIDING ILLEGALS.

PROSECUTE INDIVIDUALS TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW.

PHIL MURPHY WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE TO START.

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8 U.S. Code § 1324 - Bringing in and harboring certain aliens

(a) Criminal penalties

(1)

(A) Any person who—

(i) knowing that a person is an alien, brings to or attempts to bring to the United States in any manner whatsoever such person at a place other than a designated port of entry or place other than as designated by the Commissioner, regardless of whether such alien has received prior official authorization to come to, enter, or reside in the United States and regardless of any future official action which may be taken with respect to such alien;

(ii) knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that an alien has come to, entered, or remains in the United States in violation of law, transports, or moves or attempts to transport or move such alien within the United States by means of transportation or otherwise, in furtherance of such violation of law;

(iii) knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that an alien has come to, entered, or remains in the United States in violation of law, conceals, harbors, or shields from detection, or attempts to conceal, harbor, or shield from detection, such alien in any place, including any building or any means of transportation;

(iv) encourages or induces an alien to come to, enter, or reside in the United States, knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that such coming to, entry, or residence is or will be in violation of law; or

(v)

(I) engages in any conspiracy to commit any of the preceding acts, or

(II) aids or abets the commission of any of the preceding acts,
shall be punished as provided in subparagraph (B).


(B) A person who violates subparagraph (A) shall, for each alien in respect to whom such a violation occurs—


(i) in the case of a violation of subparagraph (A)(i) or (v)(I) or in the case of a violation of subparagraph (A) (ii), (iii), or (iv) in which the offense was done for the purpose of commercial advantage or private financial gain, be fined under title 18, imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both;

(ii) in the case of a violation of subparagraph (A)(ii), (iii), (iv), or (v)(II), be fined under title 18, imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both;

(iii) in the case of a violation of subparagraph (A)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv), or (v) during and in relation to which the person causes serious bodily injury (as defined in section 1365 of title 18) to, or places in jeopardy the life of, any person, be fined under title 18, imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both; and

(iv) in the case of a violation of subparagraph (A)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv), or (v) resulting in the death of any person, be punished by death or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, fined under title 18, or both.


(C) It is not a violation of clauses [1] (ii) or (iii) of subparagraph (A), or of clause (iv) of subparagraph (A) except where a person encourages or induces an alien to come to or enter the United States, for a religious denomination having a bona fide nonprofit, religious organization in the United States, or the agents or officers of such denomination or organization, to encourage, invite, call, allow, or enable an alien who is present in the United States to perform the vocation of a minister or missionary for the denomination or organization in the United States as a volunteer who is not compensated as an employee, notwithstanding the provision of room, board, travel, medical assistance, and other basic living expenses, provided the minister or missionary has been a member of the denomination for at least one year.


(2) Any person who, knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that an alien has not received prior official authorization to come to, enter, or reside in the United States, brings to or attempts to bring to the United States in any manner whatsoever, such alien, regardless of any official action which may later be taken with respect to such alien shall, for each alien in respect to whom a violation of this paragraph occurs—

(A) be fined in accordance with title 18 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; or

(B) in the case of—

(i) an offense committed with the intent or with reason to believe that the alien unlawfully brought into the United States will commit an offense against the United States or any State punishable by imprisonment for more than 1 year,

(ii) an offense done for the purpose of commercial advantage or private financial gain, or

(iii) an offense in which the alien is not upon arrival immediately brought and presented to an appropriate immigration officer at a designated port of entry, be fined under title 18 and shall be imprisoned, in the case of a first or second violation of subparagraph (B)(iii), not more than 10 years, in the case of a first or second violation of subparagraph (B)(i) or (B)(ii), not less than 3 nor more than 10 years, and for any other violation, not less than 5 nor more than 15 years.


(3)
(A) Any person who, during any 12-month period, knowingly hires for employment at least 10 individuals with actual knowledge that the individuals are aliens described in subparagraph (B) shall be fined under title 18 or imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both.

(B) An alien described in this subparagraph is an alien who—
(i) is an unauthorized alien (as defined in section 1324a(h)(3) of this title), and

(ii) has been brought into the United States in violation of this subsection.
(4) In the case of a person who has brought aliens into the United States in violation of this subsection, the sentence otherwise provided for may be increased by up to 10 years if—
(A) the offense was part of an ongoing commercial organization or enterprise;

(B) aliens were transported in groups of 10 or more; and (C)
(i) aliens were transported in a manner that endangered their lives; or

(ii) the aliens presented a life-threatening health risk to people in the United States.


(b) Seizure and forfeiture
(1) In general
Any conveyance, including any vessel, vehicle, or aircraft, that has been or is being used in the commission of a violation of subsection (a), the gross proceeds of such violation, and any property traceable to such conveyance or proceeds, shall be seized and subject to forfeiture.

(2) Applicable procedures
Seizures and forfeitures under this subsection shall be governed by the provisions of chapter 46 of title 18 relating to civil forfeitures, including section 981(d) of such title, except that such duties as are imposed upon the Secretary of the Treasury under the customs laws described in that section shall be performed by such officers, agents, and other persons as may be designated for that purpose by the Attorney General.

(3) Prima facie evidence in determinations of violations
In determining whether a violation of subsection (a) has occurred, any of the following shall be prima facie evidence that an alien involved in the alleged violation had not received prior official authorization to come to, enter, or reside in the United States or that such alien had come to, entered, or remained in the United States in violation of law:

(A) Records of any judicial or administrative proceeding in which that alien’s status was an issue and in which it was determined that the alien had not received prior official authorization to come to, enter, or reside in the United States or that such alien had come to, entered, or remained in the United States in violation of law. (B) Official records of the Service or of the Department of State showing that the alien had not received prior official authorization to come to, enter, or reside in the United States or that such alien had come to, entered, or remained in the United States in violation of law.

(C) Testimony, by an immigration officer having personal knowledge of the facts concerning that alien’s status, that the alien had not received prior official authorization to come to, enter, or reside in the United States or that such alien had come to, entered, or remained in the United States in violation of law.

(c) Authority to arrest
No officer or person shall have authority to make any arrests for a violation of any provision of this section except officers and employees of the Service designated by the Attorney General, either individually or as a member of a class, and all other officers whose duty it is to enforce criminal laws.

(d) Admissibility of videotaped witness testimony
Notwithstanding any provision of the Federal Rules of Evidence, the videotaped (or otherwise audiovisually preserved) deposition of a witness to a violation of subsection (a) who has been deported or otherwise expelled from the United States, or is otherwise unable to testify, may be admitted into evidence in an action brought for that violation if the witness was available for cross examination and the deposition otherwise complies with the Federal Rules of Evidence.

(e) Outreach program
The Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of State, as appropriate, shall develop and implement an outreach program to educate the public in the United States and abroad about the penalties for bringing in and harboring aliens in violation of this section.

(June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title II, ch. 8, § 274, 66 Stat. 228; Pub. L. 95–582, § 2, Nov. 2, 1978, 92 Stat. 2479; Pub. L. 97–116, § 12, Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1617; Pub. L. 99–603, title I, § 112, Nov. 6, 1986, 100 Stat. 3381; Pub. L. 100–525, § 2(d), Oct. 24, 1988, 102 Stat. 2610; Pub. L. 103–322, title VI, § 60024, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1981; Pub. L. 104–208, div. C, title II, §§ 203(a)–(d), 219, title VI, § 671(a)(1), Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–565, 3009–566, 3009–574, 3009–720; Pub. L. 106–185, § 18(a), Apr. 25, 2000, 114 Stat. 222; Pub. L. 108–458, title V, § 5401, Dec. 17, 2004, 118 Stat. 3737; Pub. L. 109–97, title VII, § 796, Nov. 10, 2005, 119 Stat. 2165.)

[roving]

Now he is saying that he isn’t harboring an illegal alien.

[dfwgator]

Of course then the liberals will say, “Of course he was joking, you Trumpist Idiots!”

[george76]

Was the democrat lying then or lying now ?

[Carry_Okie]

There may be two classifications of criminallity insofar as illegal aliens are concerned: border jumpers and visa overstays. The former is clearly a stautory criminal. I don’t know if the latter is. So whether Murphy is deliberately committing the crime of harboring a criminal may be ambiguous and therefore possibly a political trap.

Never underestimate the Democrat capacity for connivance.

[sasquatch]

His statement was:

Let’s have her live at our house above our garage.

That implies in the future, not present. If he makes good on the suggestion, read him his rights.

[SaveFerris]

Oh excellent idea 💡 👍👍👍

[Jonny7797]

In his garage? Not good enough to let him stay in the house? That’s racist.

[OldHarbor]

Just how old is this girl Murphy?

Is he sex trafficking ?

[bantam]

SO MUCH WINNING!!!!
GO Tom GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TalBlack]

Sounds to me like baiting Homan. The vagueness of the governor suggests to me it may involve some immigrant in some kind of legit or half legit demonrat inspired process. That good luck crap is adolescent level provocation. Homan ought to publicly haul this ass in for questioning.

[FlingWingFlyer]

I’d like to know what kind of activities da gov is using that room above his garage for. Sure hope it isn’t creepy stuff.

[tired&retired]

Call his bluff Murphey. Prove your point by being an example and go to Federal Prison.

[13Sisters76]

Yeah Murphy? Who is it? Your housekeeper, nanny, the guy who mows your lawn? How LONG has he/she lived there? Is it just part of the slave wages you pay for illegals?

The democrats have ALWAYS loved their slaves.

[Repealthe17thAmendment]

There is someone in our broader universe whose immigration status is not yet at the point that they are trying to get it to.

Is this guy trying to sound enlightened or clever? He sounds like an idiot.