"We're going to start right here in Chicago, Illinois," Homan said at a holiday party on Chicago's North Side. "And if the Chicago mayor doesn't want to help, he can step aside. But if he impedes us, if he knowingly harbors or conceals an illegal alien, I will prosecute him." In response to Homan's comments at the time, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, a Democrat, said "I'm going to make sure to follow the law. I'm concerned that the Trump administration and his lackeys aren't going to follow the law."