Border czar Tom Homan says citizenship of kids doesn’t make parents ‘immune’ from U.S. law

White House border czar Tom Homan said having a citizen child doesn’t make someone “immune” from U.S. immigration laws.

“I said this from day one, if you enter this country legally, it’s a crime if you remain in this country illegally, and [if] you ignore a judge’s order about deporting, if you choose to have your citizen child, knowing you’re in this country illegally, you put yourself in that position,” Mr. Homan said.

Mr. Homan was defending actions taken by the administration after a Honduran mother, an illegal immigrant, was deported Friday with her 4-year-old and 7-year-old, both of whom have U.S. citizenship.

This happened on the same day another child with U.S. citizenship, a 2-year-old girl, was sent to Honduras with her illegal immigrant mother.

“What we did is remove children with their mothers who requested the children depart with them. This is a parental decision — Parenting 101. The mothers made that choice,” Mr. Homan said. “And I tell you, what if we didn’t do it? The story today would be ’Trump administration separating families again.’”

He said, “Having a citizen child does not make you immune from our laws.”