Homan’s Message to Governor Sherrill Over ICE Facility Is Perfectly Clear

Tom Homan isn’t budging, and frankly, it’s about time someone in Washington remembered what enforcing the law actually means. The border czar made it crystal clear Monday night that Newark’s Delaney Hall ICE facility will remain open despite Governor Mikie Sherrill’s grandstanding and the circus of Democratic officials lining up to score cheap political points. “That facility isn’t going anywhere,” Homan told Sean Hannity, and you could practically hear the collective gasp from progressive activists who’ve grown accustomed to getting their way through sheer volume and manufactured outrage.

The whole mess started when illegal immigrant detainees penned an open letter claiming they’re living in “inhumane” conditions. They complained about inadequate food and medical care, painting a picture of some Dickensian nightmare. Never mind that the Department of Homeland Security quickly released actual facility menus showing three daily meals including chicken fajitas and Salisbury steak. You know what that sounds like? Better than what plenty of American kids are getting in public school cafeterias, but nobody’s storming those buildings.

Here’s the thing about these protests that have escalated outside Delaney Hall. They’ve gone well beyond peaceful assembly. We’re talking about demonstrators biting, kicking, and punching ICE agents. Nine more arrests just recently. This isn’t civil disobedience; it’s assault on federal officers doing their jobs. But somehow the narrative stays focused on alleged poor conditions inside rather than the actual violence happening outside.

Sherrill issued her predictably outraged statement saying she’s “deeply disturbed” by reports of poor conditions. She’s called for the facility’s closure, positioning herself as some champion of human rights while conveniently ignoring that many of these detainees must be held under federal law. They can’t just be released into the population because a governor decides she wants to raise hell. That’s not how any of this works, though you wouldn’t know it from listening to House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries demanding the facility be “shut down.”

Homan personally verified that everyone in Delaney Hall is being legally detained. That matters. We’re not talking about random roundups or people being grabbed off the streets. These are individuals who entered the country illegally and now face the consequences that every sovereign nation has the right to impose. The letter from detainees even acknowledges this reality upfront, asking for forgiveness for how they entered the United States before pivoting to claims of being “kidnapped” and “tortured.” That’s quite the rhetorical leap.

The Democrats have manufactured a crisis where none exists because they fundamentally oppose immigration enforcement itself. They won’t say it outright anymore after the political beating they took in the last election, but their actions speak volumes. Every ICE facility becomes a target. Every detention becomes an atrocity. Every enforcement action becomes evidence of America’s cruelty. It’s exhausting and transparent.

What gets lost in all this theater is that we’re a nation of laws, or we’re supposed to be. Homan understands this in his bones. When he says the facility isn’t going anywhere, he’s not being callous or cruel. He’s recognizing that border security and immigration enforcement aren’t optional features of government that we can toggle on and off based on which party controls the statehouse in Trenton. Federal law supersedes state tantrums, and it’s refreshing to see someone willing to say so without apologizing or hedging.

The border czar blamed what he called “false” Democratic claims for fueling the chaos, and he’s right. When elected officials spread inflammatory accusations without evidence, when they treat every enforcement action as inherently unjust, they create the conditions for violence. Those ICE agents getting assaulted? That blood is partly on the hands of politicians who’ve spent years demonizing immigration enforcement and the people who carry it out.

Delaney Hall stays open. The law gets enforced. And maybe, just maybe, we can return to a world where securing our borders isn’t treated like a moral failing.

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