Border Czar Tom Homan is once again proving why he is one of the few officials in Washington who understands how to handle illegal immigration and the chaos surrounding it.

When reports surfaced that hundreds of detainees at a New Jersey ICE facility had gone on a hunger strike over alleged poor conditions, Homan made it clear that the United States will not be held hostage by pressure tactics from those who broke the law to get here.

The protest reportedly started on May 23 at Delaney Hall, a privately run detention center in Newark.

Around 300 detainees claim they are facing spoiled food, limited medical care, overcrowding, and retaliation from staff.

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Their demands include better treatment, faster hearings, and release from custody. To Homan, it all sounded like a familiar playbook that usually ends the same way.

“Look, I’ve done this since 1984. Hunger strikes never work,” Homan said bluntly.

He added that authorities will not alter operations just because detainees decide to refuse food.

If the strike poses health risks, he said ICE would follow federal procedure.

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“If it gets bad enough and the physicians feel like they’re putting themselves in extreme danger, then we’ll force-feed them. We’ll get a court order and force-feed them.”

That clear, no-nonsense stance is exactly what has been missing from the border debate for years.

While liberal activists and Democrat politicians fall over themselves to express outrage over enforcement, Homan reminded everyone that detention centers are not summer camps.

He emphasized that consequences come with illegal entry into the United States, and making threats or demands changes nothing.

“Hunger strikes do not work. So they can put themselves in a position where they’re not eating, but it’s not going to cause them to be released,” Homan said.

“We are going to continue to arrest people. We’ll continue to detain people.”

For Homan, the mission remains simple: enforce immigration law with consistency and strength, no apologies needed.

Homan also spoke about plans for ICE to expand federal control over detention facilities.

The Biden administration had repeatedly sought to limit ICE contracts with privately owned centers, under pressure from the far-left.

But Homan is taking the opposite approach. “As far as complaining about ICE contract facilities, well, guess what? We’re building our own warehouse facilities,” he said.

“We will have the federally owned detention facilities by the thousands of beds. So look for the future.”

He pointed out that federal ownership would remove political interference from activist governors and local Democrat officials who often obstruct immigration enforcement. “I’ve said from day one, we need to own more of these facilities when we operate them on federal land,” he said.

“That way, we’re not dealing with all this crap from local politicians and the state and the governors because this is a federal facility on federal land. That’s the direction we need to go to.”

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The clash over detention policies is only part of a broader fight over border enforcement.

Progressive activists and Democrat lawmakers continue to paint ICE as the villain for doing its job, while refusing to acknowledge the massive toll of illegal immigration on American communities.

Homan’s insistence on order and accountability provides a stark contrast to the weakness of Biden’s border policy.

Critics of ICE often use emotional tactics, claiming detainees are victims of a cruel system. But the reality is that immigration law exists to protect the country’s sovereignty and safety.

Homan’s message was simple: laws have consequences, and hunger strikes are not a ticket out of detention.

His remarks will surely draw predictable outrage from the activist media and the open-borders lobby.

Yet to ordinary Americans, his clarity and firmness resonate. Most taxpayers are tired of watching politicians reward lawbreakers while punishing law enforcement officers who are just doing their jobs.

As Democrats continue to play politics with border security, leaders like Homan remind the public that the crisis will not be solved by appeasement or empty compassion.

It will be solved by enforcing the law, maintaining control, and resisting every attempt to weaponize sympathy into policy.

That is why Homan’s words carry weight far beyond New Jersey. They represent the kind of unapologetic leadership the American people have been demanding.

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