Tom Homan Exposes the Left’s Fantasy World on ICE Detention Centers [WATCH]

Border Czar Tom Homan defended the use of a federal immigration detention facility and pushed back against calls to close it, arguing that many of the detainees housed there are required by law to remain in custody and that shutting the facility would not stop immigration enforcement.

Homan said he recently toured the facility and believes criticism of its conditions is misplaced.

“But again, I went through the facility. I stand by the facility again. It’s not a Hilton, and this is not a grand Hilton, it’s a detention center,” Homan said.

Drawing on his law enforcement background, Homan said the facility should be judged against other detention facilities rather than luxury accommodations.

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“And I’ve been in a lot of jails, and I’ve been in two state prisons. I wish they would go to their own state prison, look at that, then come to the land hall, get something to compare it to, because I think I think they’ll understand that detention is not a luxury detention,” Homan said.

Homan said critics often frame the issue as a choice between operating the facility and releasing detainees, but argued that federal law prevents the release of many individuals being held there.

“And they say they want to shut down facility, they want to release detainees. You know, when I looked in, I looked at the files, you know, a lot of people in that facility are mandatory detention by federal statute. We couldn’t release them if we wanted to, because there’s certain people, whether they’re expedited removals, whether it’s certain criminal, whether a final order cases by law, we have to detain them,” Homan said.

According to Homan, closing the facility would simply require federal authorities to transfer detainees elsewhere while continuing enforcement operations.

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“And here’s what they’re not talking about. You want to shut down the facility, then every illegal alien we arrest in that state will fly to Texas, we’ll fly to Arizona, detain them there, because we’re going to keep arresting people, we’re going to keep detaining people, we’re going to keep removing people,” Homan said.

He argued that relocating detainees to other states would place them farther away from their families and communities.

“If I can’t detain them in that city, where they’re close to their families, then we’ll have to move them someplace else. How does that benefit the migrant community?” Homan said.

Homan said efforts to close facilities would not eliminate ICE operations.

“I mean, you’re not going to shut down ICE enforcement, you’re certainly not going to abolish ICE, and you’re not going to stop us from doing our job,” Homan said.

Homan tied the current immigration enforcement efforts to policies implemented under former President Joe Biden’s administration, arguing that border security became a central issue in President Donald Trump’s return to office.

“President Trump’s in the Oval Office, he’s there mainly because of what the Biden administration did to the border,” Homan said.

He questioned why more elected officials did not challenge former Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and the administration’s border policies.

“Where were all these congressional representatives and politicians in four years open border. How come they didn’t take Secretary Mayorkas on? How come they didn’t take the Biden administration on for opening border?” Homan said.

Homan pointed to illegal border crossings, criminal activity, and so-called “gotaways” as reasons for the administration’s current enforcement strategy.

“Over 10 million people float our border, many criminals, many sex offenders. 2.1 million gotaways. Where do they come from? Who are they? How many of them are terrorists? How many of them are criminals?” Homan said.

Homan argued that ICE’s current actions are a response to what he described as a historic immigration crisis.

“They didn’t say a word about what happened the last four years, and the reason we’re ICE is out there arresting people right now, because we’re responding to historic illegal immigration crisis that they made that they created on purpose,” Homan said.

He concluded by saying that large-scale enforcement is necessary because many of those who entered the country illegally should not have been released in the first place.

“So a massive historic illegal alien crisis. How to respond to that to massive deportation, because most of these people should never be released in the country to begin with,” Homan said.

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