Dave Rubin stunned his audience this week when he shared a direct-message clip showing Border Czar Tom Homan bluntly telling Fox’s Jesse Watters that the anti-ICE demonstrations — including rallies in Charlotte — played right into federal plans to ramp up enforcement. Rubin’s segment frames the exchange as a rare inside glimpse at how law-and-order officials think, and it should alarm anyone who believes lawlessness should be rewarded rather than confronted.
Homan didn’t mince words: the protests and dramatic street theater give federal authorities political cover to expand operations, hire more agents, and secure thousands of new detention beds so removals can actually happen. That’s exactly the message Homan has been carrying in interviews — this administration is preparing the manpower and resources necessary to enforce immigration laws that previous officials refused to enforce.
This isn’t abstract theater — Charlotte has seen a real uptick in federal enforcement activity, from targeted operations to high-profile arrests tied to criminal investigations, and local residents have watched federal agents move in where local officials hesitated. Community groups have protested, and left-wing activists have tried to turn those clashes into political capital, but the result has been a spotlight on flouting the law, not a repeal of it.
Conservatives should call this what it is: political theater that backfires. When protesters block roads, stage confrontations, or try to shield criminal suspects, they hand law enforcement the very justification needed to intensify operations. Homan’s response — “game on” for enforcement in sanctuary cities and a vow to keep coming — is the only responsible reaction to decades of soft-on-crime policies that endangered ordinary Americans.
Make no mistake, Americans want a country that enforces its laws fairly and humanely, not one where signals from the streets dictate policy. If left-wing activists want to protect vulnerable people, they should work within the law; blocking ICE and tipping off those who break our laws only fuels the argument for more aggressive, nationwide enforcement. Our priority must be public safety and the rule of law, not scoring viral points on social media.
The lesson for voters and local leaders is simple: stop rewarding theatrics and start supporting the men and women who put their lives on the line to keep our neighborhoods safe. Backing law enforcement, giving them the tools they need, and holding elected officials accountable when they cater to performative outrage will keep our communities safer than any protest spectacle ever will.
