Hotel America: Immigration, Assimilation, and the Past and Future of America, by S.A. McCarthy

Recent controversy over U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention conditions at Delaney Hall in New Jersey is emblematic of a much larger problem with a broad swath of the foreign population in the U.S. Democrats recently made a spectacle at Delaney Hall, demanding better detention conditions for illegal immigrants awaiting deportation. According to hysterical Democrats like Senator Andy Kim (D-N.J.) and New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill (D), illegal immigrants are being denied basic necessities like food. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, however, confirmed that several detainees are actually rejecting the food provided for them and “hunger striking” instead. Their demands? Specific ethnic foods.

“They say that it’s because they’re on a hunger strike, when it’s only a handful of individuals who want their ethnic group, their ethnic-right food,” Mullin said in a White House Cabinet meeting Wednesday. His response to the demands of the illegal immigrants and their Democratic Party advocates: “Well, they can go back to their country and get whatever food they want. The fact is, we’re giving them the calories they want. This isn’t Holiday Inn.” …