Body-armor vs. briefcase immigration enforcement |
Illegal immigrants arrested in high-profile Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions in Minneapolis and elsewhere, criminals or not, have no right to be here and no grounds for complaint.
Responsibility for the violence in Minnesota is widely shared. First, former President Joe Biden’s administration, which lawlessly let in 8 million to 10 million illegal immigrants, who now constitute the majority of the illegal population. Next, the seditious networks organizing the criminal acts against Department of Homeland Security officers. And finally, politicians in sanctuary jurisdictions who have refused to hand over criminal illegal immigrants to ICE, incited violence against immigration officers, and even prohibited police from providing crowd control.
But the Trump administration has been losing the information war with the radical, anti-borders Left. The soft middle of the electorate supports deportation of illegal immigrants, criminals or not, but has recoiled from the disorder and over-the-top rhetoric by some in DHS leadership.
This is why President Donald Trump sent border czar Tom Homan to Minneapolis this week to de-escalate the situation. Homan has made clear that immigration laws will continue to be enforced but that tactics will change.
At its base, the problem has been that the DHS has conflated two kinds of enforcement, properly directed at two different, broad groups of illegal immigrants. The first kind you might call........