America’s leaders keep telling us the border is secure. Tell that to Minnesota, where U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, better known as ICE, has been gutted down to just 47 extra deportation officers in the whole state. That’s right—forty-seven officers to hunt down dangerous criminals and illegal aliens across thousands of square miles. Liberals have pushed for soft immigration enforcement for years. Now we’re living through the disaster they created.
Anyone with common sense can see what’s happening. The Biden administration and its open-border allies are stripping ICE of its muscle. Instead of empowering agents to keep Minnesota communities safe, the feds are tying their hands. Officers are reportedly reduced to scraping by, mainly picking up deportation targets from local prisons and jails—if and when they ever get that far. So much for the promise to crack down on illegal immigration.
Why on earth would the government abandon proven methods that work? Why is protecting American families suddenly less important than coddling foreign lawbreakers? It’s clear—globalist priorities are in charge, not the safety or values of everyday Americans. The radical left would rather ICE agents babysit paperwork than actually get criminals out of our neighborhoods.
This isn’t just a Minnesota problem. It’s proof that Democrat leadership—so quick to shout about “compassion” and “inclusiveness”—can’t be trusted with law and order. When ICE can barely function, who benefits? Certainly not families in Minnesota worried about crime going unchecked. But leftists in Washington don’t seem to care. Their anti-border agenda is winning, while real people bear the consequences.
How many officers will be left before Democrats finally feel “progress” is complete? Ten? Five? Zero? If we keep letting the far-left run the show, pretty soon every state will look like Minnesota—ICE stretched to its breaking point, criminal aliens slipping through, and American safety thrown out the window. Are Americans ready to live with the mess that liberal incompetence has unleashed?
Source: Washington Times
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