Posted on 07/04/2018 11:50:20 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
Are we going to have immigration limits or not?
That's the question underlying the calls for the abolition of Immigration and Customs and Enforcement (ICE), the bureau within the Department of Homeland Security responsible for upholding our immigration rules away from the borders.
The push to #AbolishICE is threatening to become a litmus test for Democratic politicians. It has been embraced by presidential hopefuls like Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), as well as other far-left figures such as New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, actress-turned-New York gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon, and a number of House members.
Despite the efforts of some senior Democrats to try to tamp down the anti-borders fervor of their base for fear of political backlash, the energy in the Democratic party is clearly on the far left. In the words of activist Sean McElwee, a co-founder of AbolishICE.org:
"I believe that every Democrat running in the 2020 Presidential Election will have to articulate a vision of a world without ICE."
The most charitable interpretation of the #AbolishICE craze is that it's the left's version of the silly call by some on the right to abolish the IRS. If taxes are still going to be collected, and immigration laws enforced, then changing the initials of the agency doing the work is nothing but a political stunt.
Even if it were simply a political stunt, the push to #AbolishICE would tell us something significant. Republicans who call for dissolving the IRS do so as a way of signaling the depth of their opposition to taxes. Likewise, #AbolishICE is a Democratic candidate's way of communicating to voters that he dislikes immigration limits and the enforcement required to make them meaningful.
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They really mean Abolish America.
If they want to open the borders then they should also support leaving the front door to their home open.
What a bunch of naïve knuckleheads.
Absolutely right. The left wants no borders, so parasites can come in and take what the producers have made.””’
WHEN the producers ‘Go Galt’, then all hell will break loose.
Oh, I was hoping they meant abolish “Vanilla Ice”.....
The socialist left has always opposed borders but has kept that fact hidden from view. According to socialist dogma, borders are a tool of capitalism to keep the working class divided and weak. Borders make workers loyal to their country rather than their class, and of course we can’t have that. What’s interesting is seeing the more theoretical tenets of socialism actually being waved around in public. For better or for worse, we are truly witnessing an uncloaking of the left in this country.
Thanks yesthatjallen.
The bargain: Illegals would vote democrat in exchange for food-stamps and welfare - stealing from gullible Americans who could be guilt tripped into compliance rather than being called names... Ugly names like 'racist and xenophobe' names that shut down speech and debate... Names that divided the country and turned us against each other... all for the benefit of white liberal 'elites'.
Well, it backfired and horrible 'elites' are being exposed...
When Democrats cry ‘Abolish ICE,’ they really mean ‘abolish borders’
The demi-rats are bound and determined to give this country away and they do not care who takes us over. Just as long as they stay in power.
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