Posted on 10/21/2025 1:16:43 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Don’t blame the enforcement of the law; blame the Democrat lawlessness that made enforcement necessary.
It’s apparently “cruel” to enforce immigration law, at least that’s what the left has been telling us for months now.
“Trump’s cruel immigration machine is still tearing families apart,” Jordan Foster, Dylan Gee, and Dina Francesca Haynes wrote for MSNBC.
California Democrat Scott Peters said in June that ICE raids are “cruel and wasteful.” ICE agents, according to Peters, “took away four undocumented dishwashers and line cooks.”
“Instead of targeting real threats, this administration is carrying out a cruel agenda that will disrupt our economy, further erode trust in law enforcement, and sow chaos and fear,” Peters continued.
It’s the same narrative we hear time and time again, that enforcing immigration law is inherently “cruel” — not because the laws have changed, but simply because the laws are being enforced.
Gustavo Arellano — whose father was an illegal alien — wrote for the Los Angeles Times that “There’s no nice way to deport someone. But Trump’s ICE is hosting a cruelty Olympics.”
“The Trump presidency has amply proven he has no interest in skirting meanness and cruelty,” Arellano wrote. “This administration is never going to roll out the welcome mat for illegal immigrants. But the least they can do [is] deal with them as if … well, as if they are human.”
The National Immigration Law Center called ICE raids and arrests harmful.
“The only coherent policy goal of this administration when it comes to immigration is its relentless pursuit of cruelty — no matter what the cost and no matter what else is impacted. The strategy is clear: to cultivate so much suffering and fear, through real and threatened violence, that immigrants choose...”
(Excerpt) Read more at thefederalist.com ...
There’s a really quick fix if they’re living in fear...go back home.
DOES PETERS OWN A RESTAURANT?
IS HE ILLEGALLY HIRING INVADERS???
AIDING-—ABETTING-—HARBORING-—HIRING
Don’t blame the enforcement of the law; blame the Democrat lawlessness that made enforcement necessary.
DING DING DING WINNER stand up please.
at least someone is finally admitting the dems broke the law importing, housing, feeding, and employing illegals.
now they just have to CHARGE SOMEONE
i won’t hold my breath
Really bitches them that they can’t get Medicaid for their illegals.
Border enforcement laws have been in place a long time. Now the Democrats want selective enforcement of that law. Can’t have it both ways.
They broke our laws.
GTFO.
L
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