Ned: Immigrants, both legal and illegal, can be found in every city and town of this country. Yet Trump has been sending his ICE agents exclusively to Blue cities and states. You honestly want to continue maintaining that there is nothing political in Trump's decisions on where to send ICE agents? That simply does not pass the smell test.
And BTW, these ICE agents are thugs, plain and simple. They are largely ex-military with NO training on actual policing or, in particular, dealing with crowd control. Their impulse is to shoot first and ask questions later. They compounded it by refusing to allow a doctor to render medical assistance to the woman who was shot. One of the ICE agents, when asked by said doctor to allow him to provide such care, said no. And when said doctor noted the urgency of the woman's situation, the ICE agent said "I don't care." It's all on videotape.
first of all, I have never commented on a blue state only strategy from ICE, so there's that. But, what difference does that make? ICE charter is to find and arrest people in the country illegally. If they are only in blue cities, that's suspect. But according to AI:
The question of where ICE operates is currently a subject of intense political debate:
- Targeting "Democrat-run" cities: The current administration has publicly directed and prioritized a "flood" of ICE agents and aggressive enforcement actions in Democratic-led cities and "sanctuary" jurisdictions due to local law enforcement's refusal to fully cooperate with federal immigration detainer requests.
- Higher Visibility Operations: In these non-cooperative jurisdictions, ICE often conducts highly visible "at-large" or "community" arrests (worksite, street, and home operations) because they cannot easily arrest individuals in local jails. Recent high-profile operations have occurred in Los Angeles, Chicago, Charlotte, New Orleans, and Minneapolis, sparking significant media coverage and protests.
- Cooperation in "Republican-led" states: In Republican-leaning states, a higher percentage of ICE arrests occur quietly within prisons and jails, where local authorities routinely transfer individuals to federal custody, often out of public sight. Texas, a Republican-led state, has the highest overall number of ICE arrests.
- Legal Landscape: Federal law generally allows ICE agents to make arrests in public areas across the country. However, the level of cooperation from local authorities and the existence of "sanctuary" policies in some areas create a "patchwork system" of enforcement, leading to varied outcomes for immigrants based on where they live.
In short, ICE has a national presence, but enforcement
looks different in various locations depending on local political and legal environments.
So it seems as if cooperation with ICE by law enforcement is a factor in the discussion which is not discussed.
I don't profess to know exactly what happened in Minneapolis. And apparently neither do most people. I've seen arguments by seemingly intelligent people, who have watched the same videos, who are diametrically opposed in their opinion of what happened.
I accept what you say about the doctor. I have neither seen nor heard the videos you referenced. But while I find you often opinionated, I believe you post with honesty, so I accept your statement. And ICE should have let the doctor help.
But, while we're on the subject, as I posted yesterday, we have immigration laws, and we created an agency to enforce those laws. Yet we have elected leaders actively opposing the ability of those LE agents to enforce those laws. makes no sense. Same with MS Good, actively engaged in an organization to limit ICE ability and, depending on who you believe, put her car in position it was specifically to block ICE. I don't think that officer should have fired his gun, but I also understand the fight or flight concept. But, neither he nor Ms Good should have been in that circumstance in the first place.
What's happened to us? It used to be everybody, or at least most, obeyed our laws. Now we have active groups and even elected officials doing all they can to obstruct. Some might not like the laws, heck, I don't like all the laws, but we're supposed to obey. People who are in the country illegally are violating our laws. if we don't like the law, change it but in the interim aren't we all supposed to comply?
