ICE Storm

You can't expect a seamless fix to a vast problem you intentionally created

(Oh, why not stir the pot again? I’m going to be iced in for four days anyway!)

To be perfectly honest…the answer is no. I do NOT enjoy seeing photos or videos of ICE agents arresting illegal immigrants. Of course, I am not particularly fond of watching police arrest ANYONE. It’s not that I want no one to ever be arrested. It’s just that I am not interested in seeing it. I’m not a voyeur.

But do you know what ELSE I did not enjoy watching? Millions of people being allowed into this nation illegally over a four-year period. Video of President Biden’s operatives cutting down physical barriers that local officials had erected in border towns, trying desperately to staunch the flow of illegals into their small towns.

Compounding that, I did not enjoy being assured by our noxious former Homeland Security Director that this was absolutely NOT happening, and that I was a bigot for thinking otherwise.

I also did not enjoy the intentional obfuscation by Democrats of illegal immigrants and *all* immigrants. They wanted to make you think the super-friendly landscaper from Guatemala was being hunted down by masked bandits, despite him being a naturalized US citizen.

Sorry, folks. The overwhelming evidence is that ICE’s primary targets are indeed, here illegally. And the vast majority of them have been convicted of crimes. And I’m not talking littering.

Are there going to be mistakes made? Of course there are, given the sheer scope of the issue. And where discovered, these mistakes need to be immediately rectified and persons quickly compensated.

I have already shared my thoughts about the lonely idiots who feel it is their birthright to physically impede LEOs while they are in the middle of one of the most dangerous parts of their job. They are all the proof you need that too many people have WAY too much free time.

Let’s be blunt. The prior administration allowed at least ten million people (conservative estimate) to enter this nation illegally. And yes, I say “allowed.” They could have staunched the flow at any time. Indeed, they did exactly that when it looked like the issue would harm them in the election. They could have done that at any time but they chose not to. It was not until the issue was seen as politically harmful that something was done about it. That is repugnant.

Why? We all know why. If these immigrants were coming in and voting Republican, Biden would have had a legendary border security apparatus.

And to be brutally honest, many entities on the left rubbed it in our faces. They openly bragged about ignoring immigration laws. And of COURSE they spit out the “racist” canard anytime someone pointed out that this was indeed illegal and counter-productive.

The most sickening ones were those who evoked Christianity to try and shame people into adopting their position that any national border was immoral and you were going to hell for supporting any level of immigration enforcement.

So while I get no joy out of seeing illegal immigrants arrested and detained, I also know that you cannot let ten million people into the nation illegally and expect the process of rectification to be seamless and uneventful.

The administration of justice by government is something that should be done grimly and without fanfare. Be it inside a courtroom, a holding facility, a maximum security prison or in a parole office.

Fun and games are for elsewhere. This is serious business. This is one of the most solemn duties of a free nation, not a chance to gloat like your favorite sports team just won a title.