Democrats truly are addicted to “It isn’t what it is,” or Yoo’s Rationalization. It is this characteristic that has led them so deep into George Orwell territory and why the 21st Century mutation of the party is so untrustworthy. “War is Peace,” and an open border was a secure border, according to Biden’s Secretary of Homeland Security. “Slavery is Freedom,” and President Biden was sharp as a tack even as he descended into gibberish on national TV. And, as we all know, “Ignorance is Strength,” and Kamala Harris was the most qualified Presidential candidate ever, ran a perfect campaign, and only lost because Americans are sexists and racists.
Maura Healy, the Democratic governor of my original home state (which has always been a little bit nuts) really opted in to Yoo’s Rationalization big time this week. She submitted a radical pro-illegal immigration bill to designate schools, hospitals, churches, and courthouses as official “ICE-free zones,” which would have the effect of sharply (and I believe illegally) limiting where U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement can operate in the Bay State.
Healy’s bill would require ICE agents to obtain a judicial warrant before making civil immigration arrests in so-called “sensitive locations,” effectively placing some of the most common public spaces off-limits to routine federal enforcement. I.C.E. agents would have to obtain a judicial warrant before making civil immigration arrests in so-called “sensitive locations,” effectively placing some of the many public spaces off-limits to routine federal law enforcement. The bill would direct state agencies not to allow I.C.E. to use state-owned property for enforcement operations and restrict cooperation between local law enforcement and federal immigration authorities. And the proposed legislation does not distinguish between non-violent illegal immigration cases and criminal offenders: apparently in the Bay State, any illegal immigrant is a Good Illegal Immigrant.
Ethics Alarms 
When and why did foreigners achieve favored nation status among the left? I think it’s a function of the subversion of organized religion. “Charity” has been changed to “Social Justice.” Giving money to the poor via church administered charitable organizations has been replaced with shoveling tax dollars to the victims of oppression. The big difference is that charity is voluntary, taxation is not. So, these morally superior people who should have gone into the ministry, have instead gone into politics and policy and social services positions and are hijacking the government and turning it into an involuntary charity. I wish these people would stop fleecing the taxpaying citizenry and get real jobs
Is there something to be said about the fact there are three women in that photograph and no guys? Are women governing as mothers and making sure everyone is taken care of? Are men more able to accept that there are winners and losers? Do women want to make everyone happy while men try to raise children who can compete and thrive and take care of themselves?
I mean, yes, but it isn’t just the women. Ask Tim Walz and Gavin Newsome. I’d also put money that the reality sits somewhere between “apportionment is based on bodies, not citizens, so the more the merrier” and “of the 3496 per person, per week, I’d guess 800 per week is going to the illegal immigrant, and the rest is going…. somewhere very important, I’m sure. Probably to people who helped other people get elected.”
But Walz and Newsom and Frey are all thoroughly feminized guys. I think they govern strictly within the parameters set by the women.
I wait for the dya when “sanctuary States, cities, municipalites, etc” no longer receive Federal funds of any kind.
Stop SS checks, medicare payments, Federal retirement, all monies that come from federal largesses. Then await the cyr and the hue from the constitutents.
Then they’ll try to collect federal taxes and keep them. That should be interesting. Or maybe they’ll increase their state taxes and tell their citizens not to pay the IRS. In any event, they’ll be in front of a Biden or Obama appointed District Court judge in a New York minute.
How long before any federal law enforcement- FBI, the IRS, the ATF? – can be restricted in any state that has a ruling party with the chutzpah to do it?
I think that ICE is shooting itself in the foot by being excessively scary.
First, if people are already reporting for court dates regarding their immigration status, arresting them when they show up not only discourages them from obeying lawful orders given to them, but it is also completely redundant. It wastes the court’s time (when the people who are arrested can’t show up) and ICE’s time, since they’re spending resources on arresting people who are already being processed.
Second, if people are afraid that they’re going to be arrested in random places and detained in inhumane conditions, they’re going to do a better job of hiding (and they’ll have more help from their neighbors) than if ICE just follows normal law enforcement practices. Get a warrant, show up, be courteous, and tell them what to expect.
In my experience, the more one tries to get one’s way through brute force because people are unequivocally wrong and don’t deserve any consideration or concessions, the more opposition one faces. Making people feel safe and comfortable isn’t just a favor we do for people who are wrong. It’s practical. If people don’t have a basic level of trust that we care about their safety, if we don’t show that there are lines we won’t cross, that we care about something more important than just getting our way, they will fight with everything they have. Maybe we could win anyway, but is that really our best option?
When people trust us, they are far more likely to cooperate, and far less prone to desperate acts of destruction. In this case, trustworthy law enforcement also means that lawbreakers also won’t have a bunch of other people thinking that it’s the right thing to do to help them hide from the brutal arm of the law. That saves a huge amount of effort. Is there a reason that doesn’t look like the obvious better option to you?