I assume the President will get severely criticized for this, and he will deserve it. “Make America Weenies Again.” Is that the strategy?
President Trump said yesterday that he has personally ordered the withdrawal of 700 I.C.E. officers from Minnesota and that his administration could use a “softer touch.” Earlier in the day, Tom Homan, the White House mush-mouthed “border czar,” said about 2,000 officers and agents would be left in the state because an “unprecedented number of counties” were finally cooperating with federal officials and allowing ICE to take custody of unauthorized immigrants before they were released from jails. “This is smart law enforcement, not less law enforcement,” he said.
Okaaaaay. Maybe that’s true. It doesn’t matter. How the action will be received by the open borders mob, not just in Minnesota but in Illinois, New York, Massachusetts, California, Oregon, Virginia and the rest, is that interference with law enforcement works, riots work, elected officials demonizing law enforcement works, and open defiance of the federal government and U.S. laws work. Trump’s move, especially in a week when The Nation, the Far, Far Left magazine, nominated Minnesota for a Nobel Peace Prize for encouraging attacks on I.C.E officers, is a retreat that can only encourage more George Wallace -style nullification.
I know he is stuck with a party of weenies who will always surrender first principles when the whining from voters gains volume (“Why does law enforcement have to be so mean?”) Nevertheless, The President should have driven a hard bargain here, beginning with a demand that Tim Walz and his lackeys shut the hell up and stop talking about fighting law enforcement, arresting officers, the Civil War and the Holocaust. Trump should have threatened to use the Insurrection Act and added a “Dirty Harry”-esque “Go ahead. make my day.”
I get it: Trump doesn’t want to invoke the Insurrection Act. But his decision to try to avoid conflict only increases the likelihood that he will have to.
Ethics Alarms 
Maybe Here’s Johnny will return now.
Didn’t ICE get what they wanted in the form of cooperation with respect to detainers? The surge was used to offset the lack of cooperation. Moving 700 out to other areas seems reasonable.
It might be reasonable. But Trump’s timing is terrible. He has to get concessions from the state and its leaders.
Isn’t cooperation a concession?
Alright, I’m going to suspend my concerns here and just focus on yours. Let me know if this sounds like an accurate description of your position.
Does that sound right?
Pretty close.
The macro issue is that as with all laws, immigration laws must be followed and enforced.
The theory that some variety of law breaking is excused as long as you get away with it long enough is unworkable and encourages more lawbreaking.
Open boarders, which is what you get when there are no enforceable immigration laws, is suicidal economically. legally, culturally and societally.
Interfering with law enforcement is itself a crime.
Those who do interfere are the proximate cause of their own injuries unless an officer uses excessive force without justification.
Self-defense and fear of injury is justification.