Keeping the facts straight…
Radio host Charlamagne Tha God on Wednesday immediately refuted journalist Morgyn Wood’s claim that President Donald Trump’s administration is arresting migrants who have not committed “crimes,” a similar narrative being pushed by progressive lawmakers, pundits, and celebrities. (RELATED: Tom Homan Responds To Selena Gomez’s Sobbing Video About Deportations)
Border czar Tom Homan has hit the ground running to implement President Trump’s sweeping immigration reforms. Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) officers reportedly arrested 956 migrants on Sunday and 1,100 on Monday and are on track to outpace the Biden administration.
When Wood, on “The Breakfast Club,” suggested this approach was leading to the arrests of innocent people, Charlamagne pushed back, noting that being in the United States illegally is itself “a crime.”
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“President Trump has reportedly ordered all ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] field offices to make at least 75 arrests per day of illegal immigrants who have committed violent crimes. But ICE agents say those aren’t the only people who could be taken into custody and deported … They’re rounding up anybody who is in the country illegally,” Wood said. “At first, we were thinking it was just going to be those who were committing crimes, but no. It’s just if you are in the country and your status is not up to par, or you’re not in good standing, then you are eligible for deportation … at least under this Trump administration.”
“But isn’t being in the country illegally a crime? That’s a crime under federal law,” Charlamagne responded. “So they’re rounding up people who are committing crimes and they’re rounding up people who are here illegally, because that too is a crime.”
Wood acknowledged that what Charlamagne said is “true.”
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt similarly told ABC News chief White House correspondent Mary Bruce Tuesday that every illegal immigrant has a “criminal record” because they violated U.S. law by entering the country.
“3,500 arrests ICE has made so far since President Trump came back into office. Can you just tell us the numbers, how many have a criminal record versus those who are just in the country illegally?” Bruce asked.
“All of them because they illegally broke our nation’s laws and therefore they are criminals as far as this administration goes,” Leavitt said. “I know the last administration didn’t see it that way, so it’s a big culture shift in our nation to view someone who breaks our immigration laws as a criminal, but that’s what they are.”
Some Democrat officials have openly refused to cooperate with federal law enforcement officers on deportations of illegal immigrants.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey announced Tuesday he was joining others pushing back on the Trump Administration’s immigration agenda.
“I want to speak directly to people who are undocumented: we love you. We care about you,” Frey, a Democrat, said at a press conference. “In the city of Minneapolis, we will stand up for you and we will do anything in our power to help because you’re not an alien; in our city, you’re a neighbor.”
“Now, in Minneapolis we have what is called a separation ordinance,” Frey continued, explaining his legal strategy to avoid deportations. “And that separation ordinance states clearly that our city officials, our police officers and beyond will not be gathering information showing who is and is not documented.”
“We do not ask the question with regards to immigration status and, because we haven’t asked the question, we don’t have any data to show documentation status in our city,” the mayor said.
“Our police officers will not be cooperating with federal law enforcement around federal immigration law. We enforce state and local laws here in Minneapolis, and we will do so to the best of our ability. But as for cooperation with ICE, the answer is no,” Frey said.
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Frey should fry (figuratively).
This mayor is making more trouble for those who are here illegally, as when ICE makes a raid, whoever is a part of that raid is asked for papers, or proof they are here legally. If this idiot mayor allowed ICE to go into jails and get the violent criminals that would not happen. But as usual, the left doesn’t think things out….they evidently just like to get in the news!