From Newsgroup: alt.law-enforcement
A new Harvard/Harris public opinion poll shows two-thirds of Americans
now disapprove of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. That spells
trouble for taxpayers and everyone who wants safe neighborhoods.
A majority of Americans voted for President Donald Trump to enforce
immigration laws. The poll, done just after the shooting of anti-ICE
activist Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, indicates how Democratic political rhetoric and misleading media reports are causing most Americans to
change their minds. Democrats in Congress are trying to hold back ICE
funds.
If this growing movement to hamstring ICE and let recent illegals stay
here succeeds, hold on to your wallet. Either the criminal migrants
roving the streets will rob you, or yourCOll have to empty your wallet
yourself to pay for the welfare benefits illegals consume.
Last week, New York City cops nabbed four gun-toting criminals ages 18
to 20 who had just robbed a couple on West 47th Street. Of course,
because of New YorkrCOs pro-criminal laws, a judge let them back out on
the street within hours. HererCOs whatrCOs key: Three of the thugs already
were wanted on ICE detainers.
If politicians would let ICE do its job and remove these criminals, werCOd
be a lot safer.
New York data show illegals commit crimes three times as often as legal residents.
Politicians demanding that ICE leave their states are stabbing the
public in the back. Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger ordered state law enforcement to dissolve any partnerships with ICE. Illinois Gov. JB
Pritzker is calling for the agencyrCOs abolition. Connecticut Gov. Ned
Lamont is telling ICE to rCLgo home.rCY
In New York, Gov. Kathy Hochul introduced legislation to limit local
police cooperation with ICE, which she calls rCLa rogue federal agency
thatrCOs been unleashed on the American streets for the sole purpose of creating chaos, carnage and fear.rCY Nonsense.
The tragic deaths in Minnesota need to be investigated, and ICE training procedures need to be adapted to the new reality of subversive agitators
like the Chinese Communist Party-linked PeoplerCOs Forum egging on crowds
to obstruct ICE agents. They are not trained on how to handle this
manufactured obstruction.
But ICErCOs core mission is vital. Violent crime surged during former
President Joe BidenrCOs four years rCo at the same time that the U.S. experienced an unprecedented influx of illegal aliens. Over 60% of those arrested by ICE in the last year have pending criminal charges or
convictions, ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons testified to Congress on
Tuesday.
If ICE is allowed to do its job, our streets will be safer, and the
nationrCOs generous welfare benefits can be spent on needy Americans.
An estimated 61% of households headed by an illegal used federal welfare benefits in 2024, including SNAP, Medicaid, federally supported health
centers, substance abuse treatment programs, mental health services and
Head Start.
Illegals are not eligible for these things under federal law, and Trump
cracked down on their use when he took office in 2025. But many blue
states, including California, Connecticut and New York, then shifted the
cost on to state taxpayers.
Lamont blamed TrumprCOs rCLharsh cutsrCY for increased state spending in Connecticut, without actually spelling out that the money is going for illegals.
Unless ICE deports a large number of those who entered the country
unlawfully, overstayed visas or were paroled during the Biden
presidency, these migrants will cost America $1.5 trillion over their lifetimes. Immigrants ages 18 to 24 without a high school diploma cost taxpayers the most, each consuming an average of $332,000 in lifetime
welfare and health benefits, according to the Manhattan Institute.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani couldnrCOt care less. He just announced
that the roughly 31,000 migrants depending on the cityrCOs shelter system
can stay an unlimited time at an estimated cost of $270 per day per
family. Former Mayor Eric Adams had imposed a 60-day limit to save
taxpayersrCO money, but Mamdani is throwing that limit to the wind.
On Friday, Mamdani barred ICE from accessing records of who uses public benefits, saying, rCLNo New Yorker should be afraid to apply for city
services like child care because they are an immigrant.rCY
Mamdani urged generosity rCLfor the stranger among us.rCY Soaring rhetoric,
to be sure. But soon the mayor will have to deal with the reality of a
$12 billion budget hole and ask what sacrifices other New Yorkers should
have to endure to provide child care for illegals.
In 2023, Adams warned that the influx of illegals rCLwould destroy New
York City.rCY New York cannot take care of an unlimited number of
rCLstrangers among us.rCY
Mamdani needs to put aside the fairytale rhetoric and work out an
arrangement with his texting buddy rCo Trump rCo to enable ICE to do its job safely.
In Gotham and across the nation, ICE is needed. DonrCOt fall for the manufactured hysteria.
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lets/
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