GRAHAM J NOBLE: Escalating Violence Against ICE Demands Accountability
On the morning of Sept. 24, Americans were reminded again that one political group in this country doesn’t seem to be interested in coming together, preferring instead to use fear and bloodshed to impose its agenda. As…
On the morning of Sept. 24, Americans were reminded again that one political group in this country doesn’t seem to be interested in coming together, preferring instead to use fear and bloodshed to impose its agenda.
As an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) van entered a processing site in Dallas, Texas, a sniper opened fire from a nearby rooftop. Three illegal aliens being transferred to the center were hit, and one of them died – a cruel irony. The shooter was found dead shortly after the incident. He had apparently killed himself. He was 29 years old.
This isn’t the first attack on ICE agents, of course, and it is becoming increasingly difficult for anyone to dismiss a link between the left’s demonization of the agency as fascist stormtroopers and the violence perpetrated against them. A further demonstration of that link was found at the crime scene: A stripper clip containing five rifle rounds – at least one of which had “ANTI-ICE” written on it.
For months, left-wing activists have likened ICE agents to Nazis and to Nazi Germany’s secret state police, the Gestapo. Certain elected Democrats have employed similar rhetoric. Earlier this year, Minnesota’s Democrat governor and former vice-presidential candidate Tim Walz called Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents a “modern-day Gestapo.”
The Deadly Demonization Of ICE
In July, after ICE agents apprehended an illegal alien MS-13 member in Providence, R.I., progressive Democrat Rep. Enrique Sanchez claimed that “Nazi Gestapo ICE thugs” had “kidnapped” one of “our neighbors,” describing the arrest as an “act of terror.”
At this point, to say there is no evidence that these incendiary accusations are inciting physical assaults and armed attacks on this branch of the Department of Homeland Security is a stretch.
Left-wing activist sites are awash with articles that draw comparisons between ICE and the Nazis. One such article, published on the website Left Voice, is even written in the style of a serious academic piece, making the argument that ICE can indeed be likened to the Gestapo.