Republican Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana said Wednesday that those convicted of assaulting United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents should be sent to prison and hinted they should experience unpleasant conditions while serving time.
In Texas, there were two incidents where shots were fired at ICE or Border Patrol facilities since July 4, with ten people being charged with attempted murder in connection to the former incident. “America’s Newsroom” co-host Bill Hemmer asked Kennedy about how the increase in assaults on ICE agents should be addressed.
“They’re breaking the law, and what you allow is what will continue,” Kennedy told Hemmer. “If you put hands on an ICE officer, you should be prosecuted, you should be sent to jail, and you should get to spend some quality time with Bubba. Until we start doing that and prosecuting these folks it will continue. The people who believe in open borders, they’re trading panic attacks, but they shouldn’t be surprised. Illegal immigration is illegal, duh.”
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Rioting spread to multiple cities after initially flaring up in Los Angeles following a June enforcement operation by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), with some Democrats demanding that the agency cease its operations to “restore order.” Democratic Mayor Karen Bass of Los Angeles issued an order reinforcing the city’s sanctuary policies days after filing a lawsuit to halt ICE raids.
Hemmer asked Kennedy about Democrats’ complaints about ICE agents masking themselves after one person fired at the ICE agents with a pistol when ICE raided two California marijuana farms Thursday after obtaining a warrant, with the FBI offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to the suspect’s identification, arrest and conviction.
“You know, one of the curiosities of politics to me is why my Democratic colleagues have embraced open borders. I mean, that’s what they’re asking for,” Kennedy told Hemmer. “They’re saying throw the border open and let anybody come in. And that’s what they convinced President Biden to do. It just leads to chaos. The American people don’t support it. It’s bad policy. It’s bad politics. And — and for the life of me, I don’t understand why my Democratic colleagues embrace it.”
“Do they think it’s immoral to vet people at the border? Every country does it,” Kennedy continued. “Are they trying to bring in new voters? I don’t know. But — but as I’ve said in another context somebody needs to tell them that the voices in their heads are not real. The American people do not support open borders.”
Resistance to ICE operations to arrest illegal immigrants has also included a Milwaukee judge who allegedly helped an illegal immigrant briefly evade ICE agents sent to arrest an illegal immigrant in April, and Democratic Mayor Freddie O’Connell of Nashville releasing the names of ICE agents involved in a crackdown on illegal immigrants in the city in May.
In New York City, ICE agents arrested Democratic mayoral candidate Brad Lander on June 18 after he allegedly interfered with an ICE operation in a Manhattan court. Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver of New Jersey was charged with assaulting an ICE agent after a May incident at an ICE facility in Newark.
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