On Monday, MSNBC’s Morning Joe invited New York Times opinion writer, Mara Gay, who did not hold back her left-wing bias regarding the continuous arrests and deportations made by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Gay went as far as to claim that the policy in the White House implemented was about “othering people who are not seen as American enough.”
On Friday, President Trump signed the Big Beautiful Bill Act, and the liberal media had some hot takes about the money that was going towards aiding ICE. Gay stated:
I remember being told there’s no money in America for healthcare, for public education, for new parks, all kinds of initiatives that we were told there’s no money for this. But then suddenly there’s money to deport farm workers. There’s money to sweep up, you know, people who worked with our troops in Afghanistan. There’s funding to separate families, people who have really not committed crimes, but have come here to work to be a part of this country.
This was where the media fell short, they didn’t want to admit the truth that the people who were being arrested and deported by ICE were illegal immigrants and are criminals for crossing the border illegally. Of course, no one wants to see families separated, but that was not the reason why ICE was sent aid. ICE was established to uphold the order and law of the land by removing people who were here illegally.
If the liberal media wanted to talk about “no money” then they should have turned their heads to the previous administration that gave billions of dollars to Ukraine, but left barely anything for the disaster floods that hit the mountainous areas of North Carolina and Tennessee last fall.
Along with aiding ICE, putting Americans first also included strong borders and security, which was what ICE was enforcing. Yet, Gay went on a tangent criticizing the Trump administration:
And I just think that the cruelty underlying this really shows that this isn’t about immigration policy for this White House. This is about a policy of othering people who are not seen as American enough. And I think that is chilling. And you see that throughline with this Alcatraz. You know, I don’t, I mean, it’s so disturbing.
No, Mara, the Trump administration was not arresting people who were not “American enough.” They were arresting people who weren’t following our laws and skipped the line to get in.
Gay lamented that the ICE raids were “going to just be turbocharged and without any kind of accountability.”
The Trump administration had made it clear that upholding law and order to protect the country was a top priority. It would seem like increasing funding was just action to support the command, but the left-wing media detested the thought of having strong borders and security in this country.
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MSNBC’s Morning Joe
7/7/25
9:25 a.m. Eastern(...)
MIKA BRZEZINSKI: The co-host of MSNBC’s the weekend prime time, Elise Jordan, is back with us. Also joining us, opinion writer at The New York Times, Mara Gay. And, Mara, I’m first of all wondering – I’m trying to think of the limits that might be pushed with this new funding coming in from the bill.
MARA GAY: Ha, limits? I think unfortunately, what we’re seeing is that these ICE raids have now, it’s going to just be turbocharged and without any kind of accountability. Congress has not shown an appetite, under Republican control, for any kind of oversight.
And we’re talking about spending dollars for ICE and ICE raids and DHS that rival some countries, the entire budget of other countries. So, there’s a lot of concerns about just wantonness, I would say.
We already don’t actually have much insight at all into what’s happening on America’s streets. Where these raids are happening, the way they’re being conducted. And I just – I think that Americans should be asking their congress people to take a far more active role in oversight.
And you know, I think there’s an underlying tragedy here. We were told for years, you know, I’m not even 40 years old, I remember being told there’s no money in America for healthcare, for public education, for new parks, all kinds of initiatives that we were told there’s no money for this.
But then suddenly there’s money to deport farm workers. There’s money to sweep up, you know, people who worked with our troops in Afghanistan. There’s funding to separate families, people who have really not committed crimes, but have come here to work to be a part of this country.
And I just think that the cruelty underlying this really shows that this isn’t about immigration policy for this White House. This is about a policy of othering people who are not seen as American enough. And I think that is chilling. And you see that thoughline with this Alcatraz. You know, I don’t, I mean, it’s so disturbing. It’s honestly hard to get my-
[Crosstalk]
ELISE JORDAN: Mara, I do you think you-
GAY: words around it.
JORDAN: - hit the nail on the head though, talking about the cruelty.
GAY: Yeah.
JORDAN: I, you know, It sounds like the migrants who are being deported to South Sudan have committed some pretty unsavory crimes. That said, how is it within humanitarian law to send people to a war zone, to an active war zone? Okay, Mika, I just think it sounds insane, and I just can’t believe we’re doing this as a country.
BRZEZINSKI: It's hard to get your mind around for sure.