Immigration raids have recently heated up in Boston under a new operation called "Patriot 2.0." Despite specifically targeting high-level criminal illegal aliens, the city's mayor, Michelle Wu, pledged to continue her sanctuary policies, claiming the enforcement actions are "wrong on the law, and they are wrong on safety."
"They are wrong on the law, and they are wrong on safety. This is why Boston has been the target. Boston is going to continue to uphold the Boston Trust Act, our state law, and the clear separation where our local officials and our city government does not cooperate in the mass deportation efforts that this federal administration is trying to push," Wu said on Monday.
Border czar Tom Homan, who has overseen the deportation efforts of the second Trump administration, appeared on MSNBC Tuesday morning to discuss the issue, and things got heated. Mike Brzezinski tried to claim ICE is "disappearing" people, and Homan went off.
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HOMAN: I see on the show this morning, you had Gov. Healy talking about ICE doing enforcement operations in a church. False, didn't happen.
BRZEZINSKI: No, they were parked there. They did not do an operation there. She said they were parked in a public space legally.
HOMAN: But to say that, and to push that out there, puts fear in the immigrant community. So let me tell you what's happening...
BRZEZINSKI: No, to do that puts fear (crosstalk) in the community! To park the ICE agent's vehicle...
HOMAN: They're on a public street, they're on a public street...
BRZEZINSKI: She said that, sir!
HOMAN: ...Waiting to respond to a criminal agent waiting inside the building.
Homan is about to start really cooking, but I want to stop here to point out the deference the Trump administration is still trying to show despite all these wild accusations being thrown at ICE. They did not raid a church. They did not even park in the church parking lot. They were parked on a public street waiting for the criminal illegal alien to leave. What more can they do in that scenario? The answer is nothing, but dishonest hacks like Gov. Maura Healey (D-MA) want to insinuate that ICE is breaking down the doors of churches while people like Brzezinski run cover.
Regardless, what Homan does next is so important because it lays a foundation of reality on top of the mindless rhetoric coming from the left.
HOMAN: Let me tell you, in the last couple of days, what's happening in Boston. They've arrested Victor Gomez Paris, a 33-year-old criminal alien from Guatemala, with charges of aggravated rape, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, indecent assault and battery on a victim 14 years or younger. They arrested Kalie(?) Espinosa, a 33-year-old criminal alien from Colombia with charges of aggravated assault on a pregnant victim...
He continues from there, listing three more illegal aliens with serious charges against them who were detained during the Boston ICE raids, leaving Brzezinski with nothing to do but stare blankly. Homan then explains that these raids would not have to happen if Democrat politicians in places like Massachusetts stopped blocking cooperation with the federal government and instead turned over criminal illegal aliens from their jails. Wu has made clear she will not do that, though, so public takedowns are the only way to enforce the law.
When Brzezinski finally did muster a response, it was as ridiculous as you'd expect.
BRZEZINSKI: Well, well, I would argue that, actually, that the ICE vehicle parked outside a Spanish mass is a frightening sight, given what has happened in this country.
What's even is the suggestion there? That ICE should just let these violent criminals go free because it's bad optics to park on a public street? Is there no limit to who Democrats will defend in the name of their insane narrative?
Homan ended the exchange by calling out Brzezinski for claiming ICE is "disappearing" people. He explained that they are simply making lawful arrests and that when the police arrest someone, no one claims they are being "disappeared." Those kinds of silly lies are putting the lives of law enforcement at greater risk.
This is a messaging battle Democrats are going to lose. They can cook all the crime stats they want, but Americans do not feel safe in the country's major cities, and ICE is removing dangerous people from the streets. Those are the only optics the Trump administration should care about, and let's be honest. It wouldn't matter how they went about it. MSNBC and the rest would still complain.
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