Legacy media love to cover people protesting the Trump administration‘s immigration enforcement. Pictures, videos, social media posts, and newspaper articles have been written about American citizens going to great lengths to prevent the deportation of illegal immigrants.

Perhaps it is time they start focusing on the innocent people who continue to be victimized by the violent criminal acts committed by illegal immigrants. On July 20, an illegal immigrant, Gildardo Amandor-Martinez, allegedly murdered 15-year-old Luis Lopez in Kentucky.

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According to the Department of Homeland Security, Amandor-Martinez is originally from Mexico and “attempted to enter the country THREE times under the Biden administration in 2021, at the southern border.” On his third attempt to enter the United States, he succeeded “at an unknown date and location and without inspection by an immigration officer.”

Amandor-Martinez also allegedly assaulted a 3-year-old girl with a firearm. He was arrested by local law enforcement officials and charged with murder, first-degree assault, and first-degree attempted rape, according to reports. 

How will our country’s fruit and vegetables be harvested without immigrants like Amandor-Martinez? That’s the common refrain uttered by illegal immigration enthusiasts, no?

Naturally, Amandor-Martinez’s alleged crime didn’t receive widespread national media attention. The local media account of Lopez’s killing failed to mention that, according to the reports from DHS, an illegal immigrant from Mexico allegedly killed the teenager. It’s indicative of a hijacked narrative surrounding illegal immigrants. There are people, groups, organizations, and politicians who are diligently working to implement policies that would keep allegedly murderous criminals such as Amandor-Martinez in this country. It is these same people, groups, organizations, and politicians who demonize Trump’s illegal immigration enforcement tactics and federal agencies such as Immigration and Customs Enforcement. 

Villainous acts allegedly committed by illegal immigrants like Amandor-Martinez are not rare. A day earlier, two more illegal immigrants were allegedly committing violent crimes. Miguel Francisco Mora Nunez and Cristian Aybar Berroa, both from the Dominican Republic, attempted an armed robbery on an off-duty Customs and Border Protection officer in New York City. Nunez shot the CBP officer in the right arm and left cheek during the robbery attempt.

Clearly, Nunez and Berroa are just unfortunate immigrants attempting to find better opportunities and improve their lives. They’re noble people who built this country and pick its produce or whatever other charming, fact-free, hyperbolic narrative liberals, Democrats, and others on the Left seek to create about illegal immigrants. 

Furthermore, to highlight how despicable and dangerous the Left’s immigration policies actually are, consider the rap sheet of Nunez and Berroa, who, despite their criminal history, were allowed to roam freely in the U.S. thanks to the Biden administration.

Berroa had four prior arrests, including multiple incidents of fourth-degree felony grand larceny, petit larceny, and second-degree reckless endangerment. Nunez had three prior arrests, including incidents of felony grand larceny, petit larceny, and second—and third-degree assault. There was also a warrant for Nunez for armed robbery with a firearm out of Leominster, Massachusetts. 

These crimes took place before the attempted armed robbery of the CBP officer.

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Despite this, liberals, Democrats, and others on the Left do everything possible to stunt the efforts to protect innocent people from violent, criminal illegal immigrants. Every attempt to subvert DHS, ICE, or any other illegal immigration enforcement activity helps criminal illegal immigrants to flourish in this country.

The lives of the innocent should not be endangered to fulfill a twisted ideology. Luis Lopez should still be alive today, and a CBP officer shouldn’t have bullet wounds in his leg and cheek. These are the reasons why there is a crackdown on illegal immigration. These are what the deportations are for. This is who ICE and DHS are protecting the country from.