No, assaulting ICE is not a winning issue
Last week, in a joint operation between Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection, federal authorities executed criminal search warrants at two marijuana facilities in California. The raids, characterized by some Democrats as an attack on “humble strawberry farmers,” ended in the arrest of 361 illegal immigrants and the recovery of 14 unaccompanied migrant children, who were likely the victims of forced labor and human trafficking.
Amid the operation, a masked assailant drew a firearm and began shooting at federal law enforcement, concealed by a crowd of hundreds of rioters disrupting the ICE operation.
Just weeks prior, officers were ambushed at an ICE facility in Texas. One officer was shot in the neck. That same day, assailants attempted to set fire to an ICE facility in Portland, Oregon. And a week ago, an American was killed after he opened fire at a CBP facility near the border.
For months, Democrats have been fueling this violence with inflammatory rhetoric, much akin to their propaganda campaign against President Donald Trump. By framing him as the end of American democracy itself, their rhetoric eventually culminated in two nearly successful assassination attempts.
While Democratic leaders typically enjoy an echo chamber of political conformity that justifies this behavior and their disdain for law enforcement, the latest polling reveals a different reality.