Quick Take: Weeping for the Worst
The Resistance Left has a soft spot for undocumented criminals
Though depressed and demoralized, the Resistance Left has not quite given up on its attempt to demonize any and all initiatives associated with the evil name of MAGA. Just now, its focus is on the Trump Administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration. Recently we were treated to the ludicrous spectacle of the actress Selena Gomez, weeping over the sad plight of the immigrants being rounded up by ICE for deportation. It needs a heart of stone to withhold one’s scornful laughter in the face of her performance.
Why do I say that? Well, one reason, albeit of scant importance, is that Ms. Gomez’s Latina bone fides are, shall we say, a bit sketchy. Her mother is Italian; her Spanish is said to be execrable. Much more worthy of scorn is the fact that she’s wasting her tears on a cabal of criminals whose resumes list murder, assault, rape, vehicular homicide, child molestation, membership in criminal gangs, dealing in illegal drugs, etc., etc. These are the goons currently being removed from the country in accordance with Trump’s campaign pledge to target “the worst first.”
But listening to the comrades, you’d think that ICE is channeling the crimes of the SS, and that the Trump Administration is conducting a second Holocaust. And no, I do not exaggerate: Here’s the proof. You don’t have to spend much time perusing Substack Notes or other social media venues to find multiple examples of this absolute nonsense.
Naturally, the cry of racism has been raised against the Administration’s enforcement of immigration law. Almost all the illegals being rounded up for deportation are “people of color”—why no white deportees? The answer to that question is, or ought to be obvious. Around eighty percent of illegal immigrants in this country came here from Latin America, and the percentage of them with criminal backgrounds is far higher than it is for the small number of Canadian and European illegals. If it’s racist to do that math, well, so much for the Left’s professed devotion to “the Science.”
Then there’s the complaint that ICE is being disrespectful of sacred venues where, supposedly, its writ does not run: churches, schools, libraries, hospitals, etc. Here we have people calling themselves progressive reviving the medieval practice of sanctuary. But as a matter of fact, federal, state, and local law enforcement authorities are not barred from entering churches, synagogues, etc., much less schools and libraries. There’s no place in the United States where the writ of the law does not run; an illegal alien enjoys no immunity, anywhere. And if, say, a pastor shelters illegal immigrants in his church and attempts to obstruct an ICE enforcement action, that pastor has violated the law and is liable for arrest and prosecution.
The Resistance has taken to the streets of Los Angeles and other cities in opposition to the roundup and deportation of illegals with criminal backgrounds. Let’s just say that the optics have not been good. In LA, we were treated to the spectacle of a mob flourishing the flags of Mexico and other Latin American countries. But the flag of the United States? It was thrown on the ground, trampled and burned. Think about that. They waved the flags of countries from which they fled in search of a better life—and desecrated the flag of the country where that better life is to be had. For that reason alone—plain stupidity—these people deserve to be sent packing. Fortunately for them, however, the laws of the country they revile protect them—unless, of course, they are “undocumented.”
The cluelessness of the Resistance is marvelous to behold. The fact that the policy they’re protesting has broad popular support seems not to have penetrated the thick skulls of these activists. And like the “anti-Zionist” creeps on college campuses, they seem not to understand how repulsive their antics appear in the eyes of normal Americans. You don’t get far in this country by burning the Stars & Stripes or blocking traffic. People get annoyed with you.
But as Napoleon advised, never interrupt the enemy when he’s making a mistake. So let the Resistance defend those murderers, rapists, child molesters, drug traffickers, gangbangers and assorted rats who snuck into this country. Let the comrades cause traffic jams. Let them burn the American flag. Let it all happen—and make sure it makes the news. These people deserve all the negative publicity that comes their way.
Thanks,Mr. Gregg, for the trenchant column.