How California incentivizes illegal immigration and ICE raids

Published October 13, 2026 2:55pm ET



Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers are staging operations at California community colleges. They are only doing so because California affords special privileges to illegal immigrants, as Democrats continue to incentivize them to cross the border.

Multiple California community colleges are in a panic as ICE officers have made arrests of students and students’ parents. Bureaucrats complain that ICE officers don’t give them advance notice or ask for permission (which they do not need) to enter public spaces. These community colleges are now spending tens of thousands of dollars installing signs that tell ICE officers to get university permission, despite ICE officers conducting their business quickly enough that those bureaucrats can’t attempt to shut them down in time.

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