Democrats’ rhetoric shows they can’t be trusted on immigration 

Published September 28, 2025 5:00am ET



Democrats continue to compare Immigration and Customs Enforcement to the Gestapo. Even setting aside the important question of whether this contributes to the wave of violence against ICE personnel, it certainly shows that Democrats have learned nothing from President Joe Biden’s border crisis and are incapable of enforcing immigration law.

Last Wednesday, a young man named Joshua Jahn allegedly opened fire on an ICE facility in Dallas, killing a detainee and injuring two others. Jahn, who friends say was “passionate” about the desperation of illegal migrants, left a note reading, “Hopefully this will give ICE agents real terror, to think, is there a sniper with AP [armor piercing] rounds on that roof.”

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