As part of negotiations to end this week’s partial government shutdown, Democrats in Congress are pushing for legislation they say is needed to reform Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

But some of their proposals seem part of a larger plan to shut down ICE itself  — to “Defund ICE,” in effect — and impose a permanent version of the open-border policy American voters rejected in the last presidential election.

This seems to be the new playbook of the progressive socialist left.

Allow millions of mostly economic migrants into the United States during a Democratic administration, then defy democracy by violently fighting the feds in the streets — creating enough political pressure to shut down, via legislation, the meaningful immigration enforcement that voters demanded.

The Democrats’ plan includes requiring judicial warrants to arrest and detain illegal immigrants, a “no-mask” rule for ICE agents despite escalating vigilante violence targeting them, and supervisory authority over ICE for local politicians and officials. 

All three could help keep mass amnesty in place — a central goal of the open-borders ideologues.  

Consider the demand for judicial warrants. 

In 2025, ICE arrested and........

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