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Immigration Enforcement Finally Arrives, and It’s Long Overdue

I’ve spent time on both sides of a badge. I worked private security and executive protection, and in 1992, I drove in the presidential motorcade for President George H.W. Bush after the Los Angeles riots while working on an Assembly campaign with Young Republicans. I earned my California EMT license in 1992. I know what it looks like when the rule of law breaks down, and I know what it looks like when someone finally decides to enforce it. What’s happening at ICE right now is the latter, and it’s about time.

The numbers tell the story. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested more than 10,000 people over a five-day stretch at the end of June, roughly 2,000 arrests a day, close to double the pace tracked in recent months.

The Department of Homeland Security says roughly 70% of ICE arrests this year have targeted people already facing criminal charges or convictions, and reports that more than 3 million illegal aliens have left the country since the administration took office—roughly 900,000 formally deported and the rest self-deported. ICE is finally doing the job Congress funded it to do.

Compare that to what came before. The House Homeland Security Committee documented more than 10.8 million Customs and Border Protection encounters nationwide since the start of fiscal year 2021, with roughly 2 million more “gotaways” who were never even processed. Millions of those encountered were released into the interior on notices to appear, a paperwork promise that a huge share........

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