The divide between red and blue has never been more stark than in how each side deals with immigration enforcement in their respective jurisdictions. In a red state, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has not just free rein to operate as needed to find and remove illegal aliens, but the cooperation and assistance of state and (often) local law enforcement. Consequently, things go smoothly and the job gets done. No muss, no fuss. In many blue states, however, the lack of state and local cooperation, combined with seemingly endless violent protests from leftist agitators, has made it difficult to nearly impossible for ICE to do its job effectively. It has also, at least in part, led to the kind of chaos that creates the fog of war tragedies that give the left fodder in the PR battle. Which is obviously what they want.

As always seems to be the case with these things, probably due to its heavy concentration of crazy wild-eyed blue-haired white leftists combined with shadowy Soros-aligned groups sending paid ‘protestors’ there en masse, Minneapolis, Minnesota, is ground zero of the ‘resistance’ against ICE efforts. It’s where violent confrontational protests have sparked multiple FAFO moments that the establishment media twists to manipulate public opinion against internal immigration enforcement. Obviously, anybody with an ounce of common sense knows it’s all part of the plan.

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