Dangerous Escalation Against ICE in LA After Mayor Karen Bass Goes Full Resistance

As Legal Insurrection has documented, the Democrat Party has made a war on President Trump’s policies towards illegal immigrants a top priority headed into the 2026 midterms, with prospective 2028 presidential candidates equating ICE to the Gestapo and woke mayors who turn a blind eye to violent criminal illegal immigrants in their communities comparing ICE to neo-Nazi groups.

Perhaps most disturbingly, though, was House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) essentially suggesting during a recent press conference that ICE agents and other federal officers involved in illegal immigration sweeps and who have already faced death threats be doxxed:

“Every single ICE agent who’s engaged in this aggressive overreach and are trying to hide their identities from the American people will be unsuccessful in doing that,” Jeffries said. “This is America. This is not the Soviet Union. We’re not behind the Iron Curtain. This is not the 1930s. And every single one of them, no matter what it takes, no matter how long it takes, will, of course, be identified.”

In Los Angeles on Friday, the fruits of the Democrats’ increasingly incendiary rhetoric were on full display, with anti-ICE agitators protesting against ICE sweeps taking place across the city, and trying to impede their efforts:

As federal agents — often wearing camouflage and bulletproof vests with their faces covered — burst into buildings, protesters and supporters soon showed up creating tense scenes throughout the city.Witnesses reported tear gas being employed at least one of the locations to clear a path for federal agents to take in their prisoners.“Approximately 44 people” were administratively arrested ​​and one person was arrested on an obstruction charge, the HSI statement said.[…]Among the sites targeted by federal agents was clothing manufacturer, importer and wholesaler Ambiance Apparel in the city’s Fashion District, Essayli told NBC Los Angeles.

Late in the afternoon, a group of the “protesters” marched to the ICE detention center, where things got even more intense, especially after Mayor Karen Bass went full Resistance in issuing the following statement:

“This morning, we received reports of federal immigration enforcement actions in multiple locations in Los Angeles. As Mayor of a proud city of immigrants, who contribute to our city in so many ways, I am deeply angered by what has taken place. These tactics sow terror in our communities and disrupt basic principles of safety in our city. My Office is in close coordination with immigrant rights community organizations. We will not stand for this.”

And in a shocker of all shockers, many of the extremists could be seen flying Palestinian flags, wearing keffiyehs, and carrying professionally produced protest signs:

Meanwhile, this happened at a federal courthouse in New York City on Friday:

At this rate, someone is, unfortunately, likely to get seriously hurt. And if that happens, blood will be on every Democrat’s hands who stoked these out-of-control woke mobs in part by refusing to condemn the leftist violence – including what’s happened at Tesla showrooms, who’ve also made pathetic excuses for the antisemitic pro-Hamas student occupiers, and who are now calling for the doxxing of immigration enforcement agents.

-Stacey Matthews has also written under the pseudonym “Sister Toldjah” and can be reached via Twitter/X.-

Tags: California, Democrats, DHS, Hakeem Jeffries, ICE, Illegal Immigration, Los Angeles, Progressives, Trump Derangement Syndrome, Trump Immigration

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