In a recent segment on the now-weeklong anti-ICE riots outside Delaney Hall, the immigrant detention center in Newark, New Jersey, Fox News host Laura Ingraham argued that it’s time to stop calling these people protesters. After watching the events unfold, she said, the more accurate term is “insurgents.”
What happened on Wednesday night only reinforced her point. In one of the most disturbing scenes to emerge from the demonstrations, a vicious extremist singled out an unmasked ICE agent and threatened to murder his entire family, shouting: “You. I’ll kill your whole f***in’ family. Your whole f***in’ family is dead. Your children. Your wife. All dead. I have your face, mother***er. You’re dead. Dead.”
Unfortunately for this menacing thug, cameras recorded every second of his obscenity-laced, death-threat-filled tirade. They also captured a clear view of his face — twisted with hatred and rage — which was instantly broadcast into the living rooms of millions of Americans and, more importantly, placed directly into the hands of law enforcement.
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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche assured Fox News host Will Cain that law enforcement would “find him” and “arrest him.”
Blanche told Cain, “Look, that’s a federal crime. Not only threatening the ICE officer — but think about how disgusting this individual is threatening his wife and his children with death.”
“That is disgusting … and we see his face and I promise you, we will find him, and when we find him, we will arrest him, because it is a crime not only to threaten law enforcement, but not surprisingly, to threaten their family as well.”
And lo and behold, the FBI arrested the foul-mouthed agitator on Friday. Announcing the news on X, Blanche wrote: “Told you. FBI just arrested the man who threatened to kill ICE officers and their families. FAFO.”
George Washington Law School professor Jonathan Turley highlighted the irony in this situation on X. As Democratic politicians push measures to restrict and even criminalize the use of face coverings by ICE agents, this incident serves as a powerful reminder of why agents feel compelled to conceal their identities in the first place.
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In a buffoonish attempt at grandstanding earlier this week, New Jersey’s Democratic Gov. Mikie Sherrill joined several members of Congress in an effort to enter the facility after reports surfaced that some detainees had begun a hunger strike.
Fox News reported that “Sherrill was denied access and has since called for the detention center to be shut down.”
No one was surprised when she vowed to protect the “protesters” outside Delaney Hall during remarks on Friday. She told reporters:
New Jersey law enforcement is today establishing a peaceful, protected protest zone in the area right outside Delaney Hall. My administration will be working together with community members, faith leaders, advocates, and state police to help people move there today.
Way to go, governor. That’s true leadership.
Rather than helping to calm an already volatile situation, the governor’s speech only further inflamed tensions.
The good news is that the man who vowed to wipe out an ICE agent’s family is now in custody. The bad news is that too many political leaders seem more interested in protecting the movement that produced him than in condemning the conduct he displayed.
Standing for nothing, the Democratic Party’s entire platform is resistance to President Donald Trump. Yet, remarkably, they still hold an 8.1-point advantage in the RealClearPolitics polling average of the generic congressional vote. Frankly, I find that baffling. It’s terrifying that, after a decade of proven hoaxes and lies, so many Americans continue to take Democratic rhetoric at face value.
But until that changes, incidents like the one outside Delaney Hall will become increasingly common. For those of us who recognize the hypocrisy, we must continue calling it out whenever and wherever we see it, and hope that enough voters see the light before Election Day.
Elizabeth writes commentary for Legal Insurrection and The Washington Examiner. She is an academy fellow at The Heritage Foundation. Please follow Elizabeth on LinkedIn.
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