I'm not sure who wrote this....
Here’s the part politicians in Minnesota... and frankly around the country... don’t want to say out loud.
Put detention policy aside. Put sanctuary policies aside. This isn’t about whether a city helps ICE detain someone or hold them in a local jail. That’s a separate debate.
This is about basic enforcement safety.
When ICE is lawfully carrying out its duties, local officials know exactly what happens when they publicly posture against them. Civilians hear “the city is against them” and assume that means federal agents can be challenged, blocked, or ignored. That’s how you end up with crowds swarming officers, vehicles being surrounded, and roads being blocked.
At that point, it’s no longer about immigration policy. It’s about whether law enforcement... any law enforcement... can operate without being physically interfered with.
Local police don’t have to assist with detention to still keep the peace. Crowd control isn’t endorsement. Preventing civilians from interfering isn’t “helping ICE.” It’s doing the bare minimum to stop chaos and keep people alive.
And when local leaders refuse even that, they’re not neutral. They’re creating a hostile environment and then pretending they had nothing to do with the outcome.
You don’t get to delegitimize federal authority, encourage confrontation through rhetoric, and then wash your hands when it turns dangerous. That’s not values driven leadership. That’s political cover at the expense of public safety.
This woman is dead and it was preventable. Unfortunately, I don’t see how federal enforcement acted inappropriately, given the threat to life. The woman was about to run him over with her car and wasn’t complying. It’s tragic, and I would say that the blood is on the hands of the local officials who use this type of an event for their own political benefit.