Trump Administration Defends ICE Raids on Sanctuary Cities Instead of Border States: "We Don’t Want to Scare the Important People"
Washington, D.C. — In what experts are calling “a bold yet completely nonsensical strategy” , the Trump administration has launched massive ICE raids targeting so-called sanctuary cities—far away from the U.S.-Mexico border—while avoiding border states where most undocumented immigrants actually live. When asked why ICE was sweeping through New York, Chicago, and San Francisco instead of Texas, Arizona, or California’s agricultural belt , Vice President J.D. Vance confidently explained: “Look, if we sent ICE to the actual border, they might scare off the people who do the important work—like building golf resorts, cleaning hotels, and picking the strawberries that make America great. ” Sanctuary Cities: The Real Villains Trump himself defended the decision, insisting that sanctuary cities are far more dangerous than actual illegal crossings. “Sanctuary cities, very bad, very bad folks. These places? Total disasters. They don’t let our beautiful ICE agents do their job,”...