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Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons went on the record this Sunday to warn Democrats that their fevered, dehumanizing rhetoric is putting federal agents in real danger — and he did it where the country could hear him. Lyons’ appearance on Sunday Morning Futures was more than a soundbite; it was a rebuke to career politicians who trade in slogans while men and women in uniform face growing hostility on the streets.
The warning comes against the backdrop of a tragic and complicated confrontation in Minneapolis that left Renée Good dead and the nation split over what happened and why. That incident, which ignited mass demonstrations, has become the rallying point for activists demanding ICE be expelled from American cities entirely, even as questions about the facts and the context swirl.
Lyons bluntly told viewers that sanctuary policies and local refusals to cooperate with federal law enforcement are forcing ICE to do its work inside communities where resistance is highest, and that such conditions require larger deployments and tougher precautions. He pointed to statistics and frontline realities — officers taking steps to protect themselves and their teams — and argued this is not theater but necessity when arresting dangerous criminal aliens.
Enough already with the cheap, clickbait comparisons to totalitarian regimes. When governors and mayors flirt with language that likens law enforcement to historical monsters, they normalize violence and put public servants at risk, a point Lyons and ICE officials have repeatedly made in public statements. Calling trained agents modern-day Gestapo doesn’t advance accountability; it incites aggression and endangers Americans who keep our cities safer.
Meanwhile, the fallout has spilled far beyond Minneapolis, with rallies and demonstrations across the country and feverish coverage that too often inflames rather than informs. The Justice Department’s posture and the intense national debate show how heated and messy this has become, and it should remind elected officials that stoking outrage has consequences for public order and the rule of law.
Patriots who believe in law and order should stand with those who put their lives on the line to enforce the law, not with mobs fed by irresponsible politicians and opportunistic activists. If Democrats want to change immigration policy, they can do it in Congress — not by demonizing officers and manufacturing crises for headlines. The choice is simple: stop recklessly inflaming the public, restore cooperation between local and federal law enforcement, and let America return to common-sense enforcement that protects communities and the innocent.
