War On ICE Takes Disturbing New Turn

Immigration and Customs Enforcement is one of those law enforcement agencies that finds its fortunes ebbing and flowing depending on who is in the Oval Office. That’s true of several, of course, including the ATF, but ICE has long been forgotten about in a lot of ways by the American people.

These days, though, that’s kind of hard for anyone to do. I mean, the Trump administration is sticking to its promise to actually enforce immigration laws, and a lot of people are upset about that. One of those groups is the Mexican cartels, which have offered a bounty on ICE agents.

The upside is that the cartels are still mostly based in Mexico. There’s not really a lot of opportunity for people within the cartels to go after federal agents.

But now the feds say a domestic gang is doing something similar.

The Latin Kings gang has reportedly issued a “shoot on sight” order to its members targeting federal immigration enforcement officers in Chicago, Ill.

The move comes as Washington escalates its enforcement efforts in the Windy City as part of President Donald Trump’s efforts to crack down on crime in major cities and to implement mass deportations.

“Officer/agents are reminded to maintain heightened situational awareness and exercise extreme caution when conducting enforcement activities,” Customs and Border Protection (CBP) warned its personnel, according to NewsNation.

Now, what does this have to do with what we write about here at Bearing Arms? It’s pretty simple, really. A gang that is looking to take a shot a federal agents is a threat to everyone. When have gang members ever been noted for their marksmanship?

Like, ever?

If the Latin Kings decide to “shoot on sight” any ICE agents they see, they’re unlikely to be discriminating in their shooting.

Plus, let’s not forget that these aren’t exactly members of MENSA here. There’s every possibility they’ll just assume anyone who isn’t Hispanic in a Hispanic region is some ICE agent and will start shooting.

This is, of course, bad news for literally anyone.

It’s also a clear signal that what ICE is doing is having an impact on criminal operations. The Latin Kings have been around since the 1950s. They didn’t last this long by being stupid. They never had the bloody reps from the 1990s like the Bloods or the Crips. They had some semblance of sense.

That means there’s no reason to believe they’d just start shooting ICE agents unless there was something in it for them.

The most likely thing that would qualify is if ICE is cutting into their criminal business in some manner. If that happened, then yeah, they’d take the gloves off. 

It’s not because of some Hispanic solidarity or anything. The Latin Kings have been preying on the Hispanic community for decades, so there’s no reason to think they care now. Instead, they’re just worried about their bottom line.

Just like the cartels, and possibly in partnership with them in some manner.

Say what you want, but ICE is getting the job done and cleaning up our streets in ways that anti-gunners keep saying they’ll do by restricting our rights. Funny how that shakes out, isn’t it?

Editor’s Note: After more than 40 days of screwing Americans, a few Dems have finally caved. The Schumer Shutdown was never about principle—just inflicting pain for political points.

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