So much for moderation ahead of the midterms.
“[Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)] is beyond reform and should be abolished,” Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar posted Monday to X.
ICE is beyond reform and should be abolished. https://t.co/s3siYavU2b
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) August 25, 2025
Omar’s call to action came in response to the news that Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an alleged MS-13 member and illegal migrant, was taken into ICE custody Aug. 25.
Omar is among other “squad” members stubbornly attacking ICE. But her fellow girl-bosses have adopted a more measured tone. (RELATED: Far-Left Has Gone So Far Left That Even Ocasio-Cortez Too Moderate For Them)
“I believe that ICE, an agency that was just formed in 2003 during the Patriot Act era, is a rogue agency that should not exist,” reads a May campaign email from Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
The representative’s older social media posts mince even less words.
#AbolishICE means not having an agency that incarcerates children and sexually assaults women with impunity.
It does not mean abolish deportation.
Also, I have no problem saying white supremacy has no place in this country.
It’s the GOP that struggles to say that. https://t.co/7gbXezIhu5
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) August 21, 2018
Here’s what must be done:
We must #abolishICE. It’s very structure is about as undemocratic and authoritarian as it gets in the US.
We have to replace ICE with an updated INS-like structure that handles crime through the same court system we’ve had for well over 100 years. /8
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) May 26, 2018
Perhaps the funniest post is Ocasio-Cortez’s response to the official ICE account celebrating Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday.
Abolish ICE. https://t.co/h4zIbesjRe
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) January 18, 2021
Democratic Washington Rep. Pramila Jayapal has also diminished her demands.
Jayapal, along with other representatives, introduced legislation to “terminate” ICE in 2018.
“There was enforcement of our immigration laws before ICE was created and there will be after ICE, as an agency, is gone,” Jayapal said in a statement.
“We should eliminate the agency as it stands and start from scratch to restructure its functions,” she added.
Jayapal introduced a less ambitious bill in 2025: “The Stop ICE from Kidnapping U.S. Citizens Act.” If Democrats “winning” means “ICE focusing on deporting the millions of illegal aliens within our borders,” then I’ll take it.
Omar’s indifference to the national temperature is especially grating, given her own Somalia-born status. The representative wrote an op-ed in June 2024, calling for America to “Open the Door Wider for Refugees.” (RELATED: Chinese-Born Republican Candidate Warns Letting In Students From China ‘Not A Good Idea’)
Taken alongside her disdain for homeland security, one speculates that Omar’s preferred United States is one with no borders at all. Maybe she envisions the United States as a propositional nation. That proposition being: “Endless Freebies.” (RELATED: Republican Rep. Brandon Gill Starts Petition To ‘Deport’ Rep. Ilhan Omar)
There’s a sickening sabotage in pleading at a nation’s gates — and having gained entry, doing your best to render that nation totally meaningless.
Follow Natalie Sandoval on X: @NatSandovalDC
Read the full article here
