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Current Events => Politics => Topic started by: SVPete on August 18, 2026, 09:00:36 AM
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Off the Deep End: Dems Make 'Abolish ICE' Official Position
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2026/08/17/off-the-deep-end-dems-make-abolish-ice-official-position-n3818075 (https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2026/08/17/off-the-deep-end-dems-make-abolish-ice-official-position-n3818075)
Give Democrats at least this much credit for sticking to their priorities. After losing a national election largely on the issue of border security and immigration enforcement, the DNC wants to double down in the midterms.
Of course, given the DNC's cash position at the moment, "double down" is entirely figurative.
The DNC kicked off its summer meeting in Austin by deciding that voters got it all wrong two years ago. The committee that handles policy resolutions approved two proposed additions to the party's official positions in the midterms. The first would "reform" Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), while the second would abolish it altogether. The full membership passed both by unanimous acclamation:
The Democratic National Committee adopted a resolution Saturday urging congressional Democrats to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), alongside a competing measure calling only for reforms to the agency, at the party’s summer meeting in Austin, Texas.
This comes as no surprise, since practically every Democrat candidate in this cycle has adopted both positions simultaneously. The few who oppose it, such as House Democrat Henry Cuellar in Texas, are keeping their mouths shut about it. The position of their party is that ICE should not exist, Border Patrol should not exist, no illegal aliens should be detained, and that every possible method of enforcement of immigration law should be prohibited.
Dem Party misleaders seem to believe that "Defund the Police" worked well in 2020, and simply was not pushed hard and far enough in 2024. I guess we'll see in November how successfully the Dems and their MSM-shills have demonized ICE and how well this works for the Dems.