Imagine the absurdity: Democrats in Congress pushing an amendment to explicitly forbid ICE from deporting American citizens—as if our brave ICE agents were randomly rounding up everyday Americans for deportation. Of course, House Republicans swiftly shot down this ridiculous stunt, and rightly so. Let’s unpack the truth behind this latest left-wing gambit.
During Wednesday’s House Judiciary Committee mark-up of President Trump’s sweeping budget bill—dubbed by the President himself as “one big, beautiful bill”—Democrat Rep. Pramila Jayapal introduced an amendment declaring that ICE “cannot detain or deport U.S. citizens under any circumstances.” Republicans promptly rejected it, seeing right through the political theater.
The Democrats’ latest maneuver is a transparent attempt to smear President Trump’s America First immigration policies. Let’s be clear: No one—not President Trump, not the GOP, and certainly not ICE—is advocating the deportation of lawful American citizens. This is yet another manufactured crisis by Democrats eager to paint Republicans as heartless authoritarians trampling civil liberties.
President Trump has openly floated the idea of deporting convicted violent criminals—even citizens—to facilities abroad, such as prisons in El Salvador. “We have some horrible criminals, American grown and born,” Trump recently told reporters. “If we could get El Salvador or somebody to take them, I’d be very happy with it. But I have to see what the law says.” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt clarified that this idea was merely floated and emphasized that any action would follow a clear legal pathway.
The left-wing hysteria ignores the facts. ICE has consistently denied accusations that it deported American-born children without due process or parental consent. The Department of Homeland Security confirmed that mothers were given the choice to remain with their children during removal or arrange for alternative care. Democrats conveniently overlook this, preferring to spread fear and misinformation to undermine our law enforcement agencies and the President who supports them.
Representative Mark Green accurately summed up GOP motives, stating, “Homeland Republicans proudly advanced funding to give Border Patrol agents the tools they have long requested to accomplish their homeland security mission.” Unlike Democrats, Republicans recognize the critical role of ICE and Border Patrol officers in protecting our communities from dangerous criminals, drug traffickers, human smugglers, and violent gangs.
Moreover, the Supreme Court has already clarified this issue. Justice Sonia Sotomayor recently wrote that current U.S. law protects citizens from deportation without due process and explicitly stated that the government’s argument otherwise was invalid. So why was Jayapal’s amendment even necessary? It wasn’t. It was nothing more than political theater aimed at undermining public trust in immigration enforcement.
Representative Jamie Raskin, a Democrat on the committee, tried to fearmonger further, claiming, “The Trump Administration is not targeting the worst of the worst. They’re arresting judges. They’re using federal agents to round up law-abiding members of our communities.” Yet again, Democrats want the American people to believe that law enforcement is the enemy. It’s a familiar tactic and one that voters have grown weary of.
The American people are seeing through this charade. Recent polling indicates that Americans remain nearly evenly divided on Trump’s handling of immigration, but they also recognize the need for strong border security and effective immigration enforcement. They understand that the President’s tough stance on immigration has helped restore order and respect for the rule of law after years of chaos and open borders under Biden and his allies.
It’s time Democrats stopped playing these cynical political games and acknowledged reality: President Trump and Republicans are committed to securing America’s borders, protecting our communities, and enforcing immigration laws fairly and firmly. The attempts to twist the narrative, fabricate crises, and demonize ICE agents only serve to expose Democrats’ desperation and lack of genuine solutions.
Americans deserve better than partisan stunts. Thankfully, Republicans in Congress stood firm against this latest absurdity and will continue to fight for policies that put America First.