They think this is about “dignity”, and, this isn’t something supported by a few of the moonbat wackos
After more than 120 House Democrats signed onto a bill from a top progressive lawmaker to seek what they define as “dignity” for federal immigration detainees, critics sounded the alarm that the legislation could forever transform how illegal immigrants are treated in the U.S.
Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., is spearheading the Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act, along with fellow Evergreen State lawmaker Rep. Adam Smith, the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee. They say it would curb the “shocking surge” of allegedly wrongful detentions and inappropriate conditions, particularly at jails run by private companies under government contract.
Critics vociferously objected to that suggestion in exclusive comments to Fox News Digital Friday.
“This legislation isn’t aimed at improving conditions for migrants navigating the U.S. immigration system. It would instead end the federal government’s ability to enforce immigration law entirely,” members of the Day 1 Alliance, the main trade association representing longtime federal and state contractors in the criminal justice and immigration spaces, warned.
The Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act would lead to the repeal of mandatory detention for those captured by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to a summary posted by Jayapal, and create a presumption of release, imposing a higher burden of proof to detain primary caregivers and “vulnerable populations.”
These same illegals would then just disappear into the U.S. again once released, but, really, the idea here is simply to make it so difficult for the government to detain and deport illegals that it wouldn’t be worth trying. Much like how cops wouldn’t even show up to take shoplifting statements in California and Washington due to their newly passed laws. Why would the cops bother when the perps would be immediately released and never convicted?
In apparent response to Democrats being iced out of ICE centers earlier in 2025, including a case in Newark, New Jersey, where Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-N.J., was accused of accosting officers, it also would mandate that the Department of Homeland Security admit members of Congress to detention facilities for unannounced inspections.
Because it’s apparently difficult for the dilettantes in Congress to have a staffer schedule an inspection.
She showed up unannounced demanding information, and interfered. She looks pretty good for someone who just got pepper sprayed, right?
Ooops.
As Tricia McLaughlin, Assistant Secretary DHS, notes:
She was in the vicinity of someone who *was* pepper sprayed as they were obstructing and assaulting law enforcement. In fact, 2 law enforcement officers were seriously injured by this mob that
@Rep_Grijalva joined.Presenting one’s self as a “Member of Congress” doesn’t give you the right to obstruct law enforcement.
She should be arrested for interfering.
How well are the current actions by DHS working to make America safer? Not much, right?
Reasonable members of Congress (ever GOPhers, e.g., Sen Lankford) have presented plans to help resolve issues with our immigration “system”, but Big Donnie deep sixes all but the most violent of actions. Even St Reagan knew better.
Trump has deported about 600,000… at that rate it will take over 20 years to deport all the “illegals”, most of whom are not the “worst of the worst”. The trump plan is not sustainable and is just performative theater to keep his 34% “hard” for him.
Why not go after the “worst of the worst” and devise a reasonable system for calming the waters by devising a path to legal status for the majority of “illegals”?
Big Donnie is losing his MAGA moxie (and his mind), so Congress can you act? The GOP will lose the House in a year anyway.
“No one is above the law,” we were told, but a substantial number of Democrats want to end enforcement of our immigration laws, laws they tried to change when Joe Biden was President, but couldn’t.
“Unhinged” is the perfect word to describe the Democrats.