18 October 2025
Domestic Tranquility vs Immigration Enforcement
Recent violent abductions of suspected illegal immigrants in Chicago, Los Angeles, and other U.S. cities by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have employed tactics that violate the peaceful ambience of those communities. Local state and municipal police forces are responsible for maintaining civil order on behalf of their residents. However, local law enforcement has, so far, been notably absent from preventing ICE’s harassment and brutality, which have been captured on social media, not to mention reported by broadcast and cable news reports.
The mayors and other elected officials of those localities have protested the masked and militarized ICE raids; but they have refrained from taking physical action to protect the safety of their residents. This may be because of their uncertainty with its legality. And yet, such acquiescence condones ICE tactics that are contemptuous of the state and municipal responsibilities to maintain local order.
It may be solely the federal government’s responsibility to enforce immigration laws. But just like tax, food safety, National Defense, labor relations, and other constitutionally mandated government programs, enforcement of the country’s immigration regime must honor the nation’s reason for being—providing the ability to pursue life, liberty, and happiness. Ridding the country of harmful foreign-born residents should not destroy our civility. If it does, it will end what has made our country an attractive place to visit and, particularly, to live for all residents, including both citizens and legal immigrants.
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