The recent shooting death of Minneapolis resident Renee Good by an ICE agent was a terrible tragedy.
It saddened me. Life is so precious!
Was she trying to drive over the agent or was she attempting to leave the scene?
Only she would know and she can’t tell us.
Similarly, only the ICE agent knows if he believed his life was threatened.
From videos I’ve seen, it appears Good was breaking laws: e.g., partially blocking a street with her vehicle, impeding ICE operations, and resisting an order from an agent.
Had she not done any of that, she likely would still be alive.
At an early age I was taught to obey police officers. As Good’s death demonstrates, there can be serious consequences for not doing so.
In the debate about the incident what seems to get overlooked is why so many ICE personnel are in Minneapolis and other cities in the first place.
Indeed, why?
In my opinion it’s because of the open-border policies of President Joe Biden.
His administration let millions of people enter our nation illegally. Some reportedly are criminals and gang members, and some — heaven forbid — may even be terrorists.
Look at the problems the influx has caused: crime, death and suffering among criminals’ victims and their families, and added strain on government budgets.
Why would Biden do that?
The reason, I believe, is he and his Democrat braintrust saw illegals as future Democrat voters, not to mention census numbers for preserving Democrat-controlled congressional districts.
That way they could sustain the liberal approach to governance: big government, more control from Washington, more deficit spending, more climate-control unreasonableness, an emphasis on skin color and sexual orientation as measures of a person’s worth, and more lawfare against opponents.
When it comes to immigration problems, Republicans are not blameless.
But I believe the evidence — simply look at what’s occurring in America today — overwhelmingly points to Biden decisions as the root cause of our current immigration mess.
For a number of reasons, immigration can be good for a country, including America.
But it must legal and well managed to facilitate assimilation. We see what happens when it’s not.
Jeff L. Reed
Ashland, Ohio