Rep. Hakeem Jeffries just gave America a front-row seat to the Democrat Party’s ongoing detachment from reality when it comes to law and order. In under a minute, the House Minority Leader managed to crystalize everything that’s wrong with the left’s approach to public safety: a deep hostility toward enforcement, a dangerous flirtation with chaos, and a morally backward obsession with shielding lawbreakers over defending the lawful.
At the heart of Jeffries’ latest remarks? A stunning condemnation of ICE agents doing their job—enforcing immigration law—and an implied defense of efforts to expose these agents to public harassment and violence. Doxxing law enforcement officers because they’re upholding federal law isn’t brave. It isn’t justice. It’s a roadmap to anarchy. But Jeffries isn’t alone; he’s simply saying out loud what many in his party have been pushing behind the scenes: a “law-for-me-but-not-for-thee” doctrine where ideology trumps enforcement.
SICK: @RepJeffries vows to reveal the identities of ICE agents—who are currently facing a massive uptick in death threats, doxing, and assaults—while comparing them to Soviets.
He should be ashamed of himself for putting targets on the backs of these heroes and their families. pic.twitter.com/wy5fMOEsO7
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) June 4, 2025
By comparing routine immigration raids—targeting individuals in violation of U.S. law—to Soviet-style tactics, Jeffries reveals a profound ignorance of both history and current law. The Soviet Union kidnapped and tortured political dissidents. ICE deports individuals who are in the country illegally. To equate the two is not just offensive—it’s reckless.
And let’s be clear: no amount of performative patriotism from Jeffries can paper over what this stance actually means. His “this is America” rhetoric is as hollow as it gets. America is a nation of laws. Those who cross the border illegally, evade detection, and remain in violation of immigration statutes are not above the law. If you oppose enforcement, you oppose the rule of law—and that’s exactly the message Democrats like Jeffries are broadcasting.
WATCH: Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons returned to the press conference on Operation Patriot when a reporter asked why ICE agents wear masks:
“People are out there taking photos of the names and their faces and posting them online with death threats to their family.” pic.twitter.com/V7XqX8IrES
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) June 2, 2025
Meanwhile, ICE agents now operate in a climate where simply doing their jobs invites threats—not just to them, but to their families. Many have taken to wearing masks not out of fear of the virus, but of political activists who hunt down their identities to harass and intimidate them. And the Left, which once lionized masks during the pandemic, suddenly has a problem with agents concealing their identities for safety?
This isn’t policy anymore—it’s political theater performed at the expense of national security.
Democrats are already struggling to contain antisemitism within their ranks, battling credibility issues on crime, and now they’re marching in lockstep with the most unhinged anti-law enforcement elements in the country. Jeffries just added another log to the fire of a party that seems more committed to protecting lawbreakers than law-abiding Americans.
