The street chaos that erupted in Los Angeles last month — when Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents moved to arrest illegal-alien criminals — wasn’t random. Anyone surprised by the outburst hasn’t been paying attention.
The moral fervor driving these riots doesn’t come from thin air. Just look at the rhetoric in far-left media coverage of immigration. One outlet in particular, In These Times, offers a window into the revolutionary mindset of the #AbolishICE crowd and the broader young left. I reviewed dozens of the outlet’s immigration pieces. What I found wasn’t cherry-picked — it was consistent, radical, and dangerous.
Illegal aliens are the oppressed. ICE is the villain. Any action — including violence — is excused as righteous resistance. It’s about fighting evil.
The left’s project has always
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