When it comes to convoluted logic, nothing can top the arguments progressives make on behalf of sanctuary cities and federal deportation efforts.
Since the gang known as Mara Salvatrucha or MS-13, originated among El Salvadoran immigrants in the Los Angeles area, it’s grown into a criminal network spanning the United States with an estimated 10,000 member nationwide.
The group thrives on the sale of illegal drugs and violently attacks those in immigrant areas who oppose their efforts.
Long Island, New York, has become one of its havens and recent murders have focused more national attention on the MS-13 problem.
At the same time, immigrant advocacy groups argue that the Trump administration’s policy on federal enforcement of immigration laws and heightened deportation efforts is giving MS-13 more power and helping it recruit more members.
I think it’s emboldening them, because this gives them the opportunity to tell immigrants, ‘What are you gonna do? Are you going to report us? They’re deporting other innocent people … (so) they’re going to associate you with us by you coming forward,'” said Walter Barrientos, Long Island coordinator with Make the Road, an immigrant advocacy group.”
This is the same tired argument that anti-enforcement and sanctuary city advocates have made for decades. It’s also the faulty logic that’s been used to support the Mafia for many decades.
As a result, major metropolitan areas have become Godforsaken hellholes because mayors and law enforcement won’t take on the gangs and support federal efforts to deport them.
Yesterday, President Trump made it clear he’s not buying that argument.
[MS-13 has] transformed peaceful parks and beautiful quiet neighborhoods into blood-stained killing fields. They’re animals. We cannot tolerate as a society the spilling of innocent, young, wonderful vibrant people,” Trump said.”
Since January, MS-13 gang members have murdered 17 people in Long Island,
In April, the bodies of four young men, ages 16 to 20, were discovered in a park in Central Islip. They were beaten with wooden clubs and their bodies were butchered with machetes. Video of the mutilated bodies was sent to a girlfriend of one of the victims.”
Prior to that, last September, two teenage girls from Brentwood were found beaten to death in what authorities believe was an MS-13 killing.
President Trump vows, “We cannot accept this violence one day more.”
During his address, the president singled out local mayors who’ve hobbled the efforts of their police departments to deal with the problem.
They are there right now because of weak political leadership … and in many cases police who are not allowed to do their job because they have a pathetic mayor or a mayor who does not know what’s going on.”
The Trump administration has taken a more aggressive stance towards illegal immigrants, especially those with criminal records.
Law enforcement efforts appear to be bearing fruit. Thirteen suspected members of MS-13 were indicted in March on murder charges related to seven killings on Long Island over the past three years — including those of the Brentwood teens. And last week, federal prosecutors brought a new 59-count indictment that includes charges against four suspects in the brutal April slayings.”
Nonetheless, Barrientos of Make the Road maintains increasing immigration enforcement action makes illegal immigrants more fearful of arrest and deportation, which helps MS-13 in its recruitment.
This situation is actually putting people who are very vulnerable in a more precarious situation because then they remain at the mercy of gangs.”
As more MS-13 gang members are taken off the streets and shipped out of the country, the arguments Barrientos and liberal media figures make against the Trump effort will grow more increasingly lame.
In June, New York State and federal law enforcement officials disclosed that as part of Operation Matador — a joint federal-state initiative — a total of 45 individuals with confirmed gang affiliations were arrested, including 39 affiliated with MS-13.”
At the time of Trump’s Long Island appearance, Attorney General Jeff Sessions was in El Salvador addressing graduates of the International Law Enforcement Academy.
MS-13 is based here in El Salvador, but its tentacles reach across Central America, Europe, and through 40 U.S. states, and to within yards of the U.S. Capitol.”
Joint efforts with El Salvadoran authorities have contributed to the arrest of 113 suspected MS-13 gang members. The Justice Department reports an additional 593 gang members were charged Thursday, including many MS-13 members.
WHen i see freaks like all i think about is target practice..
Just gross!!
trash network . Should be removed from TV.
Shocker
CNN is disgusting.
The people that own, operate, and broadcast at CNN are sickos! They are supporters and apologists for, murderers, gangs, drug dealers, criminal immigrants, illegal immigrants, pedophiles, rapists, religious fanatics, black power fanatics….and every hateful group in our society! The fo nothing positive for our society!
Criminal News Network
Then why don’t CNN journalist move to where their MS-13 live.
If the President TRUMP does what’s right and put the bounty on the heads of MS-13 members and antifa the good people in this country will have it cleaned up in no time flat. No bag limit no license required.