Unlawful and Unconstitutional: Exposing the Abuse of IÇE Enforcement

Originally written 7/12/2025

For those who continue to defend the actions of 'IÇE agents' – let us be perfectly clear:

What is taking place in today's America is not law enforcement. It is a flagrant violation of the Constitution and federal law.

• Tear-gassing peaceful protesters violates the First Amendment’s guarantee of freedom of assembly.

• Racially profiling workers based on appearance or language violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

• Detaining a U.S. citizen — recently, a disabled Navy veteran — without a warrant or probable cause violates Fourth Amendment protections against unlawful seizure.

• Forcing individuals to delete videos from their phones constitutes evidence tampering, a federal crime under 18 U.S. Code § 1519.

• Conducting raids without due process and denying access to legal counsel violates the Fifth Amendment and the Immigration and Nationality Act.

If you believe these actions are legal, you are either misinformed or willfully ignoring the law. No uniform, badge, or government title (as if the agents have any) gives anyone the right to trample the U.S. Constitution. This does not stop with immigrants, evidently. When law enforcement operates without oversight, no one’s rights are safe — not yours, not mine. What begins in silence ends in collapse. Constitutional rights mean nothing if they do not apply universally.

This is not "patriotism." It is complicity in unlawful and unconstitutional abuse. Rooting for such conduct does not make you a defender of the rule of law, nor a true patriot. It makes you a supporter of lawlessness wrapped in the guise of order. If you are not outraged, you are not paying attention. And if you are paying attention and still choose silence, then you are no longer a bystander. You are an accomplice.