The real purpose of ICE raids.

Believe it or not, there is a purpose behind which cities are raided by ICE that few are discussing. 

The immigration enforcement agencies are not simply choosing the biggest, most blue cities to raid just because they hate them. Not even because they believe they are sanctuary cities who refuse to cower and bend the knee to their thugs. Not because they believe that these cities are full of criminal migrants, the worst of the worst as they say. Their own statistics prove this point as 97% of Chicago arrests had no criminal record.

Yet, not a single media outlet has bothered to ask why. If ICE and CBP are not meeting their goals of arresting the worst of the worst. What are they doing? What is the real purpose of these raids?

If there is one thing I know about these immigration enforcement agencies, especially about the Border Patrol which has officially taken over ICE and CBP’s command, it is their culture. Everything is gamed out. There is no action taken without thought and purpose. Yet, the media likes to pretend that the leaders of these agencies do not know what they are doing. I am here to tell you that they know exactly what they are doing. 

The purpose of these raids is to establish and a law enforcement infrastructure to target these specific cities during the upcoming elections. 

While the media can’t get enough Chief Bovino stories, ICE and Border Patrol are quietly working with the military and National Guard to create the infrastructure and operational commands that will then be used to disrupt future elections that are deemed a threat to Donald Trump. This is why I call Bovino the Liberace of the Border Patrol. He is there to draw the media’s attention from what is going on in the background.

As media travels with Bovino from city to city as if he were a presidential candidate, he leaves behind law enforcement command infrastructures. Many Americans are under the impression that once Bovino leaves, the raids stop and all his agents go with him. This is not true. They have not stopped. Every day, ICE and Border Patrol continue to carry out raids in Los Angeles, Chicago, Charlotte and even many other cities that are never reported. Every single day, they are training and strengthening the operational command and infrastructure Bovino began in those cities.

Operationally, I can see they are using these raids to estimate the response of protestors in each city, to determine how many forces, what ammunitions they will need and to anticipate if local law enforcement, judges, mayors and governors will try and stop them or not. For months now, I have been begging reporters to concentrate on the infrastructure being created behind Bovino’s flamboyant raids. So far, they are telling me they cannot find where they are located. This leads me to believe they are using military bases and properties to hide their work.

Additionally, the DOJ has issued the new domestic terrorist directive redefining the term to mean essentially anyone who obstructs federal agents, is pro-immigrant and anti-fascist. Secretary Noem recently stated, “American citizens are increasingly under threat from assassination attempts, intimidation tactics, and violence perpetrated by our adversaries, radical Islamist extremists, and radical Left-wing terrorists.” And Trump issued an executive order to expand the jurisdiction of the Joint Terrorism Task Forces to his political opponents and those he deems “radical Left-wing terrorists.”

These are the tools they intend to use soon during elections.

I expect this administration, Secretary Noem and CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott to order federal immigration agents to accost voters as they stand in line on voting day. Those of color, specifically Latinos, will have their citizenship questioned. And judging by how the agencies are grabbing people without even conducting on-site citizenship interviews, then taking them into ICE custody for a day, or two or three before letting them go, I expect this will be used to prevent citizens from voting. I wouldn’t even be surprised if Border Patrol set up checkpoints in areas of high Latino populations. 

By the time voters are released, voting booths will be closed. By the time cities and states realize what has happened, declarations of who won will be announced and votes will be certified. This will all be followed by years of court battles like the 2020 election. 

Cities and states must anticipate this action and figure out how they should respond now. I sincerely hope I am wrong about this. I hope I can look back on this article and say I was being hyperbolic and have to issue an apology.