Great article! Clearly describing how this administration and its federal enforcement practices are seriously hurting crime fighting efforts across the country instead of helping bring down the crime rates as Trump promised. Thanks Rick!
Hello from Chicago! The worst city in the whole country, dirty, highest crime rate ever, hundreds of mRders a day…I forget what else he said about us 🙄
Our violent crime rates were also down. But a week or so ago he did a (Demented, half brained) speech saying that “people are reporting a lot of trauma from in Chicago! trauma all over the place! he said “people are calling me they’re all traumatised!” … From ICE! And the NG!! You giant turd!!
You might be onto something there! ..(omgoodness is the entire country going to be waiting on an autopsy of the president?!) We know that he's had at least 2 strokes also. after one stroke the brain is then quite happy to provide more little strokes that you don’t necessarily know about or can see. One of the side-effects from that IV medication can be bleeding on the brain so I don’t know what happens with a mini stroke and then a bleed on the brain? that’s why they keep doing MRIs. Who knows. It could be all 3!
he's got quite a pile of shit. And his ticker ain't too happy either. Plus he's got a catheter in. Kidney problems? Do we ever see him drink water?
Thank you both for your commendable life time of service and for taking the time to speak up here. The only reason to use ICE in the way this administration is wielding its power, is to create the kind of fear of authority that exists in authoritarian regimes, not to promote safety in a well policed community. I travelled to East Berlin, Hungary and Bulgaria many years ago when the Iron Curtain was still firmly in place. I saw the kind of fearful state people lived in there. It was oppressive and the atmosphere of distrust was palpable. Not the kind of environment conducive to creating a caring and cooperative sense of community. Only fear of authority and distrust of your neighbours. If that’s the kind of America that’s wanted, staying this course will get there. If not, it’s time to ramp up resistance. The results of the recent elections are very encouraging. The kind of push back on all levels of positions of authority, no matter how mundane is key! 💪🏼
As a retired police officer I have been worried about the damage that ICE is doing to our communities law enforcement agencies and the public trust of those agencies.
A lot of people are worried about what our local law enforcement agencies can and won’t do to assist ICE.
Say it LOUDER! Pl ease submit to ALL news as Op-Ed. If ALL states (including sanctuary) agreed to hand over illegal immigrants in jails, we'd all support that (as that's our taxes) But if we do that, and agree as policy, ICE needs to GET OUT. Then they don't need that budget we are all paying for. WE ARE PAYING to undermine local law. Make it make sense
Thank you for your dedicated service, Chief Myers. You, with highlights of your words, could make a great commercial that should follow Kristi Noem's ads about making America safe again.
Trump is not a creator he's a destroyer, everyday he spins and twists telling lies that please whoever is his audience in the moment. He is widely known as a "Transactional Guy" intrinsic value doesn't exist in his mind this is why he throws people out like garbage after he it finished using them for what he wants.
He is purposely destroying citizens trust in our local policy departments, his gain more power because local citizens no longer trust their police departments. The fact about his approach is that his lies and the violence and his roug ICE agents will eventually lead citizens to turn away from him because they will realize that Trump is not a President worth trusting. This shift has already started happening, so he amping up his threats,threatening to using our military against Americans, as he builds concentration facilities for our population across the United States. All of his aggressions are funded through the budget passed by Republicans in July, the bill he named “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”. Is it any wonder he gave this budget bill it’s name, Americans are now funding his illegal and cruel policies that he is directing against our population.
We need to push back locally against Trump's madman house of smoke and mirrors, he does not represent all Americans, he is in office for himself and his wealthy cronies.
Did the ICE agents lower their masks when they were eating lunch in your town or did they inhale their food through the mask? That's all I want to know.
Well written, clear and concise. In 2015 we had an influx of unaccompanied minors fleeing war in Syria and Afghanistan. Many people talked about how these young people were commiting crimes but when we looked into it, there was only a small number of these kids arrested, the rest were actually kids from immigrant families, who were born and raised here. The unaccompanied minors understood that commiting any crime meant deportation.
It would seem like his strong-arm tactics would indeed backfire. But Hitler's and Mussolini's strong-arm tactics were fairly successful for a very long time before they were dragged down by various things such as Hitler's personality, America's joining the war, and so on.
Thank you Chief Myers. We need more voices like yours out in the public square.
Great article! Clearly describing how this administration and its federal enforcement practices are seriously hurting crime fighting efforts across the country instead of helping bring down the crime rates as Trump promised. Thanks Rick!
Actually, crime rates are already going down.
Whatever "high crime rate" Trump is talking about exists only in his own mind.
Oh, wait...
Hello from Chicago! The worst city in the whole country, dirty, highest crime rate ever, hundreds of mRders a day…I forget what else he said about us 🙄
Our violent crime rates were also down. But a week or so ago he did a (Demented, half brained) speech saying that “people are reporting a lot of trauma from in Chicago! trauma all over the place! he said “people are calling me they’re all traumatised!” … From ICE! And the NG!! You giant turd!!
I have begun to wonder if Trump has a brain tumor, because his behavior can't be explained simply from narcissism and dementia.
You might be onto something there! ..(omgoodness is the entire country going to be waiting on an autopsy of the president?!) We know that he's had at least 2 strokes also. after one stroke the brain is then quite happy to provide more little strokes that you don’t necessarily know about or can see. One of the side-effects from that IV medication can be bleeding on the brain so I don’t know what happens with a mini stroke and then a bleed on the brain? that’s why they keep doing MRIs. Who knows. It could be all 3!
he's got quite a pile of shit. And his ticker ain't too happy either. Plus he's got a catheter in. Kidney problems? Do we ever see him drink water?
Thank you for serving and speaking up. The reason for sanctuary cities is so will call the police when crimes are committed.
Thank you both for your commendable life time of service and for taking the time to speak up here. The only reason to use ICE in the way this administration is wielding its power, is to create the kind of fear of authority that exists in authoritarian regimes, not to promote safety in a well policed community. I travelled to East Berlin, Hungary and Bulgaria many years ago when the Iron Curtain was still firmly in place. I saw the kind of fearful state people lived in there. It was oppressive and the atmosphere of distrust was palpable. Not the kind of environment conducive to creating a caring and cooperative sense of community. Only fear of authority and distrust of your neighbours. If that’s the kind of America that’s wanted, staying this course will get there. If not, it’s time to ramp up resistance. The results of the recent elections are very encouraging. The kind of push back on all levels of positions of authority, no matter how mundane is key! 💪🏼
He acts like the unlawful arrests are nothing more than a senior citizens bus junket to one of his defunct casinos.
Thank you for your service and common sense
Thank you Chief Myers for writing this.
As a retired police officer I have been worried about the damage that ICE is doing to our communities law enforcement agencies and the public trust of those agencies.
A lot of people are worried about what our local law enforcement agencies can and won’t do to assist ICE.
Thank you also for your service and leadership.
Say it LOUDER! Pl ease submit to ALL news as Op-Ed. If ALL states (including sanctuary) agreed to hand over illegal immigrants in jails, we'd all support that (as that's our taxes) But if we do that, and agree as policy, ICE needs to GET OUT. Then they don't need that budget we are all paying for. WE ARE PAYING to undermine local law. Make it make sense
Thank you for your dedicated service, Chief Myers. You, with highlights of your words, could make a great commercial that should follow Kristi Noem's ads about making America safe again.
Trump is not a creator he's a destroyer, everyday he spins and twists telling lies that please whoever is his audience in the moment. He is widely known as a "Transactional Guy" intrinsic value doesn't exist in his mind this is why he throws people out like garbage after he it finished using them for what he wants.
He is purposely destroying citizens trust in our local policy departments, his gain more power because local citizens no longer trust their police departments. The fact about his approach is that his lies and the violence and his roug ICE agents will eventually lead citizens to turn away from him because they will realize that Trump is not a President worth trusting. This shift has already started happening, so he amping up his threats,threatening to using our military against Americans, as he builds concentration facilities for our population across the United States. All of his aggressions are funded through the budget passed by Republicans in July, the bill he named “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”. Is it any wonder he gave this budget bill it’s name, Americans are now funding his illegal and cruel policies that he is directing against our population.
We need to push back locally against Trump's madman house of smoke and mirrors, he does not represent all Americans, he is in office for himself and his wealthy cronies.
Fantastic essay! Thank you for fighting the good fight!
Did the ICE agents lower their masks when they were eating lunch in your town or did they inhale their food through the mask? That's all I want to know.
Well written, clear and concise. In 2015 we had an influx of unaccompanied minors fleeing war in Syria and Afghanistan. Many people talked about how these young people were commiting crimes but when we looked into it, there was only a small number of these kids arrested, the rest were actually kids from immigrant families, who were born and raised here. The unaccompanied minors understood that commiting any crime meant deportation.
It would seem like his strong-arm tactics would indeed backfire. But Hitler's and Mussolini's strong-arm tactics were fairly successful for a very long time before they were dragged down by various things such as Hitler's personality, America's joining the war, and so on.
Thank you all for your courage and willingness speak up against this evil regime
I've seen ICE commit violent crimes. What do you think police officers should do about it?