In Minnesota, epicenter of Democrat fraud and illegal alien activities, an ICE officer faced an oncoming SUV driven by a “protestor.” Directly threatened, he shot at the windshield, killing the driver. Tragic, but why the crazed reaction?
Start with basics.
The US has 348 million citizens, 12.8 million permanent residents, 55 million legal visa-holders (work, student, tourist) – an up to 18.6 million illegal aliens (FAIR).
Put differently, our borders contain 434 million persons – 19 million illegal. So:
- How did they get here?
- What damage are they doing?
- How do we get them out? and
- What is the law – especially around the ICE shooting?
How did they get here? In retrospect, the Obama and Biden Administrations invited them – with reduced enforcement, no border walls, false asylum claims – hoping for a flood of illegal votes by non-English speaking, benefit-dependent persons.
What damage is being done? Objectively, illegals are tied to organized crime, gang violence, drug and human trafficking. Solid sources report illegals commit three times the crime of non-illegals.
In New York alone, 7,113 illegal are behind bars for violent felonies, raising the question: How many are still out there – un-apprehended, not deported, committing crimes – in permissive states?
From Maine to Minnesota – illegals are central to drug and human trafficking, shootings, illegal grow houses, Democrat-led welfare fraud. Data is incomplete, since criminals do not report their crimes and 70 percent of crime goes unreported out of fear. Still, ICE has arrested 5,954 in 2025.
From murder to drug trafficking, highway deaths by illegals to welfare fraud, these illegal aliens weigh on America’s public safety, especially in sanctuary states like Maine and Minnesota.
How do we get them out? The obvious answer is federal-state cooperation. In Democrat states still angling for outcome-changing illegal votes, the cost is crime and lost trust. ICE is still there, trying.
What is the law – especially around the ICE shooting? What many miss is that ICE – and other law enforcement – must follow constitutional procedures, and do. They are vastly outnumbered, even in non-sanctuary states. Their job is made multiples harder, more dangerous, by violent protestors.
Another fact: While ICE has 20,000 personnel, only 6000 are in “Enforcement and Removal Operations” (ERO). They approach suspected illegals based on intelligence that is physical, financial, testimonial, and confirmed by domestic and international arrest and conviction records.
Consider also proportional numbers. In a nation with 434 million persons, 6000 ICE agents are searching for 19 million illegal aliens. The ratio of ICE agents to all persons is 72,333 to one.
Looking at the latest incident – the vehicle was used as a weapon against an ICE officer who fired before being killed himself. This is what the video shows, physical evidence, bullet through front windshield. Tragic? Yes. While the investigation will show all, this was the driver’s fault.
So, what is the prevailing law? In 1989, the US Supreme Court set out the “standard” to be used in such situations. The case is Graham v. Connor, 490 U.S. 386. The officer can use the level of force needed, or what was “objectively reasonable” to save himself from serious injury or death.
Specifically, the governing question is “whether the suspect poses an immediate threat to the safety of the officer or others, and whether [the suspect] is actively resisting arrest or attempting to evade arrest by flight.” See also Justice Manual, 1-16:100.
Here, the suspect using the vehicle as a weapon was doing all three. She posed “an immediate threat to the safety of the officer,” was “actively resisting arrest” AND “attempting to evade arrest by flight.” So, unless some other facts come to light, the questions is not hard.
Bottom line: Democrat leaders in states like Minnesota, Maine, other “sanctuary” states are reckless – complicit in harboring illegal aliens, endangering their own citizens, opposing law enforcement, inciting violence against ICE, and … facilitating this woman’s death. It must stop.
Robert Charles is a former Assistant Secretary of State under Colin Powell, former Reagan and Bush 41 White House staffer, Maine attorney, ten-year naval intelligence officer (USNR), and 25-year businessman. He wrote “Narcotics and Terrorism” (2003), “Eagles and Evergreens” (North Country Press, 2018), and “Cherish America: Stories of Courage, Character, and Kindness” (Tower Publishing, 2024). He is National Spokesman for AMAC. Today, he is running to be Maine’s next Governor. BobbyforMaine.com
