In both those states, about 1 in 5 persons is foreign born. That should make it a target rich area to find immigrants – if immigration was the real reason ICE is being sent to the cities.
Data from the American Immigration Council makes it curious why ICE is NOT being sent to states where it should be easy to find immigrants.
Florida % of residents who are foreign born – 22%
# of foreign-born residents – 2,163,500
% workforce who are foreign-born – 27.4%
Texas % of residents who are foreign born – 17.8%
# of foreign-born residents – 1,897,100
% workforce who are foreign-born – 22.2%
Minnesota % of residents who are foreign born – 8.4%
# of foreign-born residents – 500,000
% workforce who are foreign-born – 10.8%
Renee Good had just dropped off her 6-year-old son at school when she was shot to death by ICE. Alex Pretti was rescuing a woman thrown to the ground by ICE when ICE agents shot him execution style.
These murder victims were white. The news didn’t much cover the death of Keith Porter, a black 43-year-old father of two who was shot by ICE on New Year’s Eve outside his apartment complex in Los Angeles.
The excuse that troops were sent in to control crime is a lie.
Birmingham, Alabama is the violent crime capital of the US, but it voted for Trump in 2024, so voters there don’t have to be punished for voting for Kamala in 2024 or intimidated against voting for a Democrat in the future.
2025 was ICE’s deadliest year since 2004, reports British newspaper The Guardian. It compiled a list of the injuries and deaths outside and inside detention facilities.
Since July 2025, eight persons have died in public areas, at the hands of ICE, Customs & Border Protection, or the Dept. of Homeland Security, by shootings, being hit by a vehicle, or in the first case, falling off a roof.
Nine other shootings injured but did not kill the victim. Thirty-five deaths occurred in ICE custody – from lack of medical treatment, asphyxiation, and other unrevealed causes.
The Bible says many times, “Do not oppress the alien, for you yourselves were once aliens in this land.”
ICE Missions are Trump’s Ego Taking Revenge on Places that Voted for Kamala Trump hasn’t sent ICE to Florida and Texas, where it would be easy to round up immigrants since 1 in 5 residents is foreign born.
The absence of ICE in these heavy immigrant states along with the fact that Florida and Texas voted for Trump shows immigration is not the real reason for sending ICE missions.
ICE missions are in counties that voted for Kamala Harris, all counties with far more immigrants than Florida or Texas. Capital B News’ article “A City-by-City Breakdown of Trump’s Immigration Raids and Troop Deployments” shows the cities where Trump sent ICE missions.
All these cities went for Kamala Harris in the 2024 election and most are Democratic led at the mayor or governor’s level.
– Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota – Chicago , Illinois – New Orleans, Louisiana (note: New Orleans and Baton Rouge are more than 50% black) – Baton Rouge, Louisiana – Portland. Oregon – Charlotte, North Carolina – Raleigh, North Carolina – Durham, North Carolina – Chapel Hill, North Carolina – Memphis, Tennessee (note: blacks make up the majority and the city has its lowest homicide rates lowest in 6 years) – Los Angeles, California – Washington, DC
Trump can count on red states to vote for him so he doesn’t mind their high numbers of immigrants that keep workforce strong, so he has not sent ICE there.
The masked, badgeless officers who carry weapons of war, drive unmarked cars, and throw tear gas at protestors are being sent to cities that voted for Democrats.
ICE tactics terrorize ordinary people going about their daily lives – taking children to school, going to the jobs, waiting at bus stops, shopping, etc.
Pam Bondi’s Department of Justice sued 24 states for refusing to provide its voter data, which would give Trump the information to target voters.
All these states voted for Harris: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawai’i, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington. These states were toss-ups: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin. (Source: The Brennan Center, “Tracker of Justice Department Requests for Voter Information”.)
No Dept. of Justice has ever asked for this private voter information before in the history of the United States.
USA Today reports that throughout President Obama’s eight years in office, more than 3.1 million immigrants were deported. During Trump’s first term, fewer than 932,000 were deported. Obama accomplished these record removals without terrorizing communities or unwarranted violence.
ICE missions are not about immigration.
It’s Trump taking revenge for voting for Kamala. It’s about a show of power.
Does it make sense that ICE has not been sent to carry out missions in Trump-voting states like Florida and Texas, where it would be easy to arrest immigrants since 1 in 5 persons are foreigners?
Does it make sense that all the ICE missions are in cities that voted Democratic in 2024 and not to any Republican areas even though the Republican areas have higher crime rates and numbers of immigrants?
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