Sen. Tuberville op-ed: The enemy is inside the gates

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(Senator Tommy Tuberville/Facebook, U.S. Customs and Border Protection/Flickr, YHN)

For years, many Americans assumed the greatest threat facing this country came from outside our borders. But unfortunately, thanks to Democrats’ disastrous open border policies, the enemy is now inside the gates.

Under Joe Biden, more than 11 MILLION illegal immigrants were welcomed into this country with open arms—and those are just the ones we know about.

Thankfully, President Trump is back in the White House and doing everything he can to enforce the law and deport these criminal illegal immigrants. For the first time in half-a-century, the U.S. had a negative net migration last year. Over 605,000 illegals have been deported, and 1.9 million self-deportations took place in the first year of President Trump’s second term.

This is what 77 million Americans voted for at the ballot box in 2024.

Unfortunately, not all states are complying with federal law enforcement in their deportation efforts. It’s hard to turn on the TV without hearing about the various crises happening in Minnesota under Governor Tim Walz. Minnesota has rolled out the red carpet for illegals, like some from Somalia who have turned around and orchestrated one of the biggest tax fraud scandals in American history.

Not only have they stolen billions from American taxpayers, but they have used the money to fund terrorism back in their home country. Because Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey have refused to work with the federal government to deport these criminals, President Trump had no choice but to send federal agents into Minnesota to enforce the law and get these criminals out of the country.

Predictably, thousands of woke “protestors” have taken over Minneapolis in opposition to the Trump administration’s efforts to enforce the law. These “protests” are undoubtedly being organized and funded by left-wing groups. To make matters worse, Governor Walz and Mayor Frey have stoked the fire by telling ICE to “get the f*** out” and encouraging people to cause “good trouble.”

This language has inspired people to violently attack law enforcement officers, interrupt church services, and drive their vehicles into ICE officers. These first responders have every right to defend themselves while doing their jobs if they are being obstructed or attacked.

This chaotic environment led to the shooting of Alex Pretti, who was seen on video attacking a police vehicle in Minneapolis in the days leading up to him being fatally shot by an officer. This was a tragic situation, but it was also preventable. Alex Pretti appeared to have been carrying a legally-obtained firearm.

But you still have a responsibility to use common sense when you carry a gun. For example, you can’t carry a gun into a church or a police department. You’d be asking for trouble.

I’m all for the Second Amendment, but you have to understand that law enforcement is on high alert because their lives are on the line every day. You as a citizen have a responsibility to make sure you are not threatening a cop in any way.

If you do, there may be consequences. Two of our biggest blessings in this country are the First Amendment, which gives you the right to peacefully protest, and the Second Amendment, which gives you the right to carry a gun. But both of those rights still come with a responsibility.

In this country, you have the right to peacefully protest. But you do not have the right to impede law enforcement—that is called anarchy. While our Constitution clearly protects states’ rights, it also makes it clear that state law does not supersede federal law.

Like it or not, federal law passed by Congress requires people who are here illegally to be deported. If you do not like the laws that are on the books, you can take that up with your elected officials in Congress. It is the job of the President of the United States to enforce the federal law.

All of this seems common sense—so why isn’t the media telling the truth? It’s because the woke media is desperate to talk about anything other than why President Trump is deporting these criminals in the first place. The media would much rather cover the Minnesota protests than investigate why ICE is having to spend so much time and resources in Minnesota in the first place.

As far as I’m concerned, if you are here illegally, you have already committed a crime. But you wouldn’t know it from the woke media who wants you to believe that the illegals hiding in our country are all harmless grandmas and children.

In reality, many of them go on to commit more crimes after they get into our country. More than 70% of the people ICE has deported have been charged or convicted with additional crimes since illegally entering the United States.

Take Jose Ibarra, Laken Riley’s murderer, for example. He was let in under Joe Biden and had already been arrested for attempting to harm a minor before eventually being released. He murdered Laken Riley one year later. It’s heartbreaking, but this is not an isolated incident. Many of these illegals President Trump is trying to deport are violent criminals with a long rap sheet.

Do not let the media’s 24-7 coverage of the riots in Minnesota distract you from the real issues here: the violent, criminal illegals who are living in our neighborhoods thanks to Joe Biden. The media does not want to cover stories like what happened in Georgia just last week, when an 11-year-old girl was raped by a sick illegal alien.

They don’t want to talk about the billions of dollars that a group of criminal illegal Somalians stole from American taxpayers in Minnesota. And they certainly don’t want to talk about how Democrats are allowing illegals to vote in our elections.

Thank God for President Trump, who is doing whatever it takes to enforce the law by getting these dangerous illegals out of our country. God bless our law enforcement officers who are putting their lives on the line every day for our safety.

As a grandfather, I pray that ICE’s deportation operations are successful so that my granddaughter can grow up in a safer, more secure nation.

U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville is the senior senator from Alabama, a member of the U.S. Senate Veterans Affairs committee, and a candidate for Governor of Alabama in 2026.

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