This Is What Democrats’ Immigration Policy Would Be

Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-IL), who has declared herself a “proud anchor baby,” is not the first Democrat to introduce legislation that would abolish the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. But her Reimagining Safety Act is the most comprehensive. Voters should pay close attention to its details because they offer a preview of how Democrats could reshape immigration enforcement if they win control of Congress this November.

Unlike Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), who has introduced legislation that would dissolve ICE over 12 months and then create a commission to recommend how its functions should be handled, Ramirez’s Reimagining Safety Act dismantles the entire Department of Homeland Security, ending some functions entirely and moving others to different departments.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency and customs functions would be placed in the newly established Department of Community Safety, while the Transportation Security Administration and Coast Guard would go to the Transportation Department. ICE and Customs and Border Protection would be eliminated. Aside from moving customs enforcement to the new Department of Community Safety, none of the functions performed by ICE or CBP would any longer be performed by the federal government. All of the money appropriated for ICE and CBP would be redirected to social services.

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Would such a world without borders be good for Americans? Ramirez doesn’t say and obviously doesn’t care. She flat-out said last year, “I am proudly Guatemalan before I am American.”

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Voters should treat the Reimagining Safety Act as a preview, not a thought experiment. Abolishing ICE means abolishing the border. That is the future Democrats want. They don’t like America and are proposing laws that would, in practical terms, expunge it.