Think ‘abolish ICE’ is a socialist pipe dream? Look at how mainstream Democrats vote

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“Abolish ICE!” To left-wing activists, it’s a demand. To too many Washington Democrats, it’s a promise. And to voters across the country, it’s evidence — evidence that today’s Democrats are increasingly, and openly, committed to undermining the rule of law across the land.

“Abolish ICE!” is often paired with some variation of “Defund the police!” And when the two slogans are joined by the ever-popular-on-the-left “Abolish prisons,” it forms the leftist trifecta that shows how differently than the rest of us does the hardcore Marxist think of the rule of law.

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