{"id":2554168,"date":"2026-01-27T12:45:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T17:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftist-died-protecting-illegals-who-kill-innocent-americans\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T12:47:52","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T17:47:52","slug":"leftist-died-protecting-illegals-who-kill-innocent-americans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftist-died-protecting-illegals-who-kill-innocent-americans\/","title":{"rendered":"Leftist Died Protecting Illegals Who Kill Innocent Americans"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fleftist-died-protecting-illegals-who-kill-innocent-americans%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2554168&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>This opinion piece in The Federalist argues that left-wing activists and the corporate media have exploited the deaths of anti-ICE protesters\u2014specifically Renee Good and Alex Pretti\u2014too portray federal immigration enforcement as tyrannical and to seek a martyr for further radical action. The author contends that rhetoric from the left has fueled unprecedented attacks on ICE agents and cites a Department of Homeland Security figure (a reported 1,150% increase in violence against ICE from January\u2013November 2025) to underscore that claim. The article asserts that many activists who try to block enforcement do so to protect criminal undocumented immigrants and then lists several <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >high-profile crimes attributed<\/a> to alleged illegal entrants (including Laken Riley, Jocelyn Nungaray, and Alex Wise Jr.) to argue that Democrats and the media downplay or ignore such victims. It calls for public sympathy to be directed toward Americans allegedly harmed by illegal immigration rather than toward protesters who obstruct law enforcement, and defends ICE\u2019s role as focused on arresting violent criminals.The piece concludes by condemning leftist agitation as politically motivated and harmful to innocent people. Author: Hayden Daniel, staff editor at The Federalist.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The left proclaimed outrage at the death of Renee Good, the anti-ICE agitator who was shot after she appeared to have struck a federal agent with the vehicle she was driving. The left did so again after the death of Alex Pretti. <\/p>\n<p>The corporate press has <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/immigration-enforcement-minnesota-protester-alex-pretti-15ade7de6e19cb0291734e85dac763dc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">followed<\/a> the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/01\/24\/us\/alex-jeffrey-pretti-icu-nurse-minneapolis-shooting.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">assigned<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national\/2026\/01\/26\/immigration-enforcement-deaths-six\/30888dae-fae6-11f0-954b-b80c7ed67fc7_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">narrative<\/a>, painting Pretti, Good, and others trying to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indiana-ag-sues-sheriff-for-refusing-to-enforce-immigration-laws\/\" title=\"Indiana AG Sues Sheriff For Refusing To Enforce Immigration Laws\">impede federal immigration enforcement<\/a> in Minneapolis as victims of a tyrannical Trump administration. They&rsquo;ve been desperately looking for a martyr to prop up as a latter-day George Floyd and inspire even more radical action against federal agents. It remains to be seen whether Pretti&rsquo;s death will provide the spark that the leftists are fervently hoping for to kick off a &ldquo;Summer of Love&rdquo; 2.0.<\/p>\n<p>Radicals have launched unprecedented attacks on ICE agents over the past year. Their rhetoric has <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/01\/26\/republicans-rewarding-anti-ice-violence-minnesota-will-incite-more-violence-everywhere\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fueled<\/a> ambushes, firebombings, and attempted murders against federal immigration authorities. Overall, violence against ICE personnel surged 1,150 percent from January to November 2025, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/news\/2025\/11\/24\/sanctuary-politicians-rhetoric-fuels-more-1150-increase-violence-against-ice-law#:~:text=%E2%80%9COur%20law%20enforcement%20officers%20have,ICE%20and%20law%20enforcement%20partners\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according<\/a> to the Department of Homeland Security.<\/p>\n<p>And why do they <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/01\/15\/dhs-ice-agent-ambushed-assaulted-while-arresting-illegal-alien-in-minneapolis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">assault<\/a> ICE agents, destroy property, make a mockery of our rule of law, and ultimately put themselves in harm&rsquo;s way? To <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-refuses-to-deport-illegal-immigrant-who-allegedly-scrawled-swastikas-on-d-c-union-station\/\" title=\"... Refuses to Deport Illegal Immigrant Who Allegedly Scrawled Swastikas on D.C. Union Station\">protect criminal illegal aliens<\/a>, many of whom have been convicted or accused of some of the most <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/01\/13\/renee-good-gave-her-life-to-protect-child-rapists-and-killers-from-ice-arrest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">heinous<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/01\/16\/exclusive-child-abusers-top-ices-latest-list-of-worst-of-the-worst-illegal-aliens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">crimes<\/a> imaginable.<\/p>\n<p>While regrettable, Good and Pretti&rsquo;s deaths should be viewed in context. The left used them as tools to gin up outrage and protect its power, and they died while trying to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/communist-protestors-receive-support-from-mainstream-dems-in-minnesota\/\" title=\"\u2018Communist\u2019 protestors receive support from mainstream Dems in Minnesota\">disrupt federal law enforcement<\/a> during the execution of their lawful duties.<\/p>\n<p>But there&rsquo;s one thing above all that average Americans need to remember when one of these incidents takes place: For every leftist radical who dies trying to keep criminal illegals in our country, there are scores of innocent people who died because those leftists protected criminal illegals hiding out in our country.<\/p>\n<p>Fathers, sons, husbands, mothers, daughters, wives, friends, children &mdash; all killed because the left allowed millions of aliens to infiltrate our borders and then refused to root them out. Leftists treated the sovereignty and security of this country like a corrupt game where they and their supporters benefit both politically and financially at the expense of innocent American lives.<\/p>\n<p>The nation was shocked by the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/11\/20\/not-giving-laken-rileys-killer-the-death-penalty-is-a-miscarriage-of-justice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">murder<\/a> of 22-year-old Georgia nursing student Laken Riley, brutally killed by Jose Ibarra, an illegal alien from Venezuela. Ibarra had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/jose-ibarra-laken-riley-suspect-tren-de-aragua-links-1987608\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">links<\/a> to the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, had several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsbtv.com\/news\/local\/clarke-county\/jose-diego-ibarra-court-documents-reveal-immigration-criminal-past-united-states\/SPXOP242MNF3NPCCRCCB4DZSQU\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">run-ins<\/a> with the law, and had taken a free flight down to Georgia from New York courtesy of the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the propaganda press <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/02\/26\/corporate-media-cover-for-bidens-border-invasion-by-pretending-laken-riley-murder-suspect-wasnt-an-illegal-crosser\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">actively tried<\/a> to bury the fact that Ibarra was an illegal alien during its initial coverage of Riley&rsquo;s murder. And while the American Nurses Association <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/evitaduffy_1\/status\/2015866971754012707?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">issued<\/a> a lengthy statement on the death of Pretti, calling it &ldquo;horrifying,&rdquo; the organization said nothing about the truly horrific murder of nursing student Laken Riley at the hands of an illegal alien.<\/p>\n<p>Two illegal aliens are <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/06\/25\/us-news\/jocelyn-nungaray-fought-back-against-illegal-migrant-who-killed-her-prosecutors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">accused<\/a> of kidnapping 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray before assaulting her for hours, murdering her, and then dumping her body in a bayou in June 2024. Both had been stopped at the border earlier that year but were released into the U.S. <\/p>\n<p>The mother of Alex Wise Jr., a 10-year-old who was fatally run over by an alleged illegal alien as he walked home from school, perhaps <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/03\/28\/mom-of-boy-killed-by-illegal-border-crosser-speaks-out-his-life-was-taken-way-too-early-by-someone-who-shouldnt-be-here\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">summed<\/a> it up best: &ldquo;His life was taken way too early by someone who wasn&rsquo;t even supposed to be in the country.&rdquo; Her son&rsquo;s alleged killer had been deported five times. <\/p>\n<p>The horror stories go on and on and on. The Federalist has <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/07\/02\/counting-the-most-horrific-crimes-allegedly-committed-by-illegals-who-crossed-the-border-under-bidens-watch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">maintained<\/a> a non-exhaustive list of some of the more brutal crimes committed by illegals just under former President Joe Biden&rsquo;s watch, but the true scope of damage done to Americans at the hands of illegal alien criminals because of Democrats&rsquo; lust for power is unfathomable.<\/p>\n<p>And never once did the slavish, Democrat-controlled media ever concern themselves over the constitutionality or tone or excessive force of any of those murders. If the media didn&rsquo;t ignore them entirely, they downplayed the murderer&rsquo;s illegal status, as in the Laken Riley murder.<\/p>\n<p>The protesters who are causing chaos in the streets of Minneapolis, as well as the Democrat politicians and media pundits who egg them on, claim to carry out their dangerous and disruptive work in the name of &ldquo;justice&rdquo; and &ldquo;empathy.&rdquo; Yet in their efforts to disrupt ICE and impede them from arresting illegal alien criminals, they show that they have no empathy for the Americans killed by illegals or their families. Their sense of &ldquo;empathy&rdquo; and &ldquo;justice&rdquo; only extends to those from whom they can politically profit.<\/p>\n<p>While the media and leftists want the American people to mourn the activists who have died trying to hinder ICE, Americans should instead mourn those who were killed by the illegal alien criminals those agitators are trying to protect. Those holding up these radicals as martyrs deserve nothing but scorn, and the American people should remember exactly why ICE is in Minneapolis and other cities around the country. <\/p>\n<p>They&rsquo;re not there to pull people off the streets Gestapo-style &mdash; Democrats&rsquo; favorite <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/01\/26\/republicans-rewarding-anti-ice-violence-minnesota-will-incite-more-violence-everywhere\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">comparison<\/a> &mdash; or to harass peaceful people just trying to make their way in America. ICE is there to arrest violent criminals and prevent another Laken Riley, another Jocelyn Nungaray, another Alex Wise Jr., and the scores of other Americans whose lives were cruelly ripped away from them because of Democrats&rsquo; malevolent immigration policies. <\/p>\n<p>When leftist radicals play their <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/01\/16\/leftists-play-acting-at-revolution-are-mad-the-cops-wont-play-along\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">game<\/a> of revolution against the supposed fascist regime of the Trump administration, the innocents suffer the most.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Hayden Daniel is a staff editor at The Federalist. He previously worked as an editor at The Daily Wire and as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pride-madness-wont-stop-until-conservatives-use-govt-force\/\" title=\"&#039;Pride&#039; Madness Won&#039;t Stop Until Conservatives Use Govt. Force\">deputy editor\/opinion editor<\/a> at The Daily Caller. He received his B.A. in European History from Washington and Lee University with minors in Philosophy and Classics. Follow him on Twitter at @HaydenWDaniel<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Left and press hail anti-ICE deaths as victims<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1548,"featured_media":2554169,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-153.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[33709,36382,71419],"class_list":["post-2554168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-border-security","tag-immigration-policy","tag-left-wing-activism-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-153.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2554168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1548"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2554168"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2554168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2554172,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2554168\/revisions\/2554172"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2554169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2554168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2554168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2554168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}