{"id":2565534,"date":"2026-02-06T05:24:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T10:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/deporting-illegal-aliens-isnt-complicated-dont-let-democrats-complicate-it-55\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T05:26:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T10:26:35","slug":"deporting-illegal-aliens-isnt-complicated-dont-let-democrats-complicate-it-55","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/deporting-illegal-aliens-isnt-complicated-dont-let-democrats-complicate-it-55\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Let Dems Make Deporting Illegal Aliens Complicated"},"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%2Fdeporting-illegal-aliens-isnt-complicated-dont-let-democrats-complicate-it-55%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=2565534&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>An opinion piece by Eddie Scarry of The Federalist critiques a recent open letter from Senate and House Democratic leaders that outlines ten conditions for more DHS funding tied to immigration enforcement. the article argues that Democrats treat deportations as a bargaining chip and overcomplicate the process in order to block them, while claiming to support working families. It concedes that a couple of the proposals,such as body camera requirements,aren\u2019t entirely unreasonable,but contends the majority are designed to prevent deportations\u2014including demands to require citizenship verification before detention,guarantee immediate attorney access for detainees,end certain enforcement near \u201csensitive locations,\u201d and curb judicial appeals. The piece also criticizes calls to stop ICE agents from wearing masks and to avoid operations at courthouses or election centers, arguing these would aid obstruction of removals and shield illegal entrants from removal. the author asserts Democrats are not serious about deportations and uses the discussion to frame a broader dispute over immigration policy and its impact on families.  <\/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 class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/us_icegov\/54976776622\/\" target=\"_blank\">ICE\/Flickr<\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/02\/05\/deporting-illegal-aliens-isnt-complicated-dont-let-democrats-complicate-it\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Deporting%20Illegal%20Aliens%20Isn%E2%80%99t%20Complicated.%20Don%E2%80%99t%20Let%20Democrats%20Complicate%20It&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/02\/05\/deporting-illegal-aliens-isnt-complicated-dont-let-democrats-complicate-it\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=Deporting%20Illegal%20Aliens%20Isn%E2%80%99t%20Complicated.%20Don%E2%80%99t%20Let%20Democrats%20Complicate%20It&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/02\/05\/deporting-illegal-aliens-isnt-complicated-dont-let-democrats-complicate-it\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\" https:><\/path><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/02\/05\/deporting-illegal-aliens-isnt-complicated-dont-let-democrats-complicate-it\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Deporting%20Illegal%20Aliens%20Isn%E2%80%99t%20Complicated.%20Don%E2%80%99t%20Let%20Democrats%20Complicate%20It&amp;body=%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/02\/05\/deporting-illegal-aliens-isnt-complicated-dont-let-democrats-complicate-it\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>It&rsquo;s useful, if unserious, for congressional Democrat leaders this week to have issued a list of demands in exchange for votes to fund the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees immigration law enforcement. The administration should see it as a reminder that the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/01\/21\/democrats-created-an-unconstrained-immigration-problem-it-requires-an-unconstrained-solution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">default position<\/a> of Democrats is &ldquo;pretend to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-case-for-mass-deportation\/\" title=\"The Case For Mass Deportation\u00a0\">support deporting illegal aliens<\/a> while overcomplicating the process so as to render it impossible.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, both of New York, published the demands in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.democrats.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/leaders_jeffries_and_schumer_to_speaker_johnson_and_leader_thune_2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">open letter<\/a> on Wednesday, detailing 10 things they say are needed to strike a deal on more DHS funding. &ldquo;Federal immigration agents cannot continue to cause chaos in our cities,&rdquo; the letter said, &ldquo;while using taxpayer money that should be used to make life more affordable for working families.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1764984967\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>That line right there alone exposes Democrats as dishonest. They have no interest in &ldquo;working families,&rdquo; as literally every policy they champion, including open borders, is catastrophic for all of them. In any event, they went on to write that it was &ldquo;critical&rdquo; to &ldquo;come together&rdquo; for the purpose of agreeing on &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/deporting-illegal-aliens-isnt-complicated-dont-let-democrats-complicate-it-2\/\" title=\"Don&#039;t Let Dems Make Deporting Illegal Aliens Complicated\">common sense reforms&#038;rdquo<\/a>; to ICE before Democrats would consent to more funding. <\/p>\n<p>Admittedly, among the 10 proposals, a couple aren&rsquo;t unreasonable, even if Democrats would surely poison-pill whatever legislation attempted to include them. The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >demands include body camera requirements<\/a>, for example, which the administration has already initiated. But the bulk of them are explicitly intended to prevent as many illegal alien deportations as possible, starting with the first one, which insists that ICE agents &ldquo;require verification that a person is not a U.S. citizen before holding them in immigration detention.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Agents already ask for proof of legal residency before making arrests of unknown subjects &mdash; something Democrats <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/ice-approaching-people-minneapolis-demanding-proof-citizenship-rcna254247\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">oppose<\/a>! Relatedly, another one of the demands is for ICE detention centers to &ldquo;require immediate access to a person&rsquo;s attorney.&rdquo; Both ultimatums serve to reinforce Democrats&rsquo; favorite method of blocking deportations: <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/06\/04\/turn-this-new-york-times-immigration-story-inside-out-and-its-perfect\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">endless judicial appeals<\/a>. Behind every illegal alien&rsquo;s judicial appeal is an army of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/deporting-illegal-aliens-isnt-complicated-dont-let-democrats-complicate-it\/\" title=\"Don&#039;t Let Dems Make Deporting Illegal Aliens Complicated\">pro bono lawyers funded<\/a> by left-wing nonprofits whose sole purpose for existing is to keep as many foreigners in the U.S. as possible.<\/p>\n<p>Also on the Democrat wish list are imperatives that ICE agents cease wearing masks and be forbidden from conducting operations near &ldquo;sensitive locations,&rdquo; including election centers &mdash;&nbsp;weird, I wonder why! &mdash;&nbsp;and courthouses. Both of those should be non-starters for any Republican in Congress with two brain cells.<\/p>\n<p>The masks are only necessary because Democrat activists have made a sport out of hunting down ICE agents to harass and assault them in the streets and at their homes. Forcing their removal would only serve to make that easier. And the suggestion that law enforcement be forbidden from public legal facilities is preposterous. If an illegal alien can&rsquo;t be immediately detained following a final court order for removal, there is no point to any of this.<\/p>\n<p>But, of course, there is no point to any of this. Democrats aren&rsquo;t serious about supporting any deportations.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Eddie Scarry is the D.C. columnist at The Federalist and author of &#8220;<a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0FR8XCMYC\">Traitors: The Democrat Party&rsquo;s Collapse into Anti-American Filth<\/a>.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-30 bdr-top-bold-black\">\n<div class=\"row g-0 align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n<div class=\"article-author-profile d-flex align-items-center justify-content-center justify-content-md-start\">\n<div class=\"article-author-details\">\n<div class=\"label-md\">Eddie Scarry<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author-twitter label-sm d-flex align-items-center mt-10\">             <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter me-5\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>             <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Visit on Twitter<\/span>            <a 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