In a stunning display of misplaced priorities, Democrat officials in Providence, Rhode Island, are more concerned about how a violent MS-13 gang member and fentanyl
was arrested than the fact that a dangerous criminal is off the streets. ICE’s apprehension of this illegal immigrant should be celebrated—yet local leaders, including Mayor Brett Smiley, are scrambling to investigate whether police dared to assist federal immigration enforcement.
An MS-13 fentanyl trafficker was just arrested in Providence, Rhode Island.
The mayor and city council president are pledging to investigate…
Not the MS-13 problem, but to ensure police didn’t assist ICE in arresting him.
Totally insane. pic.twitter.com/rOT664NaRb
— johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) July 16, 2025
The arrest, which would be considered a win for public safety in any rational jurisdiction, has instead triggered panic among Providence’s Democrat leadership. Smiley called the incident “complex” and insisted that the city’s police department must reassure residents they “will not cooperate or serve as immigration agents.” Apparently, in the eyes of progressive politicians, removing a violent drug trafficker from the community is a bad thing—unless, of course, it’s done without any coordination with ICE, the agency tasked with enforcing immigration laws.
'ACT OF TERROR': Progressive Rhode Island lawmaker @EnriqueForRI unleashes heinous "Nazi Gestapo" insult at @ICEgov after agents arrested his "neighbor," but officials turn the tables on the far-left representative with a brutal reality check. The violent illegal alien taken into… pic.twitter.com/TYVU1kVg0d
— Fox News (@FoxNews) July 15, 2025
Even more outrageous, a Rhode Island Democrat lawmaker went full hyperbole, comparing ICE to the Gestapo—a disgusting and historically illiterate smear against officers who risk their lives to combat drug cartels and transnational gangs. This kind of rhetoric isn’t just irresponsible; it’s dangerous. While Democrats clutch their pearls over police cooperation, they ignore the real victims: American citizens terrorized by MS-13 and those dying from fentanyl flooding across the open border.
'ACT OF TERROR': Progressive Rhode Island lawmaker @EnriqueForRI unleashes heinous "Nazi Gestapo" insult at @ICEgov after agents arrested his "neighbor," but officials turn the tables on the far-left representative with a brutal reality check. The violent illegal alien taken into… pic.twitter.com/TYVU1kVg0d
— Fox News (@FoxNews) July 15, 2025
Mayor Smiley’s Weak Defense:
“Preliminarily, we believe that policy was followed… Providence police acted in accordance with our existing policy.”
“It certainly was jarring video that I saw.”
This is a Rhode Island Democratic state rep who called ICE “Nazi Gestapo thugs” for “kidnapping” a “neighbor” in Providence, RI in what he described as an “act of terror”.
The “neighbor” turned out to be Honduran MS-13 gang member w/ pending fentanyl trafficking charges in RI. https://t.co/Cz2sgtto5g
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) July 15, 2025
What’s truly jarring is that a mayor is more disturbed by law enforcement doing its job than by an MS-13 member peddling deadly drugs in his city.
The message from Democrats is clear: Protecting criminal illegal aliens is more important than protecting American citizens. While they fret over sanctuary city policies, communities suffer from gang violence and overdoses. This isn’t just incompetence—it’s ideological fanaticism at the expense of public safety.
h/t: Steadfast and Loyal
