Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey is finally admitting what pro-2A folks have known all along: sanctuary city policies don’t just undermine law and order—they tank the local economy. In a stunning pivot from his progressive playbook, Frey’s lamenting how his coalition’s refusal to cooperate with ICE is scaring off businesses and choking growth in the Twin Cities. Hotels are empty, conventions are bailing, and investors are eyeing safer pastures like, say, Texas or Florida, where sheriffs actually enforce federal immigration law instead of playing ideological footsie. This isn’t some abstract gripe; it’s a direct hit to tax revenue that funds everything from pothole repairs to police pensions, all because Frey’s crew prioritized open borders optics over basic governance.
Dig deeper, and this mess exposes the hypocrisy at sanctuary cities’ core: they demand federal dollars for public safety while actively sabotaging it. Minneapolis, post-2020 riots, already struggles with sky-high violent crime—homicides up 50% in recent years, per FBI stats—and now Frey’s ICE standoff is amplifying the chaos by letting criminal aliens roam free. Businesses fleeing aren’t just hurting the economy; they’re voting with their feet against defund-the-police lunacy. For the 2A community, this is gold: it underscores why armed citizens are the real backstop when mayors like Frey neuter law enforcement. Self-reliance isn’t optional in places where cops are handcuffed by politics—it’s survival, and rising CCW permits in Minnesota (up 20% since 2020, state data shows) prove everyday folks are stepping up where politicians won’t.
The implications ripple nationwide. As sanctuary failures like Minneapolis’ become case studies in economic self-sabotage, expect more blue-city mayors to crack under the pressure, potentially unlocking pro-2A reforms. After all, when businesses bolt and crime surges, even lefty coalitions start craving the stability that comes from enforcing laws—immigration included—and respecting the right to keep and bear arms. 2A warriors, take note: this is your narrative wedge. Keep pushing the truth that sanctuary stupidity doesn’t just wreck economies; it endangers lives, making our Second Amendment rights non-negotiable.
