Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, a Democrat with his eyes firmly on national ambitions, took to CBS’s Late Show on Monday to push a radical agenda: defund ICE and outright terminate their operations in Minnesota amid the fallout from the brutal murder of Laken Riley and other high-profile cases tied to sanctuary state policies. Quoting Shapiro directly from the broadcast, he demanded concrete action, spotlighting how the Congress of the United States, on Friday, has the ability to pull funding and shut down ICE’s mission there. This isn’t just rhetoric from a blue-state governor; it’s a blatant call to dismantle federal immigration enforcement in Democrat strongholds, where lax borders have allowed criminal aliens to roam free—facts backed by ICE’s own data showing over 425,000 criminal non-citizens on the loose as of mid-2024, per their most recent reports.
For the 2A community, Shapiro’s outburst is a flashing red warning light. Minnesota’s sanctuary drift mirrors the same failed policies in states like California and New York, where gun owners already face draconian restrictions justified under the guise of public safety amid rising crime waves fueled by unchecked illegal immigration. Remember, it’s the same progressive playbook: defund police, hamstring ICE, then blame law-abiding gun owners for the chaos they import. Shapiro’s push ignores how armed citizens stepping up in self-defense—like the increasing concealed carry successes in defensive gun uses (over 2.5 million annually per CDC estimates)—are filling the void left by gutted enforcement. This ties directly to 2A erosion; expect more common-sense reforms like red flag laws or AWBs pitched as responses to migrant-driven violence, further squeezing our rights while criminals bypass borders and background checks entirely.
The implications are stark: if Congress caves to Shapiro’s Friday deadline pressure, it greenlights open borders nationwide, supercharging the gun-grab narrative that more guns mean more crime when data from the FBI’s UCR shows violent crime spikes in sanctuary cities uncorrelated with legal firearm ownership. 2A patriots must rally—contact your reps, amplify ICE success stories (like the 170,000+ arrests in FY2024), and frame this as the ultimate false flag for confiscation. Shapiro’s not just campaigning for Kamala; he’s auditioning for the dismantling of American sovereignty, one defunded agency at a time. Stay vigilant, stay armed, and vote like your Second Amendment depends on it—because it does.
