As Chicago and other blue cities move toward reparations for African Americans, Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D, Wa.) wants reparations for illegal immigrants for the trauma caused by immigration enforcement. At the same time, various Democrats are making clear that they want to entirely defund and eliminate Immigration and Customs Enforcement. So, after the Biden Administration allowed in millions over an open border, Democrats would eliminate ICE and some like Jayapal would pay illegal immigrants reparations.
Rep. Jayapal declared on Friday:
“They need to be brought before us, and they need to be held account [sic] for the trauma that they have created, and we are going to have to have some form of reparation for the kids and the families that have been traumatized through all of this.”
While not calling for reparations, other democrats have picked up the theme that someone has to pay for the trauma caused by immigration enforcement.
Rep. Maxine Dexter (D, Or.) echoed the mantra of Democratic members that “The administration has terrorized our communities and mine in the Willamette Valley.”
Rep. Christian Menefee (D-TX) told constituents, “I can’t imagine seeing my kid in a jail cell just because of where he was born, just because of what language he speaks at home.”
Jayapal fought back tears in her “shadow hearing” on Friday after calling for reparations, stating, “I still cannot believe that we are doing this to our own children.”
U.S.-born President Donald Trump is the outsider, Jayapal argued: “When the founders put into the Constitution the idea that Congress would have power, they assumed that the party that was in control of Congress would stand up to a dictatorial, authoritarian president.”
Jayapal did not mention the many American children killed by what she called “our” migrants.
The question becomes, if more groups get reparations, when does this become a form of wealth redistribution? Indeed, according to these members, much of the country has been traumatized by the Trump Administration. What is missing in cities like Chicago facing economic meltdowns is any notion of financial limits. Instead, Democrats are pushing tax hikes and wealth taxes to cover bloated budgets and growing deficits.
One of the most sinister aspects of the Left is the way they politicize mental illness concepts. The Soviet Union used to treat political dissenters as mentally ill. In 1984, the America media called Barry Goldwater mentally ill. Now they say they themselves are mentally ill because they are “triggered” or “traumatized” by people or policies with which they disagree.
One of the most sinister aspects of the Left is the way they politicize mental illness concepts. So conservatives never did anything like that? Find the facts first, then criticize.
Anonymous is a parasite.
The foregoing yada notwithstanding, Jayapal was elected to Congress in the 2016 cycle and has been there ever since. She garnered 83% of the vote in her district in 2024 and is running for re-election in 2026. The core question needing to be addressed is why she and others of her ilk prevail. The demonstrations across the country speak to that as well. Therein lies the rub, and what is roiling underneath this nation’s rug.
Not “roiling”, “breeding”
FTFY
Jayapal spent the first 35 years of her life in India. She just has a different mindset than a “real” American.
America would benefit from a constitutional amendment extending the natural born citizen requirement to all federal elected, appointed, and hired positions.
Anytime you wonder what the Dems will do once back in power, you know. It is more and less!
MORE of everything illegal, taxes, spending, borrowing, climate, DEI. That is more Biden.
LESS of everything sensible, practical, free, energy, competent, education. That is, less Trump
“Legalized theft on behalf of illegal immigrants. Will our feckless intelligentsia provide a bounty for those who commit homicides against American citizens?
If we do not stop this ideology now, while we still have the minimum of demographic advantage, we will succumb to this whirlpool of the poor eating us alive. Sure, in the end, this nation will end up like Cuba or Venezuela, but we will be gone and our children will reap this devastation. The progs on this site may call me made, but just a glimpse at history will tell you otherwise. There is not alternative ending to communism/socialism/atheism. it will not end well, but, at 75, what do I need worry about? I worry for my children and grandchildren. Welfare allowed the sustainment of millions who now begin to outnumber the “worker bees” and they will continue to press for more free stuff until the well is dry, just as we see in any communist nation so far. I fear for my children and grandchildren as they will be subsumed in the coming chaos if we do not stop this mindset now.
We? Stop? Now?
You are a bottlemless pit of hate huh?
Hard to think you have spawn. So hate just keeps breeding in your tribe?
Turley’s latest defense of this administration is a masterclass in ignoring reality. He’s so focused on his talking points that he missed ICE shredding the Constitution and the DOJ’s creative relationship with the truth. But hey, it’s hard to hear over the sound of the GOP imploding—even the CPAC crowd is cheering for impeachment now, no matter how many times the emcee begs them to stop.
Between the desperate push for the SAVE Act to cheat the midterms and the ‘victory’ in a multi-billion dollar Iran war that literally nobody else thinks we won, the desperation is loud. Trump managed to alienate NATO, tank the economy, and put us on the verge of a ground war all at once. It’s a classic Republican cycle: start a fruitless war, blow the budget, and then act surprised when a Democratic majority has to show up to fix the disaster. Better get the brooms ready; this mess is going to take a while.
Democrats fix the disaster?? They started it!!
I’ve heard this tripe expressed by X many times before. The Republicans screw it up and the Democrats have to come in and clean up the mess. X is so invested in this long time fallacy spoken by his long dead grandfather that he missed the inflation and border crisis perpetuated by his hero Joe Biden.
Hey X, it’s not what you don’t know that’s the problem but what you think you know that just ain’t true. Instead of just blindly saying what your grand pappy told you why don’t you grow a pair and think for yourself. Then again, it’s probably too late.
It’s charming that you’re worried about what people ‘think they know,’ because the actual math is going to be a real buzzkill for you. While you’re busy yelling about ‘grandpappy’s fallacies,’ the Joint Economic Committee has some receipts you might find inconvenient:
The Recession Special: Since World War II, 90% of recessions have started under Republicans. It’s not a family legend; it’s a recurring schedule.
The Job Gap: Democrats have overseen the creation of over 56 million more jobs than Republicans since 1961. In fact, private-sector jobs grow nearly 2.5 times faster under Democratic presidents.
Border Reality Check: You might want to update your ‘crisis’ script, considering migrant encounters hit their lowest level since 1970 in 2025. Turns out, ‘thinking for yourself’ works better when you use actual Pew Research data.
Debt Denial: Complaining about Biden’s spending while ignoring that Trump oversaw the third-largest primary deficit growth in U.S. history is a bold choice.
It’s never too late to trade the partisan talking points for a calculator. Then again, if you actually looked at the GDP growth rates—which are significantly higher under Democrats—you’d have to find something else to be angry about.
Would love to see yours sources X.
Google is your friend.
Preparations!! Be prepared to be deported!!
I am in favor of reparations. All assets of the Democratic Party should be seized and used to pay reparations to (1) descendants of those enslaved in the US (the Democratic Party was founded to protect slavery and later opposed emancipation) and to (2) families of victims of violent crimes committed by illegal immigrants (who were admitted into the US and protected by Democratic administrations).