Trump – we shouldn’t have an election, ICE has federal immunity, may use insurrection act

Reuters – [snipped] ICE…”He said he would continue sending armed agents into cities, claiming that his efforts had taken “thousands of murderers out of our country.” There is no evidence to support that assertion…The president expressed frustration that his Republican Party could lose control of the U.S. House of Representatives or the Senate in this year’s midterm elections, citing historical trends that have seen the party in power lose seats in the second year of a presidency. “It’s some deep psychological thing, but when you win the presidency, you don’t win the midterms,” Trump said. He boasted that he had accomplished so much that “when you think of it, we shouldn’t even have an election.”

• Trump on Truth Social – “If the corrupt politicians of Minnesota don’t obey the law and stop the professional agitators and insurrectionists from attacking the Patriots of I.C.E., who are only trying to do their job, I will institute the INSURRECTION ACT, which many Presidents have done before me, and quickly put an end to the travesty that is taking place in that once great State.” [The Insurrection Act, Explained. The vague and rarely used law gives the president broad power to deploy the military domestically — but it’s not a blank check.]
• See also Stephen Miller’s statement on his official X account: “To all ICE officers: You have federal immunity in the conduct of your duties. Anybody who lays a hand on you or tries to stop you or tries to obstruct you is committing a felony. You have immunity to perform your duties, and no one—no city official, no state official, no illegal alien, no leftist agitator or domestic insurrectionist—can prevent you from fulfilling your legal obligations and duties. The Department of Justice has made clear that if officials cross that line into obstruction, into criminal conspiracy against the United States or against ICE officers, then they will face justice.”
• See also The New York Times: “Under Trump, a Shift Toward ‘Absolute Immunity’ for ICE. Since the fatal shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis, administration officials have defended the use of deadly force, which agency guidelines say should be a last resort…”
• See also Poll Finds Americans Don’t Believe ICE Murder of Renee Nicole Good Was Justified. The new poll conducted for Zeteo also shows a majority of Americans reject Trump’s attempts to smear Good as a ‘domestic terrorist.’ The exclusive survey for Zeteo, conducted by the progressive think tank Data for Progress, found that 84% of Democrats and 58% of independents do not believe the ICE officer who shot Good three times was justified in using lethal force. Among Republicans, roughly two-thirds say the attack was justified. Overall, over half of the 1,265 likely voters surveyed do not believe the ICE agent was justified in shooting Good, while 36% condone her killing. Good was murdered last week as Donald Trump deployed thousands of masked immigration agents to Minneapolis, Minnesota, in what many see as an effort to torment the city’s Somali community…”