Selective Law Enforcement
U.S. attorney Rachel Paulose, with ICE, St. Paul and Minneapolis police, and other federal agents, broke up a sex slave ring comprised of illegal immigrants. Apparently, women were brought into the country and held as slaves, and forced to perform sex. Of the defendants, most of the 25 were here illegally, as were all the victims. Seems pretty straightforward, yes? Chalk one up for the good guys? Not so fast. If you read Kare 11’s piece, entitled “Questions surround Paulose and officers in prostitution arrests,” there is no end to people lining up to criticize Paulose and the arrest.
First you have the always available protesters:
…protesters said they were upset that Minneapolis police appeared to be violating police department policy by assisting immigration agents with the arrests.
Huh? First of all, illegal immigration is a crime, even in Minneapolis (more on that later). Secondly, why were the protesters not applauding law enforcement? The victims in the case are all illegal immigrants and were rescued from a horrible fate. As is often the case, protests focus on one group of “victims” over another, largely dependent on which group was “victimized” by the U.S. government. So instead of thanks for saving untold illegal immigrants from slavery, Paulose, the feds, law enforcement, and the city of Minneapolis get stiffed.
Nevertheless, in keeping with the totally unexplainable fear many left of center politicians have of anyone holding up a sign, Minneapolis officials rushed to assure protesters that they have no intention of enforcing the law:
…Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak and Police Chief Tim Dolan were e-mailing the media to say, as they’ve said before, that Minneapolis police officers “will not enforce immigration policy.”
Considering that the location of the sex ring and much of the clientele appear to have been in Minneapolis, one has to wonder how long it was permitted to operate unchecked so Minneapolis could curry favor with the pro-illegal immigration lobby. As well, did the fact that Minneapolis is a sanctuary city factor at all in the decision to set up a sex ring there?
Women - sex slaves - were rescued. Who knows how many future victims were spared a similar fate. Now, Paulose and the various agencies are on the hot seat for doing their jobs, while Minneapolis is trying to get out from under by insisting it didn’t, and won’t.
And all of this seems perfectly logical, apparently, to the media covering the story.