The Democrats' priority problem: Margaritas flow while Americans are left to suffer

Democrats love to accuse Republicans of politicizing current events, yet that's exactly what they spent the last week doing. They're spinning a wild narrative built on falsehoods, while conveniently ignoring the evidence on record.

While Democrats continue to chant "bring him home," they ignore this key fact: Garcia is an El Salvadoran citizen. He was not returned to El Salvador against court orders, he was removed pursuant to longstanding legal and national security principles. Indeed, the immigration judge that granted Garcia statutory withholding of removal to El Salvador did so due to a credible fear of persecution - not because Garcia had legal status in the U.S. This form of relief does not grant a person residency, nor does it override national security concerns. On top of all that, once MS-13 was designated a terrorist group, Garcia immediately became ineligible for any immigration relief.

When given the opportunity to protect Americans by supporting the Laken Riley Act-a commonsense bill that strengthens penalties for criminal illegal aliens-35 Democrats in the Senate and 156 Democrats in the House voted against it.

Where was Senator Chuck Schumer's outrage when a 92-year-old woman was raped and murdered in Queens in 2020 by an illegal alien from Guyana who had already been arrested and released due to sanctuary policies? Where was Senator Richard Blumenthal when Casey Chadwick was murdered in 2015 by Jean Jacques, an illegal alien from Haiti with a prior attempted murder conviction?

Time and time again, Democrats show compassion only when illegal alien immigrants are victims, but they resist every effort to prosecute and prevent crimes committed by them. Rather than acknowledging the steps that President Trump has taken to secure the country, they remain fixated on spinning false narratives and undermining his administration at every turn.

If Democratic lawmakers spent even a fraction of their energy defending American victims as they have defending Garcia, perhaps senseless tragedies like the murder of Laken Riley and Rachel Morin could have been prevented. Democrats' priorities are clear. Fortunately, so are the facts: Garcia's removal was not only justified-it was overdue.