Why isn’t Lamont’s nullification ‘too extreme’ for Connecticut?

By CHRIS POWELL What is too extreme politically for Connecticut in the era of President Donald Trump and New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani? According to a television commercial from Governor Lamont’s re-election campaign, the extremism is that of the Republican gubernatorial candidate, Greenwich state Sen. Ryan Fazio, who this year voted against legislation that purportedContinue reading “Why isn’t Lamont’s nullification ‘too extreme’ for Connecticut?”

Blumenthal sees no justification for immigration law enforcement

By CHRIS POWELL Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal went to Danbury the other day to meet privately with people whose relatives had been arrested in the recent sweep through the city and nearby towns by federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. About a hundred people were arrested. The senator also held a public meeting to hearContinue reading “Blumenthal sees no justification for immigration law enforcement”

Outrage about Danbury arrests shows Democrats want open borders

By CHRIS POWELL Dozens of immigration arrests in the Danbury area last week sent Connecticut’s Democratic leaders into fits of hysteria and hypocrisy. Governor Lamont complained that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents “are not trying to coordinate with us. They’re just picking people up.”  State scorns addiction business while operating two of its own PoliteContinue reading “Outrage about Danbury arrests shows Democrats want open borders”

Here’s what Lamont calls ‘safe’; and Fazio’s half-hearted tax cap

By CHRIS POWELL Governor Lamont’s campaign in the Democratic primary for governor often broadcast a television commercial emphasizing a comment he made during his welcoming address to the General Assembly in February. Referring to agents of the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency, the governor commanded: “ICE, go home! We’re keeping Connecticut safe without you.”Continue reading “Here’s what Lamont calls ‘safe’; and Fazio’s half-hearted tax cap”

Looks like Democrats oppose any immigration enforcement

By CHRIS POWELL Democrats in Connecticut are always looking for opportunities to deplore the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. But this week they jumped on what looked like an opportunity before determining what it was really about. They might have been embarrassed if journalists followed up about it. Prisons, Attorney General Tong suppressed inmateContinue reading “Looks like Democrats oppose any immigration enforcement”

State’s anti-ICE law is a fraud, and so is ‘believe all women’

By CHRIS POWELL The most recent politically correct charade of Connecticut’s nullifiers — including Governor Lamont, Attorney General William Tong, and the Democratic majority in the General Assembly — has been quickly exposed. It’s the new state law, enacted with the governor’s signature a month ago, purporting to prohibit federal immigration agents from wearing masksContinue reading “State’s anti-ICE law is a fraud, and so is ‘believe all women’”

Democrats howl at enforcement of 20-year-old deportation order

By CHRIS POWELL Some Democratic elected officials in Connecticut say there was an immigration law enforcement atrocity in Bridgeport this month. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested a man as he waited in his car with his son at a bus stop for the boy’s ride to high school in New Haven. The man wasContinue reading “Democrats howl at enforcement of 20-year-old deportation order”

ICE should explain faster but protests want ‘no nations’

By CHRIS POWELL Even people who want federal immigration law enforced and who voted for Donald Trump for president in the belief that the open borders policy of the Biden administration and the Democratic Party was national suicide should be aggravated with the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. A golden age of unaccountability dawnsContinue reading “ICE should explain faster but protests want ‘no nations’”

Lamont thrills Democrats with nullification rhetoric

By CHRIS POWELL Speaking to the General Assembly last week, Governor Lamont felt obliged to rile up members of his party’s big majority against immigration law enforcement. Referring to Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, the governor said: “ICE, everywhere you go uninvited, violence follows. Go home. We’re keeping Connecticut safe without you.” Democratic legislators stoodContinue reading “Lamont thrills Democrats with nullification rhetoric”

Mayor panders to the mob, inviting more insurrection

By CHRIS POWELL If the country is in big trouble, it’s not just because the president pretends he has authority to wage war wherever he wants. It’s also because the country is full of people who are striving to obstruct immigration law enforcement, full of people who hallucinate that the government is getting ready toContinue reading “Mayor panders to the mob, inviting more insurrection”