ICE Raids, Riots, and the Rule of Law: What Happened to Common Sense?

 Let’s call a spade a spade. I’ve been around long enough to know when the wheels are coming off the wagon—and folks, they’re wobbling hard right now.

ICE raids in Los Angeles are back in the news, and like clockwork, out come the protestors, the chants, the signs, and, sadly, some rioters—trashing property and blocking streets as if that’s how democracy works. They’re screaming about “rights,” “justice,” and “resistance,” while conveniently ignoring one tiny detail: the people they’re defending broke the law just by being here.

Now, before someone starts frothing at the mouth and calling me every name in the politically correct book, let me be clear—I’m not against immigrants. I’m the grandson of one. But my ancestors came here legally, stood in line, signed the papers, and worked their butts off. They didn’t sneak in under cover of night and then demand constitutional protections that aren’t even legally theirs to begin with.

So here’s the question: what “right” do people who are in this country illegally think they have to stay, to protest enforcement of the law, and to be protected under a Constitution meant for citizens and those here legally? Are we just rewriting the rules now based on feelings and hashtags?

You want to protest? Fine. It’s a free country—for Americans. You want to burn flags and riot? Not fine. That’s not protest—that’s anarchy. And when you riot in defense of something that’s illegal by definition, you’re not making a moral stand—you’re lighting a match next to the rule of law and daring it to burn.

We can’t have a country that picks and chooses which laws to enforce based on who’s yelling the loudest or crying the hardest. We either have borders or we don’t. We either have laws or we have mob rule. And frankly, I didn’t spend sixty years respecting this nation’s laws just to watch them get trampled by people who were never supposed to be here in the first place.

So to the rioters: you’re not brave. You’re not righteous. You’re not fighting for justice. You’re demanding special treatment for people who broke the rules. And that’s not how America is supposed to work.

You want change? Fine. Change the laws. But until then, spare us the lectures, the Molotov cocktails, and the moral grandstanding. Because at the end of the day, being loud doesn’t make you right—and being illegal sure as hell doesn’t make you entitled.

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Stay strong, stay sharp, and don’t let the nonsense wear you down. Most importantly: Stay Grumpy!
—Old, Bold, and Bald