Jasmine Crockett Sparks Debate With ICE ‘Slave Patrol’ Comment
Representative Jasmine Crockett, a Democrat from Texas, has stirred up a heated debate with comments she made recently about Immigration and Customs Enforcement, better known as ICE. During a televised interview, Crockett criticized both the Supreme Court and the Trump administration’s approach to crime and immigration, using language that drew sharp reactions from across the political spectrum.
Crockett said that when she looks at ICE, she is reminded of “slave patrols,” a reference to groups in the early United States that were created to capture enslaved people who tried to escape. She explained that policing in America has historical roots in these patrols, and in her view, the current direction of immigration enforcement echoes those troubling origins. According to Crockett, the Supreme Court has now set a precedent that allows ICE agents to more easily target people based on ethnicity, which she described as a dangerous path.
She went further, warning that the ruling essentially gives ICE the freedom to “just go grab them up.” To her, this means that entire communities could be put under suspicion simply because of the way people look. Crockett argued that this should alarm everyone, regardless of political affiliation.
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Her remarks came as she also criticized President Donald Trump’s crackdown on crime, saying the strategy relies more on fear than on facts. Crockett compared it to pop culture references like “The Purge,” suggesting that the administration’s policies lean toward chaos rather than real solutions. She insisted that safety should be built on intelligence, data, and evidence, not on what she called heavy-handed enforcement.
Crockett also tied this issue to the broader debate about education and history. She noted that efforts to remove Black history from schools prevent people from seeing the patterns of the past. Without that historical understanding, she warned, society risks repeating old mistakes. “We have been down this road before,” she said, “and it was not good. We fixed it once, and it is a shame that we are relitigating this. And we are going to have to fix it again.”
Her choice of words—especially the “slave patrol” comparison—has been blasted by critics, particularly conservatives. Some have argued that the remark trivializes modern law enforcement and immigration policy. Others said it was meant to inflame rather than encourage serious discussion.
Still, Crockett’s comments have resonated with many who see parallels between past and present. Supporters say she raised an uncomfortable but necessary point: that when enforcement is guided by racial or ethnic profiling, history is being repeated in ways that harm vulnerable communities.
This controversy is not likely to fade soon. With immigration and crime at the center of national debate, Crockett’s warning has forced both critics and supporters to confront the historical context of today’s policies, whether they agree with her or not.
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