You can’t make this stuff up.
ICE apprehended a known MS 13 gang member with a history of trafficking fentanyl, and Rhode Island politicians exploded in rage that they did so.
The perp, Ivan Rene Mendoza-Meza, had benefited from the catch-and-release policies that are so prevalent these days–after all, you wouldn’t want ICE to be able to deport dangerous criminals, right?–so ICE was forced to track him down and apprehend him.
ICE @EROBoston arrested Ivan Rene Mendoza-Meza, an illegal Honduran alien and self-admitted MS-13 member, in Providence, RI. His criminal history includes 3 charges for fentanyl trafficking. RI’s 6th District Court ignored an ICE detainer and released him back into the community. pic.twitter.com/DtPVRqvWug
— ERO Boston (@EROBoston) July 15, 2025
They did, and all hell broke loose. Providence politicians insanely held a press conference vowing to track down any evidence that Providence police might be involved, and promised to get to the bottom of this potential scandal.
The last thing you want is the police helping arrest a known gang member who is selling poison to the public. It’s Nazism to do that!
VIDEO: Mayor Brett Smiley and Council President Rachel Miller respond after concerns swirl around PPD being at a scene where ICE was on Sunday.
Miller and 9 other city councilors are calling on PERA to do an independent review of the incident. @wpri12 pic.twitter.com/udCJCMn2m7
— Alexandra Leslie (@AlexandraLeslie) July 15, 2025
Ensuring that he couldn’t get outflanked on the left, a Rhode Island State Representative went on a crusade (is it racist to say “crusade?”) against ICE. They were oppressing a “neighbor” of his constituents. They “kidnapped” him!
‘ACT OF TERROR’: Progressive Rhode Island lawmaker @EnriqueForRI unleashes heinous “Nazi Gestapo” insult at @ICEgov after agents arrested his “neighbor,” but officials turn the tables on the far-left representative with a brutal reality check. The violent illegal alien taken into… pic.twitter.com/TYVU1kVg0d
— Fox News (@FoxNews) July 15, 2025
It’s terrorism, you see, to ever arrest a criminal if they also happen to be an illegal alien. Rapists, pedophiles, drug traffickers…they are our neighbors too! Everybody is, come to think about it, except for Nazi MAGA-types who should be doxxed and attacked by Antifa mobs who are defending democracy.
This is a Rhode Island Democratic state rep who called ICE “Nazi Gestapo thugs” for “kidnapping” a “neighbor” in Providence, RI in what he described as an “act of terror”.
The “neighbor” turned out to be Honduran MS-13 gang member w/ pending fentanyl trafficking charges in RI. https://t.co/Cz2sgtto5g
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) July 15, 2025
Who thinks like this?
The answer: people who have been steeped in Critical Theory. You can see how all these politicians speak–using emotionally laden language and words that are purposely intended to hide certain facts and emphasize other, irrelevant ones to create an emotional reaction in you.
“Neighbor.” “Gestapo.” “Terror.” “Kidnap.”
But why do so? After all, you would think that anybody who isn’t an actual fentanyl addict or a dealer making money off the trade would want a thug like this off the streets, right?
Oh, silly you. You think like a rational person grounded in reality. Critical Theory is all about “oppressor” and “oppressed,” and since our MS-13 fentanyl dealer has darker skin than you do, he is a victim who is being oppressed. Better yet, he is an ILLEGAL ALIEN melanin-enriched “neighbor,” so he has even more right to deference.
If only he were trans, he could murder all the children in a classroom and get a parade.
It’s not only striking that these politicians would hop in front of the cameras to express outrage that a violent criminal who poisons children was arrested, but that they can be certain that their constituents will applaud them for doing so.
This is the power of Critical Theory brainwashing.
