By Michael Schwarz
Affluent liberals’ purported compassion bears a striking resemblance to self-interest.
In fact, like their 19th-century forebears, modern Democrats seem to fancy themselves benefactors to those whom they exploit.
According to the New York Post, police officials in the upscale village of East Hampton on New York’s Long Island have assured wealthy residents that local police cannot cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in detaining and deporting the illegal immigrants upon whom those residents rely for domestic service.
“If it is an ICE detainer or an administrative warrant, we do not have the authority. We will not hold them,” East Hampton Village Police Chief Jeffrey Erickson said at a community meeting on Tuesday.
East Hampton Town Police Chief Michael Sarlo said effectively the same thing at a different meeting.
“Our level of participation and cooperation with ICE lies in criminal matters,” Sarlo said. “I haven’t seen an ICE agent in this town in I can’t tell you how long.”
Sarlo did add, however, that local police do not make a habit of violently confronting armed federal agents.
In other words, police in sanctuary cities cannot assist ICE, but neither do they actively resist ICE’s efforts. Thus, sanctuary cities themselves constitute the real problem here.
Tom Homan, President Donald Trump’s border czar, made that clear last month when he complained that sanctuary cities’ policies make ICE agents’ jobs exponentially more dangerous.
East Hampton’s affluent liberals, however, could not care less about ICE agents’ safety or about federal immigration laws. After all, those liberals need cheap maids and landscapers.
“I think it’s a very good idea and very helpful considering we have a very large community here, and people rely on them,” East Hampton resident Alex Lovett said.
According to Zillow, the average home price in East Hampton is $1.92 million.
Meanwhile, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, that wealthy enclave nonetheless maintains a poverty rate of 11.5 percent. How many of those impoverished people work as maids and landscapers?
Of course, Democrats have given no indication that they feel any shame about the slave-like wages they pay their domestic servants.
In fact, they talk openly about how much they need illegal immigrants to pick berries for their fruity drinks.
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