Insurrection Act Is Coming: 13½ Reasons the LA Ice Riots Aren’t About Racism — and Why It’s Okay to Shut Them Down – And Keep Deporting.
By Judd Dunning | Newsmax Insider Columnist
When I look at a Latino in Los Angeles — naturalized or citizen — I don’t even see ethnicity. I see a friend. I see another American. We love this city. We love Latino Los Angeles. But these days, unchecked policy, failing enforcement, and a soft-left fantasy have drowned out essential truths. We support protest. We support speech. But these demonstrations have been hijacked. The George Floyd protests were co-opted by chaos. And now, we’re watching that chaos repeat.
These protests begin with grievance, but they too often end with fire. And the truth no one wants to say is this: sometimes the fire is being lit from within. This isn’t about silencing people. It’s about protecting all people — especially those living in communities being torn apart. We’re not against protest. We’re against disorder. It’s time to stop the spiral.
Latino Los Angeles isn’t the enemy. But facts still matter and silence has gone on too long — especially right before the military is soon fully called out to help ICE deport effectively.
1. Violent Crime Is Disproportionately Latino
Latinos make up about 47% of L.A.’s population — and according to DOJ and LAPD data, they account for 40–49% of violent crime suspects. In a recent year, nearly 30,000 violent crimes were committed across Los Angeles County. Nearly half of those were attributed to Latino suspects — a statistical overrepresentation that demands an honest conversation. This is not a generalization. It’s a pattern. And the pattern needs explanation.
2. Border Geography Makes L.A. a Magnet for Crisis
L.A. absorbs 41% of California’s total immigrant population. According to AP News and MigrationPolicy.org, nearly 1 million undocumented migrants now reside in Los Angeles County. That isn’t natural assimilation. It’s institutional collapse — one where sanctuary policies meet a borderless state.
3. Migration Surge Tracks to Crime Spikes
Since 2021, more than 7 million migrants have entered the U.S., with 2.3 million released into the interior. Nearly 1 million of those ended up in Los Angeles — echoing the 49% Latino violent crime suspect rate in the same period. This is not correlation. It’s causation.
4. Exploitation Breeds Crime
Undocumented workers are 60% more likely to experience wage theft (Urban Institute). Human trafficking cases among this population have more than doubled. When legal systems fail, shadow economies grow. Gangs offer “protection” — in exchange for criminal allegiance. Poverty becomes violence.
5. Sanctuary Policies Protect Repeat Offenders
In 2018, 18% of assault arrests in L.A. involved repeat offenders. Today, it’s 31%. Immigration courts have 1.1 million backlogged cases — many taking 5+ years. In that window, violent offenders vanish. ICE detainers go ignored. Sanctuary becomes shelter — for crime.
6. Cartels Are Killing Angelenos With Fentanyl
Los Angeles recorded 1,970 fentanyl deaths in 2023. Homeless overdoses over the past 9 years? Over 2,500. These aren’t random tragedies. They stem from Sinaloa cartel networks, specifically “Los Chapitos,” El Chapo’s sons. These are mass killings — masked as overdoses.
7. Cartel Grows Are Destroying Public Land
In 2024 alone, L.A. authorities seized $103 million in illegal cannabis and nearly 289,000 plants — all on public land, operated by undocumented labor under cartel control. These aren’t mom-and-pop grows. They’re toxic, armed, and ecologically devastating.
8. Legal Latinos Are Being Politically Silenced
Hardworking, law-abiding Latinos are being lumped in with criminals to serve open-border agendas. Their values — faith, family, lawful citizenship — are being erased to fit activist narratives. Their silence isn’t complicity. It’s exhaustion.
9. Riots Are Fueled by Professional Agitators
The June 10 LA Times confirmed: the worst rioting wasn’t caused by locals or immigrants, but by masked provocateurs — trained agitators who travel city to city hijacking protests. They provoke conflict, damage property, and vanish — leaving chaos behind.
10. Voters Have Had Enough
In November 2024, Prop 36 passed — repealing lenient provisions of Prop 47 and restoring felony charges for key crimes. This wasn’t partisan. It was bipartisan backlash. Even in L.A., even among Latinos — the people voted to bring law and order back.
11. The Underground Economy Is a Gang Pipeline
California hosts nearly 1 million undocumented off-the-books workers. Human trafficking complaints are up 180% (CAST/DHS). Cartels offer jobs, shelter, and “family.” This isn’t immigration. It’s predation. It’s crime disguised as compassion.
12. The Fiscal Burden Is Unsustainable
Undocumented immigration costs the U.S. $150 billion annually. Tax contributions? Just $32 billion. Net drain: $118 billion. California alone bears $22.5 billion. That’s the cost of ignoring borders — paid for with school closures, layoffs, and urban decay.
13. Riots Have a Body Count and a Price Tag
Five days of unrest: 370 arrests, 23 businesses destroyed, 4,000 National Guard deployed. The bill: $134 million. That’s the cost of letting false narratives roam unchecked. These weren’t protests. They were policy failures playing out in the streets.
13½. Gangs and Hate Are Exploding
L.A. is now America’s gang capital — with over 450 active gangs and 45,000+ members. Hate crimes rose 45% in 2023. Anti-Latino hate is up 19%, anti-trans 125%, and anti-Semitism 91%. Without order, identity becomes a weapon. And no community is safe.
Final Word
Los Angeles is not broken because it’s diverse. It’s breaking because it’s lawless. The facts aren’t racist. They’re statistical. Nearly half of L.A.’s violent crimes are committed by less than half the population. A quarter of that population — undocumented — contributes nearly 50% of violent suspects. This is not conjecture. This is crime data. And when you pair that with fentanyl, cartels, open borders, political agitators, and unchecked violence — the system doesn’t need reform. It needs restoration.
We support immigration. We support protest. We support freedom.
But we will not support chaos, cowardice, or willful blindness.
It’s time to say what we all know but fear to speak:
This isn’t about race. It’s about reality.
And the reality is, it’s okay to shut it down.
Now here’s the good/bad news:
What’s coming is the Insurrection Act. The only way you can deport 20 million people is by bringing in the military to support the only 6,000 ICE agents we have. The truth is unavoidable — the war is on. Even some Mexicans have spoken about rolling America back to its 1830 borders. It’s madness. The logistics are insanely difficult. To deport all illegals would require extreme action — and the organized Left will try to burn America down before that happens.
It won’t happen — and here’s what will happen: we will have to be bold, lawful, and united. We’ll need targeted enforcement, legal reform, and unshakable resolve. We won’t deport 20 million people overnight — but we will shut down the lawlessness. We will win. And we will aggressively, as a nation at war, fully restore a legal America.
— Judd Dunning
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