Learnnotto burn, Dems must take border issue seriously and other commentary

From the left: Learn Not To Burn“The radicals on our side are so stupid,” fumes Cenk Uygur on X.The LA protesters damaging property “are not hurting ICE or Trump, they’re hurting their own side.” “Why do you need to burn Waymos and American flags? What does that prove, other than what Trump wants to prove, that you are against America, violent and dangerous?” And “how does it help the community or immigrants?” While most people “are legitimately and peacefully protesting,” the rioters “have needlessly cost us support, even at home in LA.” “Rule #1 of protesting: Win the crowd — at home.

Win hearts and minds.Win the American people over.

That’s what serious people who want to win and protect our communities do.”Liberal: Dems Must Take Border Issue Seriously“Democrats have gotten the border issue so wrong, for so long, that it amounts to political malpractice,” mourns The Washington Post’s David Ignatius.In response to pressure from its open-borders activists, party leaders “acted as if maintaining a well-controlled border was somehow morally wrong” and “border enforcement doesn’t matter.” Even when Homeland Security Secretary “Alejandro Mayorkas wanted tougher border policies,” the White House “resisted strong measures.” For Dems, “taking border issues seriously means more immigration courts and more border-control people and facilities.” Until bipartisan immigration reform passes, “Democrats need to oppose violence, by anyone — and to help enforce immigration policies that begin with a recognition that it isn’t immoral to have a border.”Conservative: Self-Deportations Will Be CrucialThe “Los Angeles riots may encourage illegal immigrants to self-deport,” muses the Washington Examiner’s Michael Barone.

Team Trump “cannot expect that it can, logistically, remove all the untold millions of illegal immigrants” that poured in during the Biden years.“But splashy raids and deportations ca...