Dear White Liberals: Blacks and Hispanics Want No Part of Your Anti-ICE Protests
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At one of the anti-Trump, “No Kings,” 50501, Indivisible-style rallies I covered last year, I overheard a white woman lamenting the lack of young people and people of color in attendance. She complained that more of us weren’t showing up to protest President Donald Trump and his ICE enforcement policies aimed at curbing illegal immigration.
While I can’t speak for young people, I can speak as a person of color. Many Black and Hispanic Americans are simply done with affluent white liberal women and their self-focused political crusades—especially those aimed not only at a duly elected president many of us voted for, but at undermining the rule of law itself.
This sentiment is not hidden. Videos circulating on X and TikTok make it clear: this is not our fight, and it never will be. Do not expect us to endorse or participate in it. In fact, many of us actively avoid these protests altogether. There is a reason my husband and I moved to rural America—there is no constant unrest here, and we prefer it that way.
To paraphrase Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal: we don’t want the trouble, so don’t bring it to us. A young Hispanic man recently captured this feeling perfectly, and he speaks for many. The “white savior” routine is worn out, and the hypocrisy surrounding it is impossible to ignore.
Where were the protests when women like Laken Riley, Rachel Morin, Ava Moore, or Iryna Zarutska were murdered? Where was the outrage for 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray or 7-year-old Ivory Smith, whose lives were cut short by individuals who were in the country illegally? There were no rallies, no viral videos, no chants declaring, “This is not who we are.”
These women and children were not seeking confrontation. They were living their lives when criminals who had no legal right to be here took everything from them. Those deaths should have sparked national outrage—but they didn’t. Why? Because they don’t generate influencer content or help advance the narrative that law enforcement is inherently evil and must be stopped at all costs.
Just stop.
And most importantly: We are not your allies.
I’m here to save wht liberals from the Police. Just like blk people in the hood you need to understand that complying with the law gives you the best chance of survival. #Minnesota #police #protest #ice pic.twitter.com/6M7LEiZ1VF
— Free.as.can.be (@FreeAsCanBeOG) January 10, 2026
The reality is that many Black and Hispanic Americans respect law enforcement. We have family members who serve. We want officers to be safe and to do their jobs, and we want law and order maintained everywhere. Many of us lived for years in cities plagued by nonstop unrest and rising crime. Some of us left—and we have no desire to return to that chaos.
Yet we continue to see activists driving in from low-crime, comfortable suburbs to stir disorder, only to leave once they’ve made their statement. They return home believing they’ve accomplished something meaningful.
We ain’t about that life.
Once again you make so much sense. We need more people like this. This post wins the internet today. So well reasoned. Thank you!! pic.twitter.com/VUf7Uq5hB2
— Kate❤️🔥💕 (@katee_K1) January 11, 2026
This woman also says it rightly: “The audacity is insane.”
Anyone else fed up?
“The audacity is insane. Some people feel entitled to provoke, challenge and attack law enforcement.”
“Then act shocked when consequences come.”
“Grown adults acting like fools is exhausting.”
“Every week is a new protest. Do these people even have jobs?”… pic.twitter.com/ksmfHP3YZg
— AmericanPapaBear™ (@AmericaPapaBear) January 11, 2026
They haven’t.
And it needs to be said plainly: we are not your allies.
Perhaps it’s time to reverse the roles. If anything, white liberals could use some advice from people of color. Here’s a start: don’t start trouble, and there won’t be any. Even prominent Black voices have openly mocked the performative hypocrisy of white liberal activism, particularly the way “people of color” are used as props when convenient.
Black mothers die every day in cities like Chicago and Memphis, but because ICE isn’t involved, white liberals show no interest. More than 300,000 unaccompanied migrant children went missing under the Biden-Harris administration—many of them Black and Latino—yet there were no mass protests or national outrage. Why? Because those facts don’t fit the preferred narrative.
ICE, meanwhile, is tasked with removing individuals who exploit children and commit serious crimes. Yet activists work tirelessly to shield these same individuals, labeling them “neighbors” while demonizing the agents tasked with enforcing the law. They seek Black and brown validation for attacking ICE and pretending there are no consequences for doing so.
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As several commentators have noted, outrage has become a business. Politicians fundraise off it. Influencers profit from it. Media outlets chase clicks and relevance through it. Even personal tragedies are monetized, with GoFundMe campaigns soaring into the millions.
It is still a free country, and people are free to profit from false narratives and manufactured outrage. But let’s stop pretending this solves anything—or that it represents the interests of Black and Hispanic Americans.
Enough is enough.
Just don’t expect us to be a part of it.
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