Some political playbooks are so worn you can see right through the pages. Every few years—sometimes every few months—the same accusations resurface, the same outrage is manufactured, and the same tired strategy gets dusted off. And honestly? It’s getting embarrassing to watch.

Across the country, the Trump administration has made good on its promise to enforce immigration law. ICE operations are underway. Deportations are proceeding. And right on cue, certain voices on the left are reaching for their favorite weapon: the racism accusation.

Enter Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Texas.

The Democrat appeared on MSNBC this week to discuss immigration enforcement, and—I have to say—she didn’t disappoint those of us expecting the usual performance. According to Crockett, this isn’t about law enforcement at all. It’s about skin color.

From MSNBC’s Chris Jansing Reports:
Let’s be honest. This administration has decided that it wants to target anybody who has a little bit of melanin in their skin, or target people simply because of an accent.

Let that sit for a moment. In Crockett’s telling, immigration enforcement isn’t about legal status, national security, or the rule of law. It’s a racial hunt. Does she actually believe this? Does anyone?

The Facts Get in the Way

Here’s what Crockett conveniently ignores: immigration law doesn’t check melanin levels at the border. It checks documentation. It verifies legal status. It applies equally whether you arrived from Norway, Nigeria, or Nicaragua.

She even admitted in her own remarks that many detainees were “showing up to their meetings” and “showing up to court”—acknowledging the very legal process she claims doesn’t exist. Think about that for a second. If the system were truly just hunting people by skin tone, why would there be court dates at all?

Crockett also revealed something telling: “I’m so tired of hearing illegal, illegal, illegal.” And there it is. The real frustration isn’t that laws are being enforced unfairly—it’s that they’re being enforced at all.

A Party’s Convenient Amnesia

Of course, accusations of racism from Democrats are nothing new. This is the same party that gave us Jim Crow, stood in schoolhouse doors, and filibustered the Civil Rights Act. The same party that has spent decades promising minority communities the moon while delivering broken cities and failing schools.

Here’s what really gets me after watching this routine for decades: when Democrats can’t win on policy, they change the subject to race. Every. Single. Time. Border security becomes white supremacy. Voter ID becomes Jim Crow 2.0. Now, enforcing existing immigration law becomes a melanin manhunt.

Americans aren’t buying it anymore. They watched this movie in 2024, and they chose differently. They understood that enforcing laws isn’t racism—it’s the basic function of government.

Representative Crockett can keep crying wolf if she likes. But the boy in that story eventually learned something important: when you shout loud enough about dangers that don’t exist, people stop listening when real problems arise.

The race card’s credit limit has been reached. And no amount of righteous indignation on cable news is going to raise it.

Key Takeaways

• Rep. Crockett accused the Trump administration of targeting immigrants based on skin color and accents—not legal status.
• Her own remarks acknowledged legal processes exist, undermining her racial profiling narrative.
• Democrats have a long history of weaponizing race accusations when they can’t win on policy.
• Americans increasingly see through manufactured racism claims—evidenced by the 2024 election results.

Sources: Breitbart