In the frosty climes of Vermont, where maple syrup flows freer than common sense, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders—perennial socialist gadfly and self-appointed guardian of the downtrodden—has once again unleashed a tirade against the very institutions that safeguard America’s borders. Joined by his ideological sidekicks, Senator Peter Welch and Representative Becca Balint, Sanders is railing against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), accusing them of operating “outside the law” and morphing into some dystopian force under Secretary Kristi Noem’s leadership. This isn’t just political theater; it’s a calculated assault on the foundational principles that built this nation—a clarion call for open borders disguised as humanitarianism. As a proud inheritor of America’s founding stock heritage, descended from the hardy Anglo-Saxon, Scots-Irish, and Northwestern European pioneers who tamed a wilderness into the world’s greatest republic, I say enough is enough. It’s time for a dissection of this nonsense, grounded in history, logic, and unapologetic patriotism.

Let’s start with the basics: America wasn’t founded as a global welfare state or a come-one-come-all refugee camp. The Founding Fathers—those visionaries like Washington, Jefferson, Madison, and Hamilton—envisioned a republic for “ourselves and our posterity,” as the Preamble to the Constitution explicitly states. This wasn’t some abstract platitude; it was a deliberate nod to the ethnic and cultural continuity of the Anglo-Celtic people who fought the Revolution. The Naturalization Act of 1790, one of the first laws passed by Congress, restricted citizenship to “free white persons of good character.” Harsh? Politically incorrect? Absolutely. But it reflected the reality that nations are extensions of peoples, not ideological experiments. The founding stock—Protestant Europeans with a shared linguistic, legal, and moral heritage—created institutions tailored to their high-trust, individualistic society. Dilute that with unchecked mass immigration from incompatible cultures, and you get the balkanized mess we’re seeing today.

Sanders, with his Brooklyn-born Jewish roots and lifelong flirtation with Marxist ideologies, embodies the very antithesis of this heritage. His call to “block any additional funding for the Department of Homeland Security” isn’t about curbing “abuses”; it’s about dismantling the barriers that prevent America from becoming a Third World dumping ground. He wants to “remove ICE, CBP, and other federal immigration forces from Minnesota and Maine”—why those states specifically? Minnesota, with its Somali enclaves courtesy of misguided refugee programs, has become a hotbed of cultural clashes, from Sharia-inspired community policing to welfare strains that make native Minnesotans foot the bill for imported poverty. Maine, meanwhile, is grappling with asylum seekers overwhelming its sparse resources. Sanders selective outrage ignores the elephant in the room: these “forces” are there because local Democrats invited chaos through sanctuary policies, then cry foul when federal agents clean up the mess.

And let’s talk about Secretary Kristi Noem. Welch’s quip that she’s turned ICE into a “shock troop” is rich coming from a man who’s spent his career enabling the very policies that necessitate aggressive enforcement. Noem, a straight-shooting South Dakotan with roots in the heartland’s founding stock ethos, represents a return to sanity after years of Biden-era border negligence. Under her watch, ICE isn’t “terrorizing communities”; it’s enforcing laws that Congress itself passed. Remember the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952? Or the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996? These aren’t Trumpian inventions; they’re bipartisan acknowledgments that sovereignty means controlling who enters your home. Noem’s approach—targeted raids, swift deportations—isn’t impunity; it’s accountability for those who flout the rules. If that looks like “shock troops” to Welch, perhaps he should reflect on why his party’s open-border fantasies have led to record fentanyl deaths, human trafficking, and strained public services.

Sanders laundry list of demands reads like a socialist wishlist designed to cripple enforcement while virtue-signaling to his base. “End warrantless arrests and prohibit stops based on race or language”? Newsflash, Bernie: Probable cause isn’t racism; it’s basic policing. ICE doesn’t pull over people for speaking Spanish—they target criminal aliens who’ve already broken laws. Data from the DHS’s own reports show that over 90% of ICE arrests involve individuals with criminal convictions or pending charges. But facts don’t matter in Sanders world; feelings do. “End qualified immunity for ICE and CBP agents”? That’s code for opening the floodgates to frivolous lawsuits, paralyzing agents with legal second-guessing while cartels laugh all the way to the bank. Qualified immunity isn’t a license to abuse; it’s protection against the weaponization of the courts by anti-border activists.

Then there’s the demand to “require ICE and CBP agents to be unmasked and clearly identified.” This smacks of hypocrisy from the party that cheered on masked Antifa rioters during the 2020 summer of love. In high-risk operations against violent gangs like MS-13—imported delights from Central America—agents need tactical flexibility, not name tags that make them targets for retaliation. “End detention and deportation of U.S. citizens”? A red herring; mistaken detentions are rare and swiftly corrected, but Sanders amplifies them to demonize the entire system. The real scandal is the thousands of Americans killed by illegal aliens who’ve been deported multiple times but keep sneaking back—think Kate Steinle or Laken Riley, victims of sanctuary city madness.

Sanders call to “investigate and prosecute DHS officers who break the law” is fair enough—if applied evenly. But where’s the outrage over sanctuary jurisdictions that harbor fugitives? Or the DOJ’s selective prosecutions under progressive administrations? And repealing “billions in funding for ICE and CBP” to redirect to “health care”? This is classic Bernie: rob Peter (border security) to pay Paul (universal entitlements for all comers). America’s health care system is already buckling under the weight of uninsured migrants—estimated at $20 billion annually in uncompensated care. Redirecting funds wouldn’t fix that; it’d exacerbate it by encouraging more illegal entries.

Let’s zoom out to the bigger picture. America’s founding stock heritage isn’t just nostalgia; it’s a blueprint for success. The Northwestern European descendants who dominated early America brought with them the Enlightenment values of limited government, rule of law, and meritocracy. IQ studies—backed by data from scholars like Charles Murray in The Bell Curve—show that populations with higher average intelligence build more prosperous, stable societies. Flooding the country with low-skilled migrants from regions with average IQs in the 80s-90s doesn’t elevate us; it drags us down. Crime rates, welfare dependency, and cultural fragmentation skyrocket. Look at Sweden or France: once homogeneous havens, now no-go zones riddled with immigrant-fueled violence. Sanders vision would turn America into that— a polyglot empire collapsing under its own diversity weight, as historian Lothrop Stoddard warned in The Rising Tide of Color a century ago.

Welch’s pledge to withhold funding until “accountability and a change in leadership” is equally myopic. Accountability starts with enforcing existing laws, not defunding the enforcers. If ICE is “aggressive,” it’s because the border crisis demands it: over 10 million encounters since 2021, per CBP data, including got-aways who vanish into the interior. Noem’s leadership isn’t the problem; it’s the solution to years of Obama-Biden laxity that turned the southern border into a superhighway for drugs, sex trafficking, and potential terrorists. Welch ties this to “recent controversial actions in Minnesota,” likely alluding to raids on migrant-heavy worksites or communities. But controversy doesn’t equal wrongdoing; it equals pushback from those profiting off cheap, illegal labor—businesses that undercut American wages and exploit vulnerable workers.

As for Rep. Becca Balint’s upcoming press conference at the State House—doubtless another echo chamber of progressive platitudes—expect more of the same: tears for “families torn apart,” ignoring the families torn apart by migrant rape, theft, and gang activity. Vermont, with its lily-white demographics and low immigration rates, is an odd pulpit for this crusade. But that’s the luxury of elites: virtue-signal from afar while the heartland bears the brunt. Balint, Sanders, and Welch represent a coastal (or in this case, lakeside) detachment from reality, where “compassion” means amnesty for all and citizenship as a participation trophy.

In conclusion, this trio’s attack on ICE isn’t about justice; it’s about eroding America’s sovereignty to advance a globalist agenda. The founding stock Americans—those rugged individualists who crossed oceans, fought natives, and forged a nation from scratch—didn’t build this for it to be given away. We owe it to their legacy to defend our borders with vigor, not apology. Defund DHS? Hell no—double down on it. Deport the criminals, secure the perimeter, and prioritize Americans first. Anything less is a betrayal of our high-IQ, high-achievement heritage. If Sanders wants a socialist utopia, let him move to Venezuela. Here in America, we’ll stick with the Constitution, the rule of law, and the unyielding spirit of our forebears. God bless the USA.