What Do Democrats And Nancy Guthrie’s Kidnappers Have In Common?
I & I Editorial Board
February 12, 2026
“That’s the leverage that we have.” – Rep. Shri Thandar, D-Mich.
As the FBI scrambles to find Nancy Guthrie’s abductors, Democrats in Congress are preparing their own kind of kidnapping. Except, instead of one victim, they want to hold the entire country hostage.
After shutting the government down for a record 43 days last fall in the vain hope of keeping “temporary” Obamacare subsidies in place, the once respectable political party has now decided on an even more bizarre and disturbing kidnapping scheme.
It plans to hold funding for the Department of Homeland Security hostage if it can’t convince Republicans to agree to ICE “reforms.”
Except that, while Immigration and Customs Enforcement is housed in the DHS, Republicans secured funding for ICE as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. So, the shutdown won’t have any effect on deportations.
What it will have an effect on are things such as:
Protecting the American people from terrorist threats
Safeguarding cyberspace
Running airport security
Operating the Coast Guard
Handling responses to natural disasters
Oh, and shutting down DHS will also harm the processing of applications for work permits, green cards, naturalization, and asylum for legal immigrants.
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