Yes, she actually went there. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass griped that it is now “hard” to get a car wash in her sanctuary city because federal immigration authorities have been arresting illegal alien criminals. Democrat elitists always have the wrong priorities.
It is almost startling how similar Democrat rhetoric is now about illegal immigration to what Democrat rhetoric was about slavery in the 19th century. They really do use many of the same talking points. They used to argue that they needed slaves to do agricultural, food service, and other manual labor jobs for no money. Now they say they need illegal aliens to do agricultural, food service, and other manual labor jobs for very little money. And both in the 19th century and the 21st century, Democrats took it upon themselves to declare that this situation really was/is compassionate and kind for everyone involved.
LA Mayor Bass on ICE operations cleaning up Los Angeles: “It really amounts to hunting people that look like they're Latino. It's hard to get your car washed in LA now.” pic.twitter.com/ATvS3Cb1nt
— TheBlaze (@theblaze) September 9, 2025
Bass ridiculously claimed that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is “hunting people that look like they’re Latino” and whined, “It’s hard to get your car washed in LA now. Why? Because they prey on car washes.” Who cares if immigration brings a huge crime wave, an increase in child trafficking, and significant job loss for Americans. Bass wants to get a car wash easily and at as cheap a price as possible.
Perhaps someone should tell her that as of last year, a majority of American Hispanics supported mass deportations. It is outrageous to claim that ICE is somehow being racist — heck, a lot of ICE agents are themselves Latino. This has nothing to do with race, and everything to do with enforcing our laws to protect Americans.
Interestingly, Bass and her fellow Democrats in California didn’t seem to give a hoot when countless Americans could not access restaurants, schools, churches, hotels, airports, and many other businesses because of the COVID-19 lockdowns (Dems always excepted themselves from these restrictions, of course). COVID lockdowns disrupted supply chains and caused near-famine in many countries, primarily affecting black and brown people. But when illegal aliens are being arrested and Democrats can no longer use them for cheaper labor and election rigging, now the Democrats are concerned.
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It is here worth noting that many American companies, from car washes to hotels to farms to construction companies, deliberately hire illegal aliens because they can pay less and provide worse working conditions. It is not because Americans won’t take the jobs. In fact, for instance, a majority of construction workers in America are still American citizens. But the percentage of illegal alien construction workers is disproportionate to their overall percentage of the population because some companies prefer to hire them. This steals jobs from American citizens and legal immigrants.
Just look at the Hyundai battery plant, which the Biden White House claimed would create jobs for Americans, but which was recently found to be employing over 450 illegal aliens.
Bass can suck it up on car washes. Protecting American jobs and American citizens is more important than a cheap auto rinse.
