Fun Fact: An Insurrection is not Required for the Insurrection Act to Require the President to Protect Citizens of a State

[Seymour Flops]

Democrats and "not Democrats get hung up on Sec. 332, which authorizes state governments or legislatures to request federal help. They believe their case is made if the governors or legislatures do not make that request, so they don't go to the next section:


Sec. 333. Interference with State and Federal law

The President, by using the militia or the armed forces, or both, or by any other means,
shall take such measures as he considers necessary to suppress, in a State, any
insurrection, domestic violence, unlawful combination, or conspiracy, if it--

(1) so hinders the execution of the laws of that State, and of the United States
within the State, that any part or class of its people is deprived of a right, privilege,
immunity, or protection named in the Constitution and secured by law, and the
constituted authorities of that State are unable, fail, or refuse to protect that right,
privilege, or immunity, or to give that protection; or

(2) opposes or obstructs the execution of the laws of the United States or impedes
the course of justice under those laws.

In any situation covered by clause (1), the State shall be considered to have denied the
equal protection of the laws secured by the Constitution.

Sec. 334. Proclamation to disperse

Whenever the President considers it necessary to use the militia or the armed forces under
this chapter, he shall, by proclamation, immediately order the insurgents or those
obstructing the enforcement of the laws to disperse and retire peaceably to their abodes
within a limited time.

So if a states government or legislature refuses to protect its citizens, residents, and legal travelers from criminals who interfere with their rights, it is the president's duty to use the militia or armed forces.

 

[Seymour Flops]

ICE Officers have just as much right to enforce federal law unimpeded by the mob as IRS auditors, EPA Compliance Officers, and OSHA Inspectors.

To not protect the ICE officers from the mobs would deny them their equal protection, just as surely as when Democratic Governers failed to protect black citizens from groups like the Ku Klux Klan.

 

[Blaster]

Lets get rid of all illegals.