Democrats have been calling ICE agents Nazis and terrorists for weeks.
Now they're getting a history lesson they won't like.
And Obama's own words just came back to haunt Democrats in the most brutal way possible.
Billboard campaign exposes Democrat hypocrisy in three swing states
Conservative nonprofit Citizens for Sanity launched billboards across Georgia, North Carolina, and Michigan this week defending ICE agents from Democrat attacks.
The signs went up on major commuter routes as federal officers continue facing harassment and violence from anti-ICE mobs in Democrat cities.
"ICE officers are: fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts, cousins, friends," one billboard reads.
"Let them do their jobs."
Another warns protesters that "interfering with federal law enforcement operations is a crime" and "you could go to jail."
But the billboard that has Democrats squirming quotes their own hero.
Barack Obama in 2005: "Americans are right to demand better border security and better enforcement of the immigration laws."
The kicker appears in bold letters below Obama's quote.
"Hey liberals, what's changed?"
That's the question Democrats can't answer without admitting they abandoned common sense for radical woke politics.
One billboard targets the COVID crowd directly.
"The same people who wanted you to take 10 vaccines now want you to protest ICE."
Translation: the same authoritarians who demanded you obey government mandates now want you to attack government agents enforcing the law.
Democrats voted for border fencing before they called ICE officers Nazis
Obama didn't just give speeches about border security.
He voted for it.
The 2006 Secure Fence Act authorized 700 miles of fencing along the southern border and passed the Senate 80-19.
Hillary Clinton voted yes.
Joe Biden voted yes.
Chuck Schumer voted yes.
Twenty-six Democrat senators total supported building that fence.
Obama praised it on the Senate floor in October 2006, saying it would provide "better fences and better security along our borders" and "help stem some of the tide of illegal immigration."
Fast forward to 2026 and Democrats are singing a very different tune.
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz called ICE "the modern-day Gestapo" and claimed federal officers are launching a "war" on his state.
California Governor Gavin Newsom likened ICE to "secret police" and called them "authoritarian."
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker said ICE is turning the country into "Nazi Germany."
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass excused violent anti-ICE riots by comparing them to Lakers championship celebrations.
Minneapolis City Council Member Robin Wonsley accused ICE of carrying out "terrorist attacks."
The White House documented 57 separate instances of Democrat officials attacking ICE agents with vicious rhetoric.
These are federal law enforcement officers doing exactly what Congress authorized them to do.
Trump's crackdown exposes which party actually supports law enforcement
President Trump deployed thousands of ICE agents to Los Angeles, Chicago, and Minneapolis after taking office for his second term.
The operations arrested more than 4,000 criminal illegal aliens in Minneapolis alone.
But the crackdown sparked violent protests where two people died after confrontations with federal agents.
Alex Pretti and Renee Macklin Good were both shot and killed during anti-ICE protests in Minneapolis in January.
Democrats immediately blamed ICE and ramped up their attacks on federal officers.
Minnesota sued the Department of Homeland Security claiming the enforcement operations were "unconstitutional."
Chicago established an "Accountability Commission" to collect evidence against ICE agents and recommend criminal prosecutions.
Some Democrat prosecutors are actually discussing filing charges against federal agents for enforcing immigration law.
Let that sink in.
The party that spent four years screaming about "attacks on law enforcement" during the Trump-Russia hoax now wants to prosecute federal agents for doing their jobs.
But here's what terrifies Democrats.
Voters aren't buying their anti-ICE hysteria.
A Plymouth Union Public Research poll found 57% of Americans back Trump's immigration policies.
That same 57% believe federal agents should make deportation arrests without being harassed by protesters.
Even an Ipsos survey showing 62% think ICE went "too far" still found 23% said enforcement was "about right."
That means roughly one in four Americans supports aggressive immigration crackdowns despite non-stop media attacks and Democrat rage.
Those are swing state voters Democrats can't afford to lose.
Citizens for Sanity executive director Ian Prior said the billboards remind Americans "that enforcing the law isn't partisan, it's common sense."
"ICE officers put their lives on the line to keep communities safe — they deserve support, not obstruction," Prior stated.
The campaign targets high-traffic areas in states where immigration will decide the 2026 midterms.
Democrats know they're in trouble because working-class voters want secure borders and don't care about woke lectures.
Obama's 2005 quote proves Democrats once understood what Americans wanted.
Now they're stuck defending violent mobs attacking federal agents while calling for abolishing ICE.
Those billboards quoting Obama aren't going anywhere.
And Democrats are going to see them every single day until November.
Sources:
- Victor Nava, "Pro-ICE billboards calling out 'liberal hypocrisy' go up in swing states: 'Let them do their jobs'," New York Post, February 5, 2026.
- "Protests against mass deportation during the second Trump administration," Wikipedia, accessed February 5, 2026.
- "Will calls to 'abolish ICE' sway voters in 2026? The strategy has Democrats split," NPR, February 4, 2026.
- "57 Times Sick, Unhinged Democrats Declared War on Law Enforcement," The White House, January 2026.
- "Did Barack Obama Express Opposition to 'Undetected, Undocumented, Unchecked' Immigration?," Snopes, August 2, 2018.
- "In 2006, Democrats were saying 'build that fence!'," The Boston Globe, January 27, 2017.
