Illegal alien woman demands citizenship, goes ballistic in Espanol: calls for end of ICE doing their job

In a bold stand for the sacred right to ignore the law for decades while expecting freebies, furious Americans took to social media to blast an illegal alien who has been present in the United States for 37 years after she demanded amnesty in a Spanish rant alongside top Democratic Party leaders.

"I ask that you be champions of a change in the immigration laws," said Margarita Cielo Balbuena, in Spanish, flanked by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and Rep. Rob Menendez (D-NJ), through an interpreter earlier this week. 

"We need a path to citizenship for those of us that have been present for at least seven years in this country," she continued. "We need a stop to these raids that immigration is using to terrorize Dover [New Jersey]." 

Basically, Balbuena wants ICE to stop doing their damn job.

"It is not just that someone like me, who has been in this country since 1989, [and still doesn't speak English] who pays taxes, who is a homeowner, who is a business owner who gives work to others, someone who has children and grandchildren who are born in this country — that I have to suffer the psychological and physical abuse and that I also have to suffer the humiliation that is the violent arrest and detention in a detention center," said Cielo Balbuena.

By violent arrest, Balbuena is referring to being arrested without incident. No wounds, no blood, but somehow it's violent.

The foreign-born woman was detained in ICE's Elizabeth Detention Center for two months, and claimed that she was treated inhumanely, according to the New Jersey Globe. Apparently, being held for repeatedly violating U.S. immigration law after nearly four decades of freeloading off the system counts as "abuse" in the progressive dictionary.

Jeffries faces growing pressure as democratic socialist-backed candidates gain influence in New York, raising new questions about the party's ideological direction. But online opponents of illegal immigration were not sympathetic to Cielo Balbuena's call. 

Shockingly, some people still believe that entering and remaining in a country illegally for 37 years does not entitle you to a participation trophy and a passport. 

Among her most prominent and harshest critics was former U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) commander-at-large Gregory Bovino."You have lived in the United States since 1989. That is 37 years. You still need a translator," he said. "At a Democratic event you stood up and demanded a path to citizenship for anyone who has been here just 7 years," Bovino continued. "Notice the arrogance. Notice the entitlement." 

He went on to claim that Democrats' open borders policies allowed so many foreigners into the country so quickly that "assimilation is no longer required." 

"There can be no amnesty and there can be no exceptions. All illegals must go," the John Birch Society said on X in response to the video. 

"No English. No citizenship," said popular online personality Brigitte Gabriel. "No. Someone who wanted to be a citizen would care enough to learn the language. In any country," said another post that garnered over 1,000 likes.

"Immediate deportation," said actor Matthew Marsden. "A just country that cares about its citizens should defend it. That includes getting rid of people like this."

Rep. Jeffries spoke at the event, and demanded the closure of Delaney Hall, another ICE detention facility in New Jersey that was subject to intense protests and sometimes violent riots for months earlier this year. 

"Delaney Hall needs to be shut down," Jeffries said. "That will remain a high priority for us until it takes place. The behavior that ICE is engaging in is inconsistent with our values and what America should represent." [The values Jeffries refers to is the end to law and order, open borders, and defunding the police.]

The White House fired back in a statement to Fox News Digital, saying: "These types of smears by sanctuary politicians are contributing to our ICE law enforcement officers facing a more than 1,300% increase in assaults against them and an 8,000% increase in death threats. Our ICE officers are heroes who put their lives on the line to arrest murderers, rapists, pedophiles, gang members, and terrorists from American communities. Democrats must stop demonizing our officers for simply enforcing our nation’s laws," White House spokeswoman Lauren Bis said. 

At press time, Democrats were still searching for a way to explain how demanding citizenship after 37 years of lawbreaking while needing a translator somehow advances the cause of justice, fairness, and not turning America into a free-for-all.

Ya es hora de deportar a todos los extranjeros ilegales.

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Cincinnati's former white female police chief once was sued by subordinates for alleged discrimination against white male cops

Cincinnati just fired its police chief after a disastrous run marked by skyrocketing crime and tone-deaf leadership.

A termination announcement revealed that Teresa Theetge was "begged" to put more officers on the streets during a crime-riddled summer last year. She was removed from her role as the city's top law enforcement officer on Thursday after only about three years on the job. She previously served as a police officer in Cincinnati for 35 years.

City Manager Sheryl Long made Theetge's termination announcement.

"I recognize Chief Theetge’s more than 35 years of service to the Cincinnati Police Department and to this City. At the same time, after completing this review, it’s become clear that a change in leadership is necessary for the department moving forward," Long said in a statement to Fox News Digital.

In a scathing termination letter, Long blasted Theetge for what she viewed as ineffective leadership and poor communication, including failing to adhere to a summer anti-violence plan."As just one example, you admitted you did not agree with the City’s Summer Safety Plan, which included more police coverage in the urban core, and you admitted that I begged you to fill the police work details called for in the summer plan."

This is the kind of accountability cities desperately need but rarely deliver when progressive experiments in policing go off the rails.

Cincinnati found itself under national scrutiny last August after a viral beatdown in the city's downtown left a woman with neurological damage. In the early-morning hours of July 26, a confrontation outside the LoVe nightclub in the downtown business district led to a horrific beatdown captured on video. The footage spread like wildfire on social media, showing at least two White victims pummeled into the ground by a group of Black suspects. Even after the victims were down, the attackers kept stomping away, leaving one with a possibly life-altering brain injury.

Over the next month, seven people were arrested and charged in connection with the beating. Long also ripped Theetge for two shootings in the Fountain Square area downtown last October, saying she "failed to provide leadership in response to two shootings" in the area that month.

"You further admitted that on October 14 (the day after the second shooting) you chose to go to a play rather than attend a public safety town hall meeting . . . " Long wrote in the termination letter, later adding that Theetge "should not need to be told to attend a public safety meeting . . .  the night after a shooting on Fountain Square."

Priorities like that speak volumes.

Adding to the mess, in May of last year four White male officers filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Theetge, the city's first female police chief and a woman as white as milk. They accused her of passing them over for promotions and preferred assignments because of their race and sex.

"Defendants’ intentional and discriminatory practices in assigning Lieutenants to preferred assignments has disproportionately favored non-White males and/or females, without legitimate, non-discriminatory justification, thereby denying Plaintiffs equal employment opportunities," the suit says in part.

"The City and Chief Theetge have actively and systemically undertaken efforts to promote, advance, and make promotion and assignment decisions that are preferable to women and minorities, and to the exclusion of white men, including through hiring, diversity initiatives, outreach programs, promotional processes, and other steps that demonstrate both a systemic practice of discrimination against white males, and that there are background circumstances to support the suspicion that the defendant is that unusual employer who discriminates against the majority," the lawsuit also says.

Another blue city learns the hard way that DEI policing and weak leadership produce exactly the chaos you would expect.

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Former SC court clerk in Murdaugh murder trial arrested on severa felonies

He killed his son and his wife; she tried to make a killing with a book

Folks, let me tell you, down in South Carolina, they’ve gone and charged Becky Hill, the former Colleton County court clerk who ran the show during Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial, with a whole mess of felonies. Now, this ain’t like spilling sweet tea at a church picnic; this is serious business.

Last year, the State Ethics Commission pointed their finger at Ms. Hill, 57, saying she was using her fancy title as clerk to fatten her wallet, pushing a book about the Murdaugh case. She even owned up to lifting some words for that book and said, “My bad.” 

But the Colleton County website’s whispering she’s also got a “hold for South Carolina Law Enforcement Division.” Sounds like she’s in hotter water than a crawfish in a Low-country boil.

Now, we don’t know the exact charges yet, but Dick Harpootlian, Murdaugh’s lawyer, ain’t shocked. He told Fox News Digital, “We are aware of the charges filed against Becky Hill, and while these developments are serious, they are not surprising. We have long raised our concerns about her conduct during and after the trial and this arrest further underscores the need to protect the integrity of the judicial process. Every defendant is entitled to a fair and impartial trial and we look forward to Alex Murdaugh finally getting that fair treatment.” That’s lawyer talk for, “We been sayin’ she was up to no good, and now everybody’s seeing it.”

Word is, Hill was playin’ fast and loose with federal money, sending herself nigh on $10,000 in bonuses disguised as child support. She was handing out Easter goodies, Mother’s and Father’s Day gifts, Valentine’s trinkets, paint supplies, flowers, fancy meals, office furniture, and—get this—dog food, bones, and a dog bed. Sounds like she was running the clerk’s office like her personal piggy bank.

Back in January 2024, Supreme Court Justice Jean Toal said Murdaugh, who got nailed for killing his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul, in June 2021, didn’t need a new trial. Murdaugh’s team was hollering about jury tampering by Hill, but Toal wasn’t buying it. Outta 12 jurors who said Murdaugh was guilty in 2023, 11 swore Hill didn’t sway ‘em. One fella said he heard her talking about Murdaugh’s body language, but it didn’t change his mind.

Now, The State newspaper’s sayin’ Hill’s facing a perjury indictment. 

Eric Bland, a South Carolina lawyer who stood up for folks Murdaugh swindled, posted on X Wednesday, “I used to think that there was very little chance that our South Carolina Supreme Court would reverse former Chief Justice Jean Toal’s decision in February 2024 when she denied Alex Murdaugh a new trial on his double murder conviction because of Becky Hill alleged jury interference. I thought that if he was to get any relief, it would come after he exhausted his state court appeals and it would be on the federal level. According to the State Paper, the perjury charge arises out of her testimony that she gave in the February 2024 hearing in front of Justice Toal. I think this further complicates the situation and increases the chances that he will get a reversal and a new trial. 

It still will come down to whether the federal standard for alleged jury tampering should have been applied by Justice Toal or she was correct in applying the state standard.” 

That’s a mouthful, but he’s saying Hill’s fibbing might just give Murdaugh a shot at a do-over.

Hill, who was clerk for about four years, stepped down in March after those jury tampering claims but swore it wasn’t because of the trial ruckus. At a news conference, she said, “Another significant impact in our clerk’s office was in 2023, when we had to manage one of the biggest trials in South Carolina history. Our small town came together and made everyone proud. Managing a trial with such importance to the people of South Carolina, as well as to the national and international media interest and public scrutiny, has caused me to reflect upon decisions involving my stay in the office of the clerk of court.” 

She added she was quitting to focus on being a wife, mama, and grandma, and to give other Republicans a fair shake at her job in 2024.

Her old lawyer, Justin Bamberg, who also helped Murdaugh’s victims, said at a March presser that Hill’s exit had nothing to do with any investigations. But, folks, when the law’s circling like buzzards over a roadkill, you gotta wonder if the truth’s been stretched thinner than a politician’s promise.

So, there you have it—Becky Hill’s in a heap of trouble, and it’s shaking up Murdaugh’s case like a hurricane hitting the Carolina coast. Stay tuned, because this story’s got more twists than a backroad in the Palmetto State.

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