Democrat Congressman Floats Arrests For Trump Officials Over Immigration Enforcement, Calls Deportations “Kidnapping” On MSNBC

**Democrat Congressman Floats Arrests for Trump Officials Over Immigration Enforcement, Calls Deportations “Kidnapping” on MSNBC**

In a stunning moment of partisan hysteria, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) went on MSNBC’s *The Rachel Maddow Show* and suggested that Trump Administration officials could be charged with *kidnapping*—all because they dared to enforce immigration laws and remove criminal illegal aliens from the country.

That’s right: in today’s upside-down Democrat Party, arresting a liberal judge who shields criminal migrants is considered *authoritarian*, but jailing federal officials for doing their jobs is suddenly “due process.”

The remarks came during a fiery segment on April 25, 2025, in which Maddow and Raskin breathlessly attacked President Trump for the recent arrest of Judge Hannah Dugan in Wisconsin. Judge Dugan allegedly defied federal immigration authorities and helped a migrant criminal evade arrest—a move that would get any average citizen charged with obstruction of justice. But for Democrats, this judge is now some sort of martyr.

Calling the arrest “reckless” and “crazy,” Maddow teed up Raskin to deliver his usual anti-Trump screed. He wasted no time, accusing the Trump Administration of “an intense assault on judicial independence” and claiming the President’s cabinet was “disobeying federal court orders systematically.” He even invoked the name of Judge James Boasberg—a George W. Bush appointee known for his liberal rulings on immigration—as a supposed neutral figure condemning Trump’s actions.

But Raskin didn’t stop there.

In a moment of stunning legal overreach, he floated the idea that Trump officials who deported illegal aliens despite Judge Boasberg’s order could themselves be arrested. “They could be arrested for interfering with a legal proceeding and perhaps other criminal charges like kidnapping,” Raskin declared, parroting Maddow’s earlier suggestion.

Let’s be clear: we’re now living in an era where enforcing federal immigration law is equated with kidnapping—and obstructing that enforcement makes you a hero on MSNBC.

Raskin also called for public outrage and a Congressional response, claiming that Trump is steering the nation toward dictatorship. “We’re rediscovering the two most beautiful words in the English language: due process,” he said. Apparently, “border security” and “national sovereignty” didn’t make his shortlist.

This interview reveals the twisted priorities of today’s Democrat leadership. When a judge harbors an illegal alien with a criminal record, the Biden-era Left rushes to defend her under the banner of “judicial independence.” But when federal agents carry out court-approved deportations, suddenly it’s a crime worth prosecuting.

Let’s not forget: under the Trump Administration, the focus is once again on protecting American families, restoring law and order, and securing our borders—something the radical Left has fought tooth and nail to prevent.

If Democrats like Rep. Raskin have their way, law-abiding patriots will be in handcuffs while sanctuary judges walk free. But with Trump leading the charge, Americans are seeing through the smokescreen—and taking back control of their country.