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COPS were forced to release a suspect arrested for immigration offences after angry crowds clashed with officers.

An army of people surrounded the Immigration Enforcement van chanting "let him go" in Peckham, south east London on Saturday.

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The stand off, which lasted for a number of hours, saw over 100 Londoners take to the streets in protest.

They congregated in Evans Cook Close in a bid to thwart the Home Office immigration raid, refusing to move unless the man was released.

The suspect had been detained inside a police van while a swarm of supporters obstructed its exit.

It is understood the man is Nigerian and was suspected of overstaying his visa.

Some demonstrators sat on the ground in front of the vehicle "eating ice lollies" in protest of his arrest.

Extraordinary footage captured the blockade, with crowds chanting "We won't be moving until the man is released," and "You say people, we say power, people power."

Despite Metropolitan Police officers being called to help out Home Office officials, they were unable to subdue the large group.

They eventually had to relent and announced the suspect would be released - much to the crowds' delight.

People were heard crying "Don't come back to Peckham," as they escorted the police van out of the estate.

The man, who had been arrested on suspected immigration offences, has now been released on bail.

A spokeswoman for the Home Office said: "Preventing immigration enforcement teams from doing their job is unacceptable.

"Blocking or obstructing them will not deter them from undertaking the duties that the public rightly expect them to carry out."

The Met Police confirmed they had been called shortly after 1:30pm "to a report of protesters obstructing immigration officers" and said officers remained at the scene shortly before 5pm.

A spokesman for the force said: "Officers attended and found a van was being prevented from leaving the location.

"One man has been arrested by immigration enforcement officers for immigration offences."

Eleanor Janega, 39, told PA: "We were alerted that there was an immigration raid in process so locals came down to block it.

"We had been sitting here blocking the van and having ice lollies.

"They brought more police in and tried to break through the crowd by pushing us. We all sat down."

Labour councillor Reginald Popoola said the crowd had "encircled the van peacefully", but some people were shoved.

Discussing the news the man had been released on bail, he proudly proclaimed: "He's being released, peaceful protest is powerful."

Another woman described how cops "gave up" trying to arrest demonstrators.

The activist explained: "Police tried to arrest a number of activists at the front, but they were held onto by others who were also sitting down and the police gave up.

"And finally, after a lot of protest, the police announced that they were going to release him.

"It took, I don't know, about half an hour for them to actually open the doors so we all stayed and called for this to happen quickly."

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Whether youre contemplating San Francisco voters recall of left-wing District Attorney Chesa Boudin or the plight of Democrats nationally as they face voters dismay at out-of-control inflation, immigration and crime, the question is liable to come to mind: What were they thinking?

Actually, there are some initially plausible answers. Weve just been informed this last week by Janet Yellen biographer Owen Ullmann that the treasury secretary argued in early 2021 for a smaller bill than the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan.

Yellen denied having opposed it outright. But she didnt deny sharing concerns that overspending would fuel inflation, as her Clinton administration predecessor Larry Summers argued in the Washington Post.

Whoever swept aside Yellens concerns perhaps bought leftists Modern Monetary Theory that the government can print as much money as it wants without risking inflation. Or that since the Obama administration ran deficits without spurring inflation after an economic shock, the Biden administration could do so after a quite different shock.

Which leaves you asking the question: What were they thinking?

Consider immigration. When Joe Biden became president, immigration was not out of control. Most immigrants were arriving legally, and the 2010-2019 decade saw a rising proportion of high-skill immigrants something those with multiple views of the issue favored.

The Biden administration promptly disrupted this equilibrium. It stopped construction of the border wall, presumably because Donald Trump promised to build it. It abrogated the Remain in Mexico policy Trump had pressured leftist Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to agree to. It treated border-crossers with accompanying children as asylum-seekers and allowed them into the United States.

Attempts to deny that this was an open borders policy were unpersuasive, starting with assigning the border to an obviously reluctant Vice President Kamala Harris. Her do not come speech in Guatemala and her four-hour trip to El Paso, Texas, had zero effect on the inflow.

The result was predictable. Border crossings have risen to record highs. The pro-restrictionist Center for Immigration Studies estimates that 1,350,000 illegal immigrants have entered the United States during the first 17 months of the Biden administration, about double the number of legal immigrants. That means the proportion of high-skill immigrants is lower.

Did the Biden administration think voters wanted more illegal and a lower proportion of high-skill immigration? What were they thinking?

As for crime, the disconnect between liberal officeholders and ordinary voters is most glaring in San Francisco. The city that voted for Biden 85% to 13% in 2020 voted this week 60% to 40% to recall, or remove from office, leftist DA Boudin.

Boudin backers blamed conservative Republicans, and probably both of them voted against him. But obviously, the biggest change of mind came from San Franciscans who initially liked Boudins ideas eliminating cash bail, classifying under-$950 minor thefts as misdemeanors, sternly punishing alleged police misconduct but didnt like the increased murders, brazen public thefts and feces-laden streets that resulted.

Political scientist Vladimir Kogan, while sympathetic to Boudins policies, points out that academic studies suggesting theyd be harmless failed to take into account the effect theyd have in practice. When you let defendants pending trial out on the streets, you intimidate witnesses. When you defund and overdiscipline the police, you no longer have proactive policing. All this leaves violence-prone young men free to commit crimes.

The phenomenon is not local. The death of George Floyd in May 2020, followed by mostly peaceful Black Lives Matter demonstrations that included violent riots in some 570 cities, resulted in the Ferguson effect on steroids as coined by Foxs Jesse Watters not just in San Francisco but around the country, and especially in cities with George Soros-type reform prosecutors.

So what were they all thinking?

Common threads in the thinking behind policies incentivizing out-of-control inflation, immigration and crime are the inclination to sympathize with those seen as victims and the assumption theyll respond with virtuous restraint.

But when you give people free money, they spend with little restraint. When you grant illegal immigrants free entry, they enter in vast numbers. When you let criminals go free, they maraud en masse. Its nice to be nice, but its foolish to expect everyone to be nice in return.

Michael Barone is a senior political analyst for the Washington Examiner, resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and longtime co-author of The Almanac of American Politics.

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This specific case revolved around an illegal immigrant who used someone elses social security number to get a job at a restaurant.

Kansas has a relatively tough stance towards illegal immigration, but those who come to the state legally are essentially welcomed with open arms. This is a similar stance to many other states in the nation. These states wish to encourage immigrants to come to the United States legally while respecting local and federal laws. While this philosophy is certainly understandable, there is a growing divide in the nation when it comes to immigration. Many believe that illegal immigrants should be given the same rights as legal immigrants, and that borders should be policed with a less draconian approach.

Regardless of where you stand on immigration law, its always a good idea to come to the United States legally. Fortunately, you can do this with relative ease by enlisting the help of a qualified, experienced immigration attorney in Kansas. These legal professionals can guide you towards a positive legal outcome and help you settle in the Sunflower State. By coming into the state legally, you can avoid a number of potential consequences, including deportation.

Kansas Has a History of Being Tough on Illegal Immigrants

In 2020, an illegal immigrant in Kansas was successfully convicted of identity theft after a Supreme Court decision went against him. The court also determined that the state itself could convict him of the crime without interfering with existing federal immigration laws. This ruling encouraged states across the nation to use identity laws to enforce immigration laws and sidestep federal regulations.

This specific case revolved around an illegal immigrant who used someone elses social security number to get a job at a restaurant. This led to a conviction under the states identity theft laws. Those who appealed this decision argued that this action basically allowed Kansas to create its own immigration laws, but the federal government sided with the Sunflower State when it went to the Supreme Court.

Kansas Senator Pushes Back Against Compensation for Illegal Immigrants

Kansas Senator Roger Marshall was one of many politicians who pushed back against Bidens plans to compensate illegal immigrants who had been separated from their families. In October, it was reported that the Biden administration was considering payments of up to $450,000 for families that had been separated. Marshall was one of 30 senators who signed an amendment to block these payments. He argued that this would incentivize more illegal crossings, stating:

As if President Biden leaving our southern border wide open for thousands of people to pour into our country isnt enough, now his administration plans to provide hundreds of illegal immigrants with $450,000 each as a reward for breaking the law.

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If youve been searching for a qualified, experienced immigration attorney in the Wichita area, there are many legal professionals waiting to assist you. While Kansas general stance towards immigration can seem daunting, its important to remember that the state is generally only tough on illegal immigration. If you work with an attorney and follow all of the various rules and regulations, you should be able to settle in Kansas without much of an issue. Book your consultation today and go over your legal options.

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After the volatile arguments about restrictions and mandates that dominated the pandemic, Kentucky Republicans were always going to make the 2023 gubernatorial race one big messy and emotional tirade against Gov. Andy Beshear.

But, when state Rep. Savannah Maddox from Dry Ridge officially entered the race on Monday, it became pretty clear a dominant Republican strategy is going to be straight-up crashing and burning every issue directly into fearmongering, buzzwords and opportunistic, divisive culture wars.

We remember Beshears lockdowns and mandates, Maddox says in her first campaign ad. We wonder how this could have happened in America. Its not leadership, its tyranny.

The ad accuses the governor of damaging the economy, keeping kids away from classrooms and infringing on the right to practice our Christian faith.

Theres no mention of the deadly virus that led to the shutdowns. Not one. Because, for her purpose, theres no sense in making people remember reason its just more effective to capitalize on fear, because thats the playbook.

Maddox, who sits at the far-right wing of state Republicans, groups herself into the liberty movement, one of the newest sprouts of the Tea Party tree that recently caused a few upsets of longterm Republican incumbents during the primary election in May in Northern Kentucky.

The liberty sect of the Republicans came into the limelight during the COVID shutdown, the same time when Maddox was at her most controversial. In May of 2020, Kentucky Democrats called on Republican leaders to censure Maddox after she riled up a crowd which included 3 Percenters who were angry with the governor in front of the Capitol. Democrats argued that Maddoxs actions intensified the actions of the protesters, who, on a later day, hung an effigy of Beshear from a tree. She also caught some heat after posing with a man who flashed a white supremacist hand gesture in their photo.

Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron, the other high-profile candidate on the early Republican ticket for governor, is set to bring the same sort of battle to Beshear, although in a more subtle way. In 2020, Cameron sued Beshear over COVID-19 measures and whether or not the governor overstepped his executive authority.

Andy Beshear is not uniting Kentucky, Cameron said in his first campaign ad. This governor does not reflect our values.

Cameron, a Mitch McConnell protege, comes from the school of being careful with your words and aggressive with your power plays.

Its an interesting juxtaposition, Cameron and Maddox, because it seems like the GOP is hedging its bets. The plan is to clearly paint Beshear as a power-hungry extremist, but theyre going to beta test in the primary who they want their artist to be, an unpredictable mad-dog candidate in Maddox that can inflame and distort, or a more smooth and manipulative candidate in Cameron, who has more poise and charm.

Either way, the attacks are incoming, but their information war is going to be uphill.

According to a Morning Consult poll in April, Beshear is the most popular Democratic governor in America, with 59% of registered voters in Kentucky approve of Beshears job performance while 36% disapprove.

Plus, its hard to think back on the early stages of the pandemic or the aftermath of the tornado damage in Western Kentucky, and not recall Beshears sincerity and dedication. On the economic front, theres the historic battery park investments and wildly low unemployment rate. And anyone calling a Beshear a radical liberal doesnt have their finger on the pulse of the political spectrum.

At this point, theyre just seeing what faulty narratives can stick.

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TRANSGENDER cyclist Emily Bridges has become the latest person to attack the Prime Minister.

And, in doing so, may have shown him a route to winning the next General Election.

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Boris Johnson said biological men should not compete against women in sporting contests.

This, of course, upset Bridges, who was born a bloke and claims to have received death threats after Boriss intervention.

If so, that is horrible and to be utterly condemned.

This weird culture war over transgenderism often gets nastily personal. It should not.

Transgender people deserve as much love, respect and freedom from discrimination as everybody else in society.

But it still does not mean that a man who transitions actually is a woman.

That is a denial of scientific fact.

Its all there in the chromosomes and the muscles and the testosterone and the bone structure. Boris, for once, was right.

And I would bet at least 90 per cent of the population agree with him about that.

This demand to have men competing against women in sport, and transitioned men in womens prisons, is driven by a very loud, very shrill, tiny minority.

And I reckon the general public dont like it one bit.

They are on the side of Harry Potter author JK Rowling, who also gets death threats for suggesting such a thing as a woman exists.

The Conservatives have been spectacularly useless in standing up for common sense in this so-called culture war.

It was under the Conservatives that more and more children were subjected to life-changing transitional treatment at the Tavistock clinic, with the row over when young people can consent to this sort of thing going all the way to the Court of Appeal.

Its under the Conservatives that pro-trans propaganda gets fed to our kids in schools.

The Conservatives have done nothing to stop the ludicrous decolonising of university subjects and national institutions.

All because these are sensitive subjects and the Tories dont want to get themselves into trouble.

But the voters know exactly what a woman is: An adult human female, with a cervix (and often a large collection of shoes).

Transgender people deserve as much love, respect and freedom from discrimination as everybody else in society. But it still does not mean that a man who transitions actually is a woman.

They dont like children being force-fed progressive idiocies by teachers echoing the awful Stonewall campaigning organisation.

They are proud of their country.

They believe in freedom of speech and the right to offend.

Voters in the Red Wall seats are especially hot on the subject. I know because I live in one of them. And at election time, I knock on doors asking them.

Labour and the pointless Lib Dems both sign up to all the progressive culture-war b****cks.

So this is Boriss chance to put clear blue water between his party and the rest.

Roll back the measures introduced that advance the case of transgendered people while discriminating against women.

Stick up for freedom of speech. Tell the race campaigners we are proud of our country and its history, even if we made mistakes in the past.

Take a stand on these issues.

And then maybe, just maybe, some of those deserting voters will come back into the Conservative fold.

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AND so Boris wants us to draw a line under everything and move on. With almost half of the parliamentary party against him.

I, for one, dont doubt the BBC and ITV, who hate Boris, overdid the Partygate stuff.

I dont doubt, either, a lot of the hatred towards him in his own party is because of Brexit.

But he should still have gone.

Apart from anything else, that would be about the only way the Tories can win the next election.

My suspicion is he will go sooner rather than later.

Something new will come out. It always does, with Boris.

FOR a long time Ive thought that once our Queen has gone, the monarchy will have had it.

And yet there was a magnificent turnout for Her Majs Platinum Jubilee celebrations.

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Thats the silent majority of this country, for once turning out and letting their voices be heard.So maybe theres some life left in the institution yet.

I just wish we could maybe skip a generation and move on to Prince William.

Hes a bit earnest and not exactly packed to the brim with charisma.

But there is something quietly likeable about the bloke, and he seems to take his duties seriously.

IF I had to make a list of people I really dont want to become Prime Minister of this country, Jeremy Hunt would definitely be in my top 20.

Somewhere between Nicola Sturgeon and Harry Maguire.

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What do I dislike about him? Well, first and foremost, his politics.

He was a devout Remainer over Brexit.

And hes a liberal. A liberal with the same arrogance as those other clapped-out old liberals, Kenneth Clarke and Michael Heseltine.

Also, hes got one of those smiles which seems to say: Im smiling at you right now, but look away for a moment and Ill set fire to your puppy.

Hes the favourite of the Tory Remainer fringe.

Let us hope to hell he stands no chance of getting the job.

Should it ever become available.

IS the new series of Love Island being run by the old white government of South Africa? It was like apartheid.

The paired-off couples were strictly segregated by a viewer vote. Black with black, white with white.

It was like watching a scene from Alabama in the 1950s.

Maybe they should have separate areas for the black and white couples to dine in, too.

Utterly bizarre.

HERES a question for you.

If the presence of Sudan, Pakistan, Libya and China on the United Nations Human Rights Council has not persuaded you the UN is an absurd waste of time and money, what will?

How about the country that now has leadership of the UN-backed Conference On Disarmament?

Guess which one it is.

Go on.

I bet you can do it.

Yep, North Korea.

I GAVE up smoking last year without much of a problem.

Id been on almost 60 a day for the best part of 45 years, and giving up was nowhere near as bad as I thought it would be.

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But I dont regret having smoked for all that time even if it did sometimes mean weird black stuff came out of my lungs every so often.

I enjoyed it.

I knew it wasnt great for my health but I thought the risk was worth it.

So Ive got mixed feelings about this plan submitted to Health Secretary Sajid Javid to raise the age at which you can smoke to 21.

There are lots of ways we injure our health lack of exercise, eating family packs of Doritos, getting p***ed and so on.

And I still think it should be down to the individual to decide what he or she intends to do, not government.

ENGLAND manager Gareth Southgate got a lot of praise from his mates in the Press for his substitutions in the game against Germany.

Why? All he did was bring on a player Jack Grealish who should have been on right from the start.

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Im telling you right now: We will not win a tournament under that man.

And the knee-bending stuff has become utterly ridiculous.

Meanwhile, we had to endure Channel 4s awful coverage of the game.

It was woker than a newborn baby at three oclock in the morning.

The producers no longer care about what the on-screen pundits say and how useful they are to the audience just as long as its politically correct.

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