The image is heartbreaking.
An 11-year-old boy — barely 4-foot tall, dressed like he’s ready to play in a youth soccer game — being arrested by the NYPD after allegedly committing a violent mugging.
He wasn’t just an accomplice, either. He was the “main aggressor,” beating the victim when he tried to get his phone back.
The Biden-Harris administration and liberal laws are directly responsible for this tragedy.
Our open borders have become an invitation to gangs from Venezuela, which are setting up shop in hotel rooms paid for by New York City taxpayers, then dispatching members to shoplift or purse-snatch from scooters. The young are carefully taught violence and thievery.
They are also taught what suckers New Yorkers are. Adults are barely prosecuted for larceny, never serve jail time, and there’s no chance of deportation. So what chance is there that a kid will face any sort of consequences? None.
Child services? Overwhelmed, understaffed and poisoned by an ideology that says children should never be removed from their parents no matter how terrible the environment.
Democrats have given absolutely no thought to how millions of migrants will be integrated into society. In fact, they encourage illegal behavior, such as working without permit or visa.
So our hotels have become Dickensian tragedies, with bloodthirsty cartels and child criminals.
This poor kid is a victim. The person who was beaten and robbed was a victim. We are all victims of a perverse system being encouraged by our leaders who care not one whit about any of us.