Christmas is usually a time for gratitude, reflection, and maybe thinking about people who actually follow the law. Hope Walz had a different idea. The daughter of Tim Walz took to TikTok this week to deliver a holiday message aimed not at crime victims or struggling American families, but at illegal aliens she claims are being “terrorized” by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
According to Hope Walz, ICE agents working through Christmas Day to enforce federal law are the real villains. In her TikTok rant, she wished illegal aliens a Merry Christmas and said she was holding them “near and dear” to her heart, along with the unhoused and “anybody that may be struggling right now.” It was a carefully curated performance, heavy on emotion and light on reality.
What made the timing especially rich is that ICE agents were actively conducting enforcement operations in Minnesota, including raids in what is commonly known as Little Somalia. These agents were not at home opening presents. They were on the job, dealing with dangerous situations, following leads, and doing work politicians love to criticize and never want to personally handle.
Hope Walz accused ICE of terrorizing communities, as if showing up with warrants and evidence is some kind of moral failing. What she did not mention, not even once, were the Americans victimized or killed by illegal aliens. There was no sympathy for families who lost loved ones to crimes that never should have happened. There was no acknowledgment that immigration laws exist for a reason.
That silence was noticed. Her video spread quickly and the reaction was not exactly warm and fuzzy. Online critics wasted no time pointing out the selective compassion on display. Wishing Merry Christmas to people who broke the law while ignoring the people harmed by that lawlessness is not kindness. It is privilege dressed up as virtue.
Hope Walz’s comments also highlight the growing gap between political elites and everyday Americans. For many families, especially in places like Minnesota, immigration enforcement is not an abstract debate. It affects public safety, schools, hospitals, and community trust. Pretending ICE agents are cartoon villains does not change the facts on the ground.
This was not a call for balanced reform or serious policy discussion. It was a TikTok rant designed for applause from people who never have to live with the consequences of open-border ideology. It is easy to send “love and light” when you are insulated from the fallout.
ICE agents do not get viral praise videos. They get criticized, smeared, and second-guessed while doing work that keeps communities safer. They do it anyway. That is the part Hope Walz skipped over entirely.
In the end, the backlash to her video says more than the video itself. Americans are tired of selective empathy and performative outrage. Christmas messages that ignore victims while remembering only lawbreakers tend to land exactly where they deserve to, with an eye roll and a hard pass.
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