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Pike Place Market canceled an event that hoped to ignorantly compare Japanese internment during World War II and President Donald Trump’s immigration raids that are arresting and deporting dangerous, criminal illegal immigrants. Of course, the Radical Left is upset. So be it.

The so-called 鈥淒ay of Remembrance and Resistance,鈥� planned by Tsuru for Solidarity, wasn鈥檛 just about the forced internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. It was a not-so-thinly veiled attack on Trump and his promise to deport illegal immigrants. The event鈥檚 own description made it clear: the goal was to draw parallels between Japanese Americans being locked in camps without cause and illegal immigrants facing deportation. That鈥檚 not historical reflection; it鈥檚 propaganda.

Pike Place Market has no obligation to play host to such a dishonest and divisive narrative.

No, Japanese internment is not the same as deporting illegal immigrants

Let’s not pretend that enforcing immigration law is the same thing as forcing American citizens into camps based on their race. It鈥檚 not.

Japanese Americans during World War II were stripped of their rights as citizens, had their businesses stolen, and were forcibly relocated simply because of their ancestry. Illegal immigrants, on the other hand, have broken the law by entering or remaining in the country without authorization. That鈥檚 a distinction that even the most basic understanding of law should make clear, but for the professional activists at Tsuru for Solidarity, facts are inconvenient.

Like many on the Radical Left, Tsuru for Solidarity is framing all deportations as unjust. They’re not. Even a casual look at those that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have recently detained shows these very necessary and welcome.

Dangerous criminals are being targeted by ICE

Jose Marin-Lozano was taken into custody on February 11 by ICE鈥檚 Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers. According to ICE, authorities in El Salvador had issued a warrant for his arrest for aggravated homicide on Sept. 21, 2020. Then, on June 9, 2021, the country issued another arrest warrant for aggravated homicide, proposition and conspiracy in the crime of aggravated homicide.

Francisco Gallegos-Barbosa was recently charged with second-degree murder. Police say they’ve connected him to a fatal drive-by shooting in Auburn that killed an innocent bystander. He is a Mexican citizen who was previously removed from this country in 2018 and has five felony convictions in Washington, according to a spokesperson from ICE Seattle, who confirms is now subject to an ICE detainer.

Targeting these two criminals is akin to placing Japanese in an internment camp?

Deportation isn鈥檛 some rogue authoritarian move; it鈥檚 federal law. Criminal illegal immigrants 鈥� yes, criminals 鈥� are being deported for committing crimes, sometimes violent ones. Should the government just let them stay? Are sanctuary city fanatics seriously arguing that the U.S. is morally obligated to house, feed, and protect people who break our laws?

Pike Place Market still acted cowardly

Pike Place Market made the right choice by recognizing that this event was not about reflection or healing 鈥� it was about 鈥渞esistance.鈥� That鈥檚 the term they used, right in the event description. And resistance means only one thing in Seattle: anti-Trump, left-wing political activism.

The market鈥檚 foundation is there to support vendors, assist low-income residents, and maintain one of Seattle鈥檚 most famous landmarks鈥攏ot to host activist rallies disguised as 鈥渞emembrance.鈥� The second they allow one partisan event, they set a precedent where every special interest group demands a platform. And let鈥檚 be honest: If this had been an event supporting immigration enforcement, these same activists would be screaming for its cancellation.

Of course, Pike Place Market still cowardly caved to the inevitable outrage mob, issuing a groveling apology for supposedly harming 鈥淛apanese American advocates and neighbors who are threatened by federal deportation policies.鈥� They say they “want to be better allies moving forward.” In the context of the ICE raids, does the Pike Place Market wish to be allies to murderers and rapists?

This wasn’t about Japanese internment

The activists behind Tsuru for Solidarity love playing the victim, so no doubt Pike Place Market will earn some flack from the Radical Left. Charles Mudede penned his usual bad faith column in聽The Stranger with the claim that Pike Place Market went full-on “MAGA.” He contrived that the event was canceled because it offended white people.

But the apology was unnecessary. Tsuru for Solidarity should apologize for exploiting the history of Japanese internment to attack Trump and advocate for keeping violent criminals in this country illegally. If they even cared about Japanese internment victims, they wouldn’t make this about Trump.

Pike Place Market did nothing wrong by rejecting a partisan and ignorant political event. In fact, they did the community a favor by keeping their focus on what actually matters鈥攕erving the people who live and work there.

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