It is no secret that there is no ideology more dangerous for women and children than progressivism and this week Sen. Liz Warren confirmed it.

Warren — viewed as a likely 2020 Democratic presidential contender — was asked on CNN’s “New Day” about toughening immigration laws after 20-year-old Iowa college student Mollie Tibbetts’ brutal murder. An alleged illegal immigrant has been arrested.

“I’m so sorry for the family and I know this is hard, not only for the family but for the people in her community, the people throughout Iowa,” Warren said about Tibbetts. “But, one of the things we have to remember is we need an immigration system that is effective, that focuses on where real problems are.”

Warren then took a left turn off the subject and complained about border security.

“Last month, I went down to the border and I saw where children had been taken away from their mothers. I met with those mothers who had been lied to, who didn’t know where their children were, who hadn’t had a chance to talk to their children and there was no plan for how they would be reunified with their children. I think we need immigration laws that focus on people who pose a real threat and I don’t think that mamas and babies are the place that we should be spending our resources. Separating a mama from her baby does not make this country safer.”

It was a remarkable moment for Sen. Warren, who bared her soul for all to see and hear. Her concern is not for American victims of crimes committed by illegal immigrants, it is for the illegal immigrants.

American citizens are regarded as less-than by progressives and their stories are considered a nuisance to the driving narrative that we are all complicit of crimes against this group or that and we have no moral authority to do anything but shut up and pay up.

This original sin is shared by most Americans, according their ideology, and the implication is that families like the Tibbetts, who’ve been victimized by someone of greater intersectional value, should simply “walk it off.”

It is unacceptable that our senator value noncitizens over citizens. In her role as a private citizen she can do whatever she likes, but as a United States senator she works for her constituents and her fellow countrymen. To misuse the power and prestige of her office for her own personal advocacy is improper if not unethical.

In 2018, Sen. Warren has denigrated our entire criminal justice system, called for the abolishment of ICE and dismissed the plight of a murder victim because her alleged murderer was an illegal immigrant.

We deserve better from our elected leaders and hope that Sen. Warren will justify her words and actions. Playing to the radical left base at the expense of citizens and law enforcement in preparation for a 2020 presidential run is not justification.