President Donald Trump is determined to make our country safe again. To do so, he’s been working with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to deport undocumented aliens. While the people being deported are largely dangerous criminals, this is not always the case.

For example, many on the left are currently outraged over the arrest of a teenage illegal immigrant on the night of his prom. They claim that the timing was cruel and heartless. However, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials insist they didn’t know it was his prom night and were simply following up on a “removal order.”

According to reports, Diego Ismael Puma Macancela, a 19-year-old illegal alien from Ecuador who came here with his mother back in 2014, was recently arrested by ICE officials in Westchester, New York on the day of his senior prom. After locating Macancela, who was hiding in his cousin’s apartment, the officers surrounded the building and waited for him to surrender. After a brief standoff, law enforcement officials managed to take him into custody.

His cousin, Gabriela Macancela, who was inside the house with Macancela at the time of the arrest, said that they initially tried to hide from the officers because they were frightened and suggested that the force they used while arresting him was excessive. “They grabbed him like he’s a criminal,” she complained. “He didn’t do anything wrong. He was just doing the best he could for his future,” she added, noting, “he came here to start a new life, and now he’s going to have to go back and start all over again.”

Shortly after his arrest, approximately 50 protesters gathered together and demanded his release. They claimed that since it was near the end of the school year, he should be allowed to finish high school and graduate before being deported.

In addition to the protesters, Ossining Mayor Victoria Gearity also spoke out against the arrest. She argued that by arresting illegal immigrants, other people in the community will trust the police less and be unlikely to report crimes. Specifically, she said, “when people are very scared, it’s tough to distinguish between local law enforcement and federal immigration officials,” she said. “What that means is people won’t report crimes.”

Gearity also criticized ICE for not notifying the local government before making the arrest. However, Rachael Yong Yow, a spokeswoman for ICE, disputed the mayor’s statement. She stated that the appropriate officials were, in fact, notified. “Contrary to a statement issued from the Ossining Mayor’s Office, local police received prior notification that ICE would be in the local area conducting targeted enforcement actions,” claimed Yow.

Thomas D. Homan, the Acting Director of ICE, suggested that the response to the arrest was a major overreaction. “We’re talking about somebody who had his due process and lost his case,” argued Homan. “There’d be no integrity in the system if we didn’t uphold the rulings of a judge. This is a country of laws, we need to stand by the laws,” he added.

“If you are in this country illegally, and you committed a crime by entering this country, you should be uncomfortable, you should look over your shoulder, and you need to be worried,” continued Homan. “No population is off the table. We’ll issue detainers to anybody in the country illegally. Our priorities are criminals first, but if you’re asking me if we are going to put detainers on people that have not been convicted of a crime, yes we will,” he warned.

Unsurprisingly, even though the arrest was clearly justified, some Democrats decided to use the arrest as an opportunity to attack President Trump. For instance, Nita M. Lowey (D-Westchester), the ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee, blamed Trump for allegedly making it more difficult for the local community to trust the police.

“It is unconscionable that the Trump Administration would violate this fundamental trust, and I am deeply concerned this reckless action will have a chilling effect on the critical relationships between immigrant communities, law enforcement, and school officials,” stated Lowey. “While it is critical we work to improve our nation’s immigration system, the Trump Administration’s increasingly aggressive assault on immigrant families does not reflect the values on which this nation was founded,” she added.

Despite what some may say, dealing with our country’s immigration problem absolutely reflects the values on which our nation was founded. This is because our founders expected the government to keep its citizens safe. By securing our country’s borders and deporting illegal immigrants, we are doing just that.