What The Meaning Of “Is,” Is

Stephanopoulos: 70% of those who have been detained don't have criminal records.

Blanche: Well, just hang on. The fact that they're here illegally is a crime pic.twitter.com/h7rluKQrY0

— Acyn (@Acyn) February 1, 2026

No, it isn’t. If Blanche doesn’t know that, he’s unfit to hold a law license. If he does know it, he’s unfit to hold office in the DOJ and go on television representing the government.

Nor does Blanche want it to be a crime, because then every immigration case would be a criminal case, and summary removal would be absolutely impossible. The 4th Amendment applies to immigrants, too, but only as a civil matter. Protections in criminal prosecutions are much higher, because the stakes (liberty, basically) are much higher.

Blanche knows this; but he’s a toad in a man’s suit.

Blanche: President Trump is ethical. pic.twitter.com/dE6CpmcN3W

— Acyn (@Acyn) February 1, 2026

Says his unethical, personal government lawyer. This is like the town drunk attesting to his drinking buddy’s sobriety.

Stephanopoulos: The lawyer for Liam Ramos and his father say they were following the legal process for asylum.

Blanche: I don't know what that means.

Stephanopoulos: They applied for asylum and they were going through the legal process.

Blanche: That’s not true. pic.twitter.com/LVnX4O8p6k

— Acyn (@Acyn) February 1, 2026

"I don’t know what that means.” But: “That isn’t true.” Also, too, as well: “It depends on what the meaning of ‘is,’ is.” One of those statements spurred a whole new cottage industry of political analysis. The other two will be forgotten by the end of the day. But they are just as revealing of the state of this Administration.

Blanche on the release of Liam Ramos: To the extent that we need to appeal that judge's decision, I promise we will. pic.twitter.com/EDgGtgvaON

— Acyn (@Acyn) February 1, 2026

Hell bent on keeping a five-year old in custody? ICE said they took him because they couldn’t leave Liam in the street. What’s the excuse for fighting to keep him? This is also revealing the state of this Administration.

Blanche on Epstein files: Massie and Schumer are quick to complain. There is no way they have spent any time looking at the materials we have produced… We have nothing to hide. We never did. pic.twitter.com/sxImU1bz7g

— Acyn (@Acyn) February 1, 2026

Actions speak louder than words.

Johnson: The additional judicial requirement for a warrant would be a whole other layer of bureaucracy. The immigration judges have already issued warrants that the ICE officials are acting upon. pic.twitter.com/nGE2QYWMT9

— Acyn (@Acyn) February 1, 2026

But immigration judges are DOJ employees and not Art. III judges. Todd Blanche just said “illegal immigrants” are criminals. Which means proper arrest warrants must be issued to arrest and detain them, arrest warrants issued by Art. III judges (or under their authority by magistrates).

So which is it?