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Mobile County Sheriff in hot water over ICE inspired Halloween decorations.

Posted on 10/8/25 at 2:45 pm
Posted by HenryParsons
Member since Aug 2018
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Posted on 10/8/25 at 2:45 pm


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A sheriff is facing backlash because of an ICE-themed Halloween display in his front yard.

The display in Mobile County Sheriff Paul Burch’s front yard depicts an ICE raid, showing skeletons wearing ICE shirts supposedly chasing other skeletons wearing sombreros and ponchos climbing over a fence.

Michelle Burch, the sheriff’s wife, told WALA that she makes “tongue-in-cheek Halloween decorations” every year.

“I like decorating for Halloween and other holidays and rotate these decorations periodically. My husband has nothing to do with these, other than mowing the grass around them. I made this one, playing both on my Cuban background and new, needed changes in federal immigration enforcement,” she said. “My parents were legal immigrants, and I have plenty of immigrants throughout my family. I’ll make a new one shortly – we have no shortage of topics to cover.”




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The controversy comes just a week after video surfaced of a Mobile County sheriff’s deputy punching a man while he was face down on the ground during an immigration enforcement operation.

Burch defended the deputy’s actions, saying the man was resisting arrest.

“If you comply, this isn’t gonna happen, and the other individuals, yes, they ran, but they complied once deputies caught them,” Burch said. “There was no further engagement, but if you fight my deputies, we’re gonna win cause my job is to make sure they go home.”


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Posted by Jcorye1
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Posted on 10/8/25 at 2:47 pm to
Funny? Kind of. Appropriate for a higher level government official that works with ICE? Probably not.
Posted by AgCoug
Houston
Member since Jan 2014
6500 posts
Posted on 10/8/25 at 2:48 pm to
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Funny? Kind of. Appropriate for a higher level government official that works with ICE? Probably not.

That's where I am at on this.
Posted by upgrayedd
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Member since Mar 2013
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Posted on 10/8/25 at 2:49 pm to
Posted by Chips and Queso
Member since Aug 2025
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Posted on 10/8/25 at 2:49 pm to
Unrealistic. That fence is definitely harder to cross than the southern border
This post was edited on 10/8/25 at 2:50 pm
Posted by TDsngumbo
Member since Oct 2011
48263 posts
Posted on 10/8/25 at 2:49 pm to
quote:


Funny? Kind of. Appropriate for a higher level government official that works with ICE? Probably not.

So you think it's inappropriate for an ICE-supporting sheriff in law enforcement to decorate in a way that portrays criminals being chased by law enforcement?
Posted by TDTOM
Member since Jan 2021
24183 posts
Posted on 10/8/25 at 2:51 pm to
It is funny and it is fine. I hope he doesn't take it down.
Posted by Jcorye1
Tom Brady = GoAT
Member since Dec 2007
76373 posts
Posted on 10/8/25 at 2:53 pm to
quote:

So you think it's inappropriate for an ICE-supporting sheriff in law enforcement to decorate in a way that portrays criminals being chased by law enforcement?


I think it's inappropriate for a government official to lampoon his own job with shitty Halloween decorations, yes. I'd also think it would be inappropriate for an higher ranking ATF agent to have a skeleton next to a P320.
Posted by Tifway419
Member since Sep 2022
1569 posts
Posted on 10/8/25 at 3:04 pm to
Why does everyone have to take offense and any and everything. I thought it was funny.

People like you make the world worse. Who doesn’t like a good laugh every now and then. Because people like you, this type of humor is nearly gone from society.
Posted by AgCoug
Houston
Member since Jan 2014
6500 posts
Posted on 10/8/25 at 3:08 pm to
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Why does everyone have to take offense and any and everything. I thought it was funny.

Who said anything about being offended?
Posted by Saint Alfonzo
Member since Jan 2019
27700 posts
Posted on 10/8/25 at 3:10 pm to
Why do we care about the sensitivities of illegal criminals and bitchy Karens? Weren't these the same type of people that were celebrating CK's assassination a couple of weeks ago? But now an ICE shirt and a sombrero offends them. Who gives a shite?
Posted by Snipe
Member since Nov 2015
15536 posts
Posted on 10/8/25 at 3:10 pm to


That's pretty funny.

Would definitely vote for him for YotM.

Posted by SuperSaint
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Member since Sep 2007
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Posted on 10/8/25 at 3:10 pm to
quote:

video surfaced of a Mobile County sheriff’s deputy punching a man while he was face down on the ground during an immigration enforcement operation.



#ThatsWutIVoted4

Posted by Jcorye1
Tom Brady = GoAT
Member since Dec 2007
76373 posts
Posted on 10/8/25 at 3:11 pm to
quote:

Why does everyone have to take offense and any and everything. I thought it was funny.

People like you make the world worse. Who doesn’t like a good laugh every now and then. Because people like you, this type of humor is nearly gone from society.


I didn't take offense, nor do I want this guy fired, I just said it was inappropriate.
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