Unintended Consequences

There are some things that we all know are true. One of those things is the existence of unintended consequences.
If person A orders “xyz,” and there are unintended consequences because xyz occurred just as A intended, is A responsible for these unintended consequences?
For example, if the mayor of Boston, Michelle Wu, orders that illegals already in jail will not be held so that ICE can take them into custody, is she then responsible for any unintended consequences that subsequently may occur?
If the now released illegal then commits another crime after being allowed back on the street, is Michelle Wu responsible. If a child gets raped or someone gets attacked or killed by that just released illegal, who should have been in the custody of ICE, is Michelle Wu responsible?
If after being released because of Michelle Wu’s dictate, that same illegal wounds or kills an ICE officer who is attempting to capture him/her, is Michelle Wu responsible?
In the two examples my answer is, “undoubtedly, yes!”
However, these two situations are not exactly unforeseen because killers have a proclivity to kill and rapists have a tendency to rape again.
However, I just listened to Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, on a Bill O’Reilly podcast. He talked about the most common unforeseen consequence of allowing these criminals back into society. When they are released they typically go back to their familiar surroundings and congregate with their friends and acquaintances, a lot of whom are also likely to be illegal. When ICE, etc come to get the recently released illegal, these friends and acquaintances are often caught up in the sweep, even though they were not the prime focuses of attention. Since these innocent bystanders are often also illegal, they will also be arrested, taken into custody, and eventually deported. This truly qualifies as an unintended consequence of Michelle Wu’s order to not turnover these illegal jailed criminals to ICE. Although this was not the mayor’s intent, she should be held responsible when these “in the wrong place, at the wrong time” individuals are sent back to wherever they originally came from.
Unintended does not not mean unforeseen!
3/27/25