Source: Anadolu / Getty At this point, a person could randomly trip, stumble, and fall right smack into new evidence that federal immigration agents are using violence and excessive force as a regular practice in performance of their duties, and then lying to cover it all up. In fact, it appears to be getting so […]
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Source: MANDEL NGAN / Getty Do you ever think about how the Trump administration is so insane that you can read the headline “DHS Hires Apparent White Nationalist As Communications Director” and not feel an ounce of shock? Horror, disgust, disappointment, sure, but is anyone really surprised that the Department of Homeland Security hired a […]
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Source: UCG / Getty One of the cornerstones of President Donald Trump’s second term has been his mass deportation campaign. Upon taking office, Trump bolstered recruitment for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and spent much of his first year deploying them on raids in cities far from the border. While Trump and the Department […]
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Source: Anna Moneymaker / Getty It’s been just over a week since the Trump administration announced that it was extending its cross-country immigration crackdown to the state of Maine, calling its operation there “Operation Catch of the Day.” Well, as it turns out, the operation didn’t last much longer than a day. Or at least […]
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Source: Karen Vardanian / Getty At this point, the Trump administration must be shooting for some kind of record for the number of times a federal judge has had to tell an administration that it can’t bypass the Constitution or violate people’s civil rights. Seriously, President Donald Trump and his cabinet of lying, moronic stooges […]
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Source: Al Drago / Getty Top officials in the Trump administration collectively stepped in it when they reflexively blamed Minnesota health professional Alex Pretti for his own violent death at the hands of federal agents, the same way they lied about Renee Nicole Good. Because, in Pretti’s case, video footage leaves no doubt that he […]
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Source: Anadolu / Getty It’s safe to say that the Trump administration’s effort to let ICE operate with “absolute immunity” is not going according to plan. ICE’s conduct in Minnesota alone has led to several lawsuits against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). ICE’s legal woes intensified on Monday after Chief Judge Patrick J. Schiltz […]
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Source: trekandshoot / Getty The likelihood of a partial U.S. government shutdown increased on Jan. 25 as outrage grew over the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by federal immigration agents in Minnesota on Jan. 24, the second deadly incident involving immigration enforcement this month. Democrat Angus King says he won’t support the funding package due […]
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Source: Scott Olson / Getty The Trump administration’s Department of Homeland Security has set its sights on a new state to use as a staging ground for its mass deportation agenda — which means the state of Maine can likely look forward to the same chaos and communal discontent federal agents have brought to Illinois, […]
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Source: Brittany Packnett Cunningham Instagram / Screenshot In today’s episode of ICE Doesn’t Think People Are People When They’re Black And Brown People, federal immigration agents in Minnesota conducted an operation in which they lured a family out of their home for arrest by using a five-year-old child they snatched out of a running car […]
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Source: Anadolu / Getty Here’s a simple truth: ICE and Border Patrol are engaging in racial profiling. The Trump administration, specifically the Department of Homeland Security, continues to deny that immigration cops are stopping and detaining people based on their skin color and accent, and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem has even scolded reporters for suggesting […]
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Source: Scott Olson / Getty On Monday, a federal judge denied a request to block a policy from the Department of Homeland Security that requires a week’s notice before members of Congress visit immigration detention facilities. According to AP, U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb in Washington, D.C., previously ruled against an earlier version of the […]
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Source: Carlin Stiehl / Getty As the Trump administration repeatedly tells its federal immigration agents that they have full immunity from state prosecution, no matter what offenses they commit while in performance of their duties — a notion legal experts have said is flat-out wrong — the same administration has been fighting a legal battle […]
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Source: UCG / Getty Maybe there’s a reason immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents are in the streets behaving like packs of rabid attack dogs in every major city they’re deployed to. Perhaps there’s a reason the Trump administration — and specifically the Department of Homeland Security — is forced to spend so much time […]
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Source: UCG / Getty Barely a full week after the senseless killing of Renee Nicole Good, another shooting involving an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer has occurred in Minneapolis, and as always, the Department of Homeland Security immediately had a story to tell, one that made immigrants and protesters out to be violent thugs, and agents […]
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Source: UCG / Getty As ICE and Border Patrol continue to terrorize communities in the Twin Cities, and President Donald Trump threatens the entire state of Minnesota with a “DAY OF RECKONING & RETRIBUTION,” the Department of Homeland Security is only increasing the number of federal agents it is sending to the state. In fact, some 2,000 […]
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Majority of Americans, including independents, believe ICE shooting was unjustified. Most Americans disapprove of how ICE enforces immigration laws, with widespread dissatisfaction. Trump’s defense of federal agents clashing with protesters aligns with his unpopular foreign policy and economic record. Source: ANGELINA KATSANIS / Getty Since the killing of Renee Nicole Good by ICE agent Jonathan […]
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Source: Xinhua News Agency / Getty ICE and Border Patrol have only been deployed to Minneapolis for a few weeks, and it’s already been a crapshow. The fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good has understandably put the city on edge, with anti-ICE protests continually escalating. On Monday, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison filed a lawsuit […]
Read MoreSource: Michael M. Santiago / Getty New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani was outraged Monday after learning that a city council staff member had been detained by federal immigration officers earlier that day. “I am outraged to hear a New York City Council employee was detained in Nassau County by federal immigration officials at a […]
Read MoreSource: UCG / Getty – A Detroit Protest Against ICE Killing in Minneapolis. Nationwide protests have erupted in response to the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, ignited by the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis. On Saturday, demonstrators took to the streets in Minneapolis, Portland, New York, Philadelphia, and other cities, […]
Read MoreSource: Anadolu / Getty A significant number of Americans are rightfully outraged after an ICE agent fatally shot Minnesota resident Renee Nicole Good on Wednesday. Instead of acknowledging the tragic nature of the events or holding the ICE agent accountable, the Trump administration has unleashed a torrent of lies and begun a smear campaign on […]
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But early indicators—such as a healthy dose of special elections in the last year—suggest that the national backlash to Trump’s second-term agenda could be worse for the party than usual. Democrats have seen surprising gains in unexpected areas of the country, including in Tennessee, Georgia, New Jersey, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, Republicans seem to be […]
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Source: Heather Diehl / Getty Fresh off a bitter, weeks-long struggle to claim her rightful seat in the U.S. House, Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.) was thrust into a new confrontation on Friday, alleging she was directly assaulted with pepper spray by federal agents during a protest against a highly controversial Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid in […]
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Bovino has history of violating court orders and lying about protest violence. Administration claims crackdown targets ‘violent criminals’, despite most detainees having no criminal records. Protests and accusations of police brutality are expected, but government will likely side with agents. Source: Ryan Murphy / Getty Welp, the Trump administration’s massive (and massively oppressive) immigration crackdown […]
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Trump’s travel ban currently fully bars entry from Afghanistan, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Myanmar, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen, and partially restricts travel from several other countries, including Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan, and Venezuela.
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Source: The Washington Post / Getty Every time “Operation Midway Blitz” — the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown operation in Chicago — is in the news, one can expect to learn that immigration cops are either using excessive force against protesters or detainees, targeting people violently who are not dangerous, lying to justify their actions, or all […]
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Source: Boston Globe / Getty The Trump administration has taken another sweeping step in its long-running effort to redefine the nation’s immigration system along racial and ideological lines, announcing the end of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for approximately 350,000 Haitian nationals. According to the decision made by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, the […]
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Source: The Washington Post / Getty In a stark escalation of an already explosive legal confrontation, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit halted the release of hundreds of migrants swept up in the Trump administration’s massive “Operation Midway Blitz,” a crackdown that federal courts have repeatedly blasted as unlawful, unconstitutional, and disproportionately […]
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Source: Anadolu / Getty In early September, Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents began Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago. Saying it has not gone smoothly would be an understatement. Border Patrol’s aggressive use-of-force tactics in Chicago have repeatedly landed them in court. One of the most notable cases involves Marimar Martinez, a […]
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Source: Ryan Murphy / Getty On Nov. 15, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a new enforcement mission in North Carolina: Operation Charlotte’s Web. According to a press release issued Saturday, the mass-deportation initiative will target criminal undocumented immigrants who allegedly migrated to the Tar Heel State because they “knew sanctuary politicians would protect […]
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The U.S.’s biggest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, was moving into a position close enough to carry out strikes on the country, the Times reported, and the president was meeting with officials to review military options. He hadn’t ruled out direct action inside the country. Trump has engaged in saber-rattling toward Venezuelan President […]
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