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‘PUT ON ICE’: Jeffries Cheers Noem Ousting, Vows to Fight for Removal of Bondi and Miller
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries vowed to keep fighting President Donald Trump’s administration as he celebrated the ousting of “unqualified corrupt political hack” former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Thursday. “Kristi Noem presided over the cold-blooded killings of American citizens like Nicole Good and Alex Pretti,” Jeffries, D-N.Y., said. “She’s gotta be… -
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9-0 SCOTUS Ruling Could Trigger Wave of ICE Detention Lawsuits
The Supreme Court, in a 9-0 ruling, sided against a private prison firm that contracts with Immigration and Customs Enforcement to detain illegal aliens. The outcome could subject privately-owned prisons currently contracting with ICE or other government agencies to more litigation. The ruling stems from a lawsuit that has languished in court for more than a… -
‘Crucial Ruling’: Appeals Court Delivers Big Setback for Newsom’s Push Against ICE
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals sided with the Trump administration to block a California law aimed at forcing Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to remove masks. Attorney General Pam Bondi heralded the court ruling in an X post. “Our @thejusticedept attorneys are fighting daily in court to protect law enforcement — and we just… -
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Why Are Anti-ICE Activists Building Borders?
Anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement activists in Minneapolis are setting up blockades. They’re demanding ID from drivers. In short, they’re setting up their own borders—against America’s laws and law enforcement. It’s not the first time “protesters” have done this. Activists inspired by Black Lives Matter seized control over a portion of Seattle six years ago and… -
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Illegal Alien Flees ICE, Kills Teacher in Crash
A Georgia teacher is dead after an illegal alien ran a red light while fleeing Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and crashed his car into her vehicle. The fatal crash occured in Savannah, Georgia. The Chatham County Police Department has charged Oscar Vasquez Lopez, an illegal alien from Guatemala, with first-degree homicide by vehicle, reckless… -
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Lefty Radicals Concoct Strategy to Let Anti-ICE Agitators Get Off Scot-Free
THE DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—A Minnesota activist group encouraging protests against immigration enforcement will host a training to teach attendees to let guilty criminals walk. Defend the 612 will instruct viewers of the Feb. 23 virtual “Jury Nullification Training” on how to use false jury verdicts to fight “unjust laws and political persecution,” according to… -
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Pollsters Don’t Ask If Anti-ICE Activists Have ‘Gone Too Far’
The unrest in Minneapolis has died down, and the Trump administration is pulling 700 immigration enforcement officers out of the area. But all of the national media scrutiny has obsessed over Team Trump. It has rarely acted to “hold government accountable” when the governing comes from Democrats, like Gov. Tim Walz or Minneapolis Mayor Jacob… -
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ICE Operations: What Americans Actually Want
President Donald Trump says a “softer touch” may be needed to carry out his immigration enforcement agenda. “I learned that maybe we can use a little bit of a softer touch, but you still have to be tough. These are criminals – we’re dealing with really hard criminals,” Trump told NBC News following the deaths… -
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Homeland Security: ACLU ‘Demonizing’ ICE Agents With Demand for UN Probe
If the United Nations launches an investigation in Minnesota, it should be into the plight of crime victims, a Department of Homeland Security official says. This week, the American Civil Liberties Union asked the United Nations to launch a probe into the Trump administration’s actions in the state, regarding immigration enforcement and response to agitators. This comes amid the… -
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Republicans Scoff at Democrats’ Latest ICE Demands
Senators left Washington Thursday afternoon with little progress on talks to fund the Department of Homeland Security, as Republicans scoffed at Democrats’ demands for restraints on immigration law enforcement agents. On Thursday, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, both D-N.Y., released a list of 10 demands they want satisfied before… -
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ICE Bodycams Will Do the Left’s Narrative More Harm Than Good
Following the death of George Floyd and the ensuing violent riots that raged across the nation in the summer of 2020, the thugs orchestrating the Black Lives Matter rampage demanded that police officers wear body cameras in order to document the supposed widespread, systemic, institutional racism motivating said police officers to wantonly slay defenseless, unarmed… -
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Anti-ICE Protesters Want Agents to Wear Body Cameras, But Their Demand May Backfire
All federal agents deployed to the field in Minneapolis will be equipped with body cameras, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announced Monday. “Effective immediately, we are deploying body cameras to every officer in the field in Minneapolis,” Noem said in a post on X. “As funding is available, the body camera program will be expanded nationwide. We will rapidly acquire and deploy body cameras to [Department… -
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Bad Bunny’s Anti-ICE Grammy Rant Raises Red Flags Before the Super Bowl
If you thought Bad Bunny’s anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement Grammy speech was bad, buckle up, because you’re not getting rid of him anytime soon. The Puerto Rican rapper, who took his acceptance speech slot to pontificate on behalf of illegal aliens, will be headlining the Super Bowl halftime show this upcoming Sunday. Will he bring… -
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EXCLUSIVE: ICE Arrests Illegal Aliens Convicted of Manslaughter, Arson
Federal immigration agents on Thursday arrested illegal aliens convicted of a third-degree sex offense, manslaughter, and arson, as the Department of Homeland Security continues to deal with backlash over enforcement operations in Minnesota. “These thugs have no place in our communities,” DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said, adding, “Seventy percent of [Immigration and Customs Enforcement]… -
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‘We Must Hold the Line and Support ICE’: House Republicans Say Schumer’s Demands Are ‘Nonstarter’
Republicans accused Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., of “trying to handcuff” immigration enforcement as Democrats refused to advance a bill to keep government open on Thursday. “Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats are trying to handcuff [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] because their party is committed to open borders,” Rep. Andy Barr, R-Ky., told The Daily… -
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7 Extreme Democrat Attacks on ICE Help Explain Why Some Americans Are Losing Their Minds
Every day, it seems anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement agitators perpetrate a new atrocity against innocent people, and Democrats demonizing ICE arguably bear some of the blame. On Sunday, they effectively laid siege to the Home2 Suites by Hilton Hotel, smashing the windows and spray-painting anti-ICE slogans, leading both state police and federal agents to respond…. -
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Is the Government About to Shut Down Over ICE Funding?
Congress is likely about to trigger a shutdown as Democrat leaders, responding to pressure from their base, demand restraints on immigration law enforcement in exchange for funding the Department of Homeland Security. On Wednesday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., laid his demands out on the table. The House has sent the Senate the final… -
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A ‘Jailbreak of RINOs’?
Following the Immigration and Customs Enforcement-involved fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis on Saturday, some Republicans are questioning the Trump administration’s methods to follow through on President Donald Trump’s chief campaign promise of mass deportations. The break in party ranks comes ahead of the Senate’s Friday deadline to fund the government. The funding contains appropriations for the Department of… -
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Walz Silent Following Criticism Over Comparing Illegal Alien Children to Anne Frank
The office of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has not responded to condemnations of his comparing illegal alien children to Holocaust victim Anne Frank. The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum on Monday issued a statement rebuking “leaders” for using Frank’s tragic story for “political purposes,” but did not mention Walz by name. Walz had made the reference at a press conference… -
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Donna Brazile Calls ICE Agents ‘Hooded Thugs’—Daily Signal’s Rob Bluey Responds
An exchange on ABC News’ “This Week” Sunday laid bare the sharp political divide over the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement tactics. Following a second fatal shooting by federal agents in Minneapolis in just over two weeks, ABC News host Jonathan Karl asked panelists to offer their reactions amid escalating tensions between the Trump administration and…