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After weeks of delay, House lawmakers caved to the Senate and voted to fund Homeland Security (but not for ICE operations) ending the longest agency shutdown in history. Continue reading “House (Finally) Approves Homeland Security Funding Minus ICE”
A former instructor for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said during a congressional hearing that mandatory training for new recruits has been drastically reduced including legal boundaries for use of force and the proper way to detain and arrest immigrants.
The whistleblower says DHS is now graduating EVERY cadet… even when they fail practical exams and violate the law during testing.. Continue reading “Former ICE Instructor: ICE Training Has Been Drastically Reduced”
Donald Trump campaigned on deporting “the worst of the worst,” but newly-obtained Homeland Security data shows less than 14% of migrants arrested by ICE over the past year had been charged or convicted of violent crimes. Continue reading “Report: Only 14% Of Arrested Migrants Had History Of Violent Crimes”
Happy Monday! Some news stories for you as we head into the week:
• Them: The Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last week that a Maryland school district can require staff to use transgender students’ personal pronouns, denying a claim from a Christian substitute teacher who sued the district on First Amendment grounds.
• Black History Month: More than 40 years after the HIV epidemic began, on-screen representation of Black people living with HIV remains woefully sparse. Here are 10 celebrated films about the Black community, HIV, and why they remain culturally significant today. Continue reading “Appeals Court Upholds School District’s Pronoun Rule + More News”
The local police chief in St. Peter, Minnesota, intervened to prevent federal immigration agents from detaining a local resident who had been observing ICE actions.
When agents noticed she was recording, they swerved their vehicle in front of her, stopped, stepped out with guns drawn, removed her from her car and took her into custody. Continue reading “Local Police Chief Intervenes, Stops ICE From Detaining Minnesota Resident”
An overwhelming majority of Americans (59%) say the tactics used by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are “too aggressive” — including significant portions of the president’s coalition. Continue reading “Fox News: 59% Of Voters Say ICE Is ‘Too Aggressive’”
The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), the largest federal employee union, is calling for the immediate termination of Homeland Security Sec. Kristi Noem and Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller for smearing their slain union member Alex Pretti as a “domestic terrorist.” Continue reading “Alex Pretti’s Union Calls For Firing Kristi Noem & Stephen Miller”
The White House is scrambling following the deadly shooting of intensive care nurse Alex Pretti this weekend in Minneapolis.
Donald Trump says he is sending “border czar” and former ICE director Tom Homan (above) to Minnesota to manage Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations on the ground. Continue reading “Trump Sending ‘Border Czar’ Tom Homan To Minnesota”
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem was quick to accuse Alex Pretti, a U.S. citizen with no criminal record who worked as an intensive care nurse at a local VA hospital, of being a domestic terrorist and suggested he intended to harm agents with a gun when he was shot and killed by ICE agents yesterday.
Greg Bovino, the official in charge of Border Patrol agents deployed to Minnesota, said: “This looks like a situation where an individual wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement.”
But multiple videos from the scene appear to contradict those characterizations. Continue reading “Multiple Videos Contradict DHS Version Of Alex Pretti Shooting”
The 37-year-old man shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis today has been identified as Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a U.S. citizen with no criminal record.
The Washington Post reports he was an intensive care nurse at a local Veteran’s Administration hospital dedicated to caring for veterans. Continue reading “Minneapolis Shooting Victim Was A VA Hospital Nurse”