Donald Trump used his State of the Union Address to vilify immigrants as dangerous, ignoring the violence of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) operations throughout the country toward undocumented immigrants and citizens. DHS has kidnapped people (including children) off the streets, detained them without due process in facilities with substandard conditions, failed to get warrants before…
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Use of force incidents reported to ICE spiked during the first two months of the second Trump administration despite agents receiving training on respecting individuals’ constitutional rights, according to recently obtained documents. American Oversight, a nonprofit government watchdog group, filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request last year, seeking information on the Trump…
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During a contentious Senate hearing on Thursday, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin) admonished Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) for informing residents of his state that the First Amendment grants them the right to protest against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, baselessly claiming his words led to the killing of two Minneapolis residents.
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White House border czar Tom Homan announced on Thursday morning that “Operation Metro Surge” — the Trump administration’s violent immigration crackdown in Minnesota — would be ending in around a week. “I have proposed, and President Trump has concurred, that this operation conclude,” Homan said during a press conference. “A significant drawdown has already been underway this week and will…
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Top Trump administration officials derailed an investigation into an ICE agent’s fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good last month, fearing that a probe by federal agents in Minnesota would undermine the White House’s narrative about the killing, according to a New York Times report. Per the report, which cites anonymous sources with knowledge of the inner workings of the inquiry…
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A committee within the Minneapolis City Council has delayed the renewal of liquor licenses for two hotels in the city’s downtown area, citing concerns that agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are staying at the hotel during the Trump administration’s ongoing “Operation Metro Surge” immigration raids. The “Committee of the Whole” (a committee that includes every member of the…
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