Democrats Using Shutdown Threat To Rewrite
Immigration Enforcement
Posted By: J. Arthur Brown, 1/29/2026 7:56:06 PM
Another government shutdown looks increasingly likely by the end of the week. Democrats are demanding that major changes to Department of Homeland Security enforcement policy be written directly into the budget agreement. Those changes would largely shut down President Trump's deportation efforts. (snip) They want to require judicial warrants for immigration arrests, force ICE agents to be readily identifiable and grant states the authority to conduct their own investigations of federal ICE agents. Democrats have also demanded body cameras for ICE agents, even though the current budget proposal already funds them. (snip) Democrats have one goal in mind: Stop Trump from deporting illegal aliens.
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A King County jury found the City of Seattle negligent and liable for the 2020 death of 16-year old Antonio Mays Jr., who was fatally shot in the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ), also known as the Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP). The verdict, delivered three-plus weeks after a month-long trial at the King County Courthouse presided over by Judge O'Donnell, stems from a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the Mays Estate accusing the city of negligence in the handling of the zone, which protesters occupied for three weeks amid nationwide unrest following George Floyd's death.
Fox News digital columnist David Marcus analyzed the anti-ICE demonstrators in Minneapolis in an interview with network host Will Cain. (snip) [David Marcus:] Let's be perfectly clear: Alex Pretty [sic.] was not at a protest. There was no protest. He was in a direct action, the purpose of which was to impede federal officers from making an arrest. It succeeded. The suspect got away. These people are running around in these organized militia groups as if they're in "One Battle After Another" with Leonardo DiCaprio (snip.) But this isn't a movie. People are dying. And we need it to stop. And I'd like to hear the President send that message.
Another government shutdown looks increasingly likely by the end of the week. Democrats are demanding that major changes to Department of Homeland Security enforcement policy be written directly into the budget agreement. Those changes would largely shut down President Trump's deportation efforts. (snip) They want to require judicial warrants for immigration arrests, force ICE agents to be readily identifiable and grant states the authority to conduct their own investigations of federal ICE agents. Democrats have also demanded body cameras for ICE agents, even though the current budget proposal already funds them. (snip) Democrats have one goal in mind: Stop Trump from deporting illegal aliens.
In a recent interview with Fox News, former ICE Acting Director Jonathan Fahey said that "Democrats fight each deportation as if it's a Democratic vote." Rarely have truer words been uttered. (snip) The American Redistricting Project (snip) published its 2030 Apportionment Forecast (snip) (b)ased on the Census Bureau's July 1, 2025 population estimate (snip) shows California losing four seats. Illinois, Minnesota, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin each lose one seat tor a total of 11 seats lost among blue states [with] (snip) red and purple states gaining those same eleven seats.
Slouching Toward Fort Sumter?
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In the months before the April 12, 1861, firing on Fort Sumter, there were sharp divisions in the North about the proper reaction to the first seven states that had already left the Union. (snip) Something similar is emerging over Minnesota (snip.) Governor Walz, Mayor Frey, and Attorney General Ellison are actively encouraging Minnesotans to obstruct federal officers (snip.) They view as a political asset millions of arriving poor in dire need of massive federal (snip) subsidies and entitlements (snip.) They still cherish the months of riots (snip) in the George Floyd "summer of love" in 2020 as critical in defeating Donald Trump.
Minnesota Cops Beg Walz, Pols To Let Them
Work With ICE, Say They Could Have Prevented Shooting 12 replies
Work With ICE, Say They Could Have Prevented Shooting 12 replies
The head of a major Twin Cities police union slammed local officials for blocking cooperation between local cops and ICE and Border Patrol agents -- saying if they were involved, "there would be no loss of life." (snip) Since the Republican National Convention was held in St. Paul in 2008, Minnesota law enforcement has undergone extensive training in mobile field force configurations and crowd management for major events. And because of that, I think we're in the best position to deal with that," Ross said. "Unfortunately, our local politicians would not allow us to do that," he added.
Legal Analyst Says New Video Shows Alex
Pretti's "State Of Mind" Before Fatal
Border Patrol Shooting 6 replies
Pretti's "State Of Mind" Before Fatal
Border Patrol Shooting 6 replies
Newly released video that appears to show Alex Pretti spitting at federal agents and damaging a government SUV days before he was fatally shot by U.S. Customs and Border Protection/Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis "shows his state of mind" leading up to his death, Fox News legal analyst Greg Jarrett said Wednesday."He was an angry person who is expressing his rage with assault. Spitting at an officer is assault, obviously attacking a federal vehicle and destroying the property, and then he seems to resist, to some extent, the arrest. It tells you a lot about his mindset" (snip.)
How China Supercharged "Birth Tourism"
And Scammed American Citizenship For Up
To 1.5 Million Babies 9 replies
And Scammed American Citizenship For Up
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The Trump Administration's response to the weekslong insurrection in Minneapolis showed left-wing leaders across the country one thing: Riots work. (snip) Democrats in other cities are emboldened to block Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers from doing their jobs. (snip) Sean Ryan, Democrat mayor of Buffalo, New York, decided on Monday to prohibit "the use of City of Buffalo personnel or resources for federal immigration enforcement." (snip) On Monday, the city council of (snip) Helena also passed a resolution instructing the city police department not to enter into agreements with or assist ICE. (snip) Democrats across the country are taking the Minneapolis blueprint and running with it (snip.)
Democrat Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz had some uncharacteristically useful comments on CNN this week. (snip) Walz said, "There was a tone shift. (snip) I think it's probably the press." (snip) It's one thing for Trump to engage in a tone shift (snip ) telling Minnesota Democrats (snip) that the deportation operation in the state "all goes away" if they simply hand over "criminals." But if he's going to cave in any way (snip) he might as well rename Kamala Harris the president's border czar, with CNN's wombat Brian Stelter second in command of immigration policy.
With Democrats pushing a number of progressive policies now that they are in control of Virginia, a Virginia state Democrat is working to ban immigration agents from operating at polling places. (snip) The move has left Republicans wondering why a Democrat would move to prevent immigration law enforcers near polling places if Democrats believe illegal aliens are not voting in Virginia elections.
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Mamdani Casts Blame on Eric Adams for
NYC $12B Deficit Budget: NYC Facing ‘Serious
Fiscal Crisis’ 22 replies
NYC $12B Deficit Budget: NYC Facing ‘Serious
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New York City (NYC) Mayor Zohran Mamdani cast blame on former NYC Mayor Eric Adams for the city’s $12 billion deficit budget, stating that the city is facing a “serious fiscal crisis.”
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Hillary Clinton took to social media to express support for the rioters in Minneapolis even as the disgraced former candidate and her husband were dodging a congressional subpoena looking into their relationship with family friend and Clinton Foundation co-founder Jeffrey Epstein.
After condemning the Trump administration’s push to deport illegal alien criminals from Minneapolis, despite the obstruction of violent leftist rioters who had tried to murder federal law enforcement agents and bit off an agent’s finger, Clinton urged directing funding to the rioters.
“In Minnesota, scores of ordinary people are bravely looking out for their neighbors, defending their communities, and protesting lawless violence,” she tweeted. “Here’s how to stand with them.”
Ex-NFL star who swapped football for FBI
quits with brutal swipe at Donald Trump
over ICE raids 17 replies
quits with brutal swipe at Donald Trump
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Former NFL star Charles Tillman swapped footballs for rifles and pistols after hanging up his cleats, swapping a career on the field for one in it.
That was until one day in January 2025 when ICE descended on Chicago.
After 13 seasons in the NFL, the former cornerback joined the FBI, enrolling in the bureau's 20-week training program in Quantico, Virginia in 2018, two years after retiring from football.
And the Chicago Bears icon embraced the role, previously citing a desire to 'do my part and give back' as his reasons for joining up in an exclusive interview with The Daily Mail last year.
However, Tillman, 44, has now revealed
Homan Says Minnesota Dems Ready to Cooperate
with ICE, Allowing Agency to Begin Pulling
Officers Out 15 replies
with ICE, Allowing Agency to Begin Pulling
Officers Out 15 replies
Following weeks of unrest in Minnesota over immigration enforcement in the state, White House border czar Tom Homan announced Thursday that he will begin reducing the number of federal agents in the state once state officials follow through on their pledge to begin cooperating with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Homan, who was dispatched to Minnesota after the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti over the weekend, acknowledged that ICE and Customs and Border Patrol operations in the state had not been conducted “perfectly” and that changes needed to be made — but he also reserved significant criticism for Minnesota Democrats who have prevented federal agents from collecting the targets of enforcement operations
With the clock ticking down to a potential government shutdown this Friday, Senate Republicans are reportedly considering a move that could leave the southern border wide open to invasion.
A group of Republican senators is now openly discussing whether to split the Homeland Security appropriations bill away from a six-bill funding package in order to avert a partial government shutdown that would impact the Pentagon and several other major federal departments, according to The Hill.
The six-bill package includes funding for the Departments of Defense, Health and Human Services, Labor, Education, Transportation, State, and financial services-related agencies.
Augusta, Maine - Democratic state Rep. Deqa Dhalac will not seek reelection to represent House District 120, and says the decision comes after "serious reflection and conversations" about the political climate for Black elected officials.
Dhalac says during her time serving in the Maine Legislature, the climate has become "increasingly hostile and unsafe." "Throughout my tenure, I have experienced persistent racism, harassment and threats that reflect a broader national pattern targeting Black and brown elected officials," Dhalac said. "These dangers are real and carry heavy emotional and physical consequences not only for those serving but for their families as well."
Dhalac is one of the first Somali Americans to serve
Plans have been launched to protest at Target stores across the country this weekend to demand the Minneapolis-based retailer takes a firm stand against federal immigration enforcement. Organizers are staging anti-ICE protests in at least nine Twin Cities locations on Saturday, including the Richfield store where two Target employees who are U.S. citizens were detained earlier this month. Local nonprofits ISAIAH and Unidos MN are leading the effort, which they say is a call for ICE to leave Minnesota and for justice following the January killings of Minneapolis residents Alex Pretti and Renee Good by federal agents. Target still hasn't
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That means needlessly big losses in the coming midterms, and an end to — or even reversal of — President Donald Trump’s agenda.
President Biden never accepted blame for the Afghanistan debacle, for economic malaise and record inflation or any of his other disasters, such as the endless waves of illegal migrants waved into the country.
But he also never even implicitly admitted his team had failed by axing an obvious author of those debacles —
Democratic Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson admitted Wednesday he was “in regular communication” with other mayors leading so-called “sanctuary cities” in efforts to impede enforcement of federal immigration laws.
President Donald Trump called for an end to “sanctuary cities” in a post on Truth Social Monday, following a series of shootings, two of them fatal, that took place in Minneapolis involving Department of Homeland Security personnel engaged in immigration enforcement operations. Johnson said during a press conference at the National Press Club he’d been talking with Democratic Mayors Jacob Frey of Minneapolis and Michelle Wu of Boston about how to combat
Somali-born state Rep. Yusuf Yusuf (D-Portland) runs a home care business with apparent ties to an interconnected network of Somali-operated companies drawing millions in Medicaid funding, and operating out of a Portland office equipped to funnel taxpayer money back to Africa.
At the same time, Yusuf’s wife works at Legit Home Care in Portland, which faced a MaineCare audit and drew in $7,116,267 between 2019-2024, according to Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) records obtained under the Freedom of Access Act (FOAA).
Rep. Yusuf, currently serving his first term in Maine’s legislature, revealed in his source of income filing with the Maine Ethics Commission that he manages
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For once Republicans in the House have gotten their act together and actually passed a DHS appropriations bill. There is no good reason for Republicans to block this bill but the following Republican Senators have voted no on ending the filibuster and voting on the actual bill: Budd (NC), Johnson (WI), Lee (UT), Moody (FL), Paul (KY), Scott (FL), and Tuberville (AL). Some of them are posturing about deficit reduction, but a goodly number of Republican Senators represent states with significant numbers of agricultural and food processing sweatshops whose business model depends on the continued availability of illegal alien labor.