IMMIGRATION

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Minneapolis erupted into chaos Saturday after ICE fatally shot a man, claiming that he posed a threat to officers during a targeted operation.  The casualty was identified as 37-year-old Alex Pretti. Several Democrats, including Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, quickly blamed ICE for the shooting.  https://twitter.com/RapidReport2025/status/2015088514837123118?s=20 According to DHS, Pretti approached federal...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino slammed bizarre claims that his trench coat resembled “SS garb,” insisting the coat is official Border Patrol issue and has been worn for decades without controversy.  “That coat is definitely Border Patrol-issued,” Bovino told NewsNation on Thursday. “I’ve had it for over 25...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Newly resurfaced photos of children abandoned by human smugglers at the southern border undercut leftist outrage over misleading claims that ICE detained a 5-year-old child in Minnesota.  The images, shared by conservative critics Saturday, highlighted what they described as glaring hypocrisy from Democrats, who largely ignored the exploitation of children under the...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) A group of Democrats was up in arms after falsely claiming that ICE had detained a 5-year-old child in Minnesota. That anger quickly fizzled once the allegation collapsed under scrutiny.  The child, 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, was not detained by ICE at all. Instead, agents said they intervened after his father, Adrian...

(José Niño, Headline USA) A Michigan congressman introduced legislation to eliminate Immigration and Customs Enforcement within three months, responding directly to the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis mother by a federal agent during an enforcement operation. Rep. Shri Thanedar, R-MI., filed the Abolish ICE Act last Tuesday, declaring the agency...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The federal judge who reportedly declined to approve a complaint against former CNN anchor-turned-YouTuber Don Lemon is married to a top prosecutor in Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison’s office. The potential conflict involves U.S. Magistrate Judge Douglas Micko, whose wife, Caitlin Micko, serves as an assistant attorney...

(Headline USA) Federal immigration authorities allowed a suspect in a $100 million jewelry heist believed to be the largest in U.S. history to deport himself to South America in December, a move that stunned and upset prosecutors who were planning to try the case and send him to prison. Jeson...

(Headline USA) A woman who invaded a Minnesota church on Sunday has been arrested, Attorney General Pam Bondi said Thursday. Bondi announced the arrest of Nekima Levy Armstrong in a post on X days after protesters during Sunday service disrupted the Cities Church in St. Paul, where a local official with...

(Elyse S. Apel, The Center Square)  The U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance heard Wednesday from witnesses on the ongoing Minnesota fraud scandal. https://www.youtube.com/live/vLmD-CfxhVA?si=ymfxdIMBco964OJ8 Republicans and Democrats on the committee sparred over what Democrats consider the politicization of the fraud story, which has dominated headlines in Minnesota...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Democratic threats to shut down the government unless Congress defunds the Department of Homeland Security could backfire in ways left-wing lawmakers appear not to have anticipated.  Several House Democrats have threatened to vote against a government funding bill if it does not strip funding from DHS, a move aimed...

(J.D. Davidson, The Center Square) High-ranking Minnesota elected officials on Tuesday were served subpoenas by the U.S. Department of Justice, according to multiple reports. Gov. Tim Walz, Attorney General Keith Ellison, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her and other officials are required to appear before a federal...

(Elyse Apel, The Center Square) President Donald Trump called for for protestors to be “thrown in jail” following a protest which disrupted a Sunday morning service in St. Paul. Trump’s words join the national outcry that was sparked by the protest, which quickly captured attention far beyond Minnesota. “Just watched footage...