As the United States federal government entered a partial government shutdown on Saturday, January 31 after the Congress failed to approve a deal to keep some operations funded, the House Speaker Mike Johnson said he has enough Republican votes to end the shutdown, Reuters reported. He said once the shutdown ends, the chamber will debate…
A US federal judge on Saturday (January 31) ordered the release of a five-year-old boy and his father from a Texas family detention center after they were detained by immigration officers during a January raid in Minneapolis, Minnesota, that sparked nationwide outrage. The boy, Liam Conejo Ramos, and his father, Adrian Conejo Arias, had been…
US embassies across the world have announced that their X handles will be less active amid the partial government shutdown in the country. The US Embassy in India posted a message on its “Because of the lapse in appropriations, this The US Embassies of Bangladesh and France issued similar statements. US government shuts down partially…
A federal judge Katherine M. Menendez on Saturday said she will not stop US President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota and the Twin Cities. She rejected a request for a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit filed earlier this month by state Attorney General Keith Ellison and the mayors of Minneapolis and St. According…
The partial government shutdown that began on Saturday is very different from last fall’s record-long closure which lasted 43 days. Essential operations will not stop, but employees may go unpaid if the standoff continues, and some could be placed on furlough. impact The temporary lapse in government funding impacts the Pentagon as well as agencies…
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is auditing the employment records of at least two Minneapolis-area businesses. The audits are taking place against a backdrop of heightened conflict in Minnesota over increased federal immigration enforcement and the fatal shooting of two US citizens Renne Good and Alex Pretti this month, incidents that have ignited protests…
Democrats in the US Senate and President Donald Trump’s administration are holding talks that could lead to new limits on federal immigration agents and help avert a partial government shutdown, according to a reuters report citing a source. This comes after Minneapolis shootings by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents this month. Although no deal…
Senator John Fetterman, a Democrat from Pennsylvania, has called on President Donald Trump to immediately fire Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, amid the unfolding situation in Minneapolis. In a post on “I make a direct appeal to immediately fire @Sec_Noem,” Fetterman wrote. “Americans have died. She is betraying DHS’s core mission and trashing…
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is facing intense scrutiny following two separate incidents in Minneapolis where young children were taken into federal custody during immigration enforcement operations, sparking outrage, protests, and calls for accountability. 2-year-old toddler taken from home On Thursday (January 22), 2-year-old CRTV was taken into ICE custody alongside her father, Elvis…
Homeland Security officials confirmed that a suspect was fatally shot by US Border Patrol officers during a targeted operation in Minneapolis on Saturday morning (January 24). The operation, conducted around 9:05 am CT, focused on apprehending an individual wanted for violent assault, it stated. According to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the suspect approached…
