US government shutdown deadline nears: Can Trump, Senate Democrats reach agreement amid Minneapolis ICE shootings?

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…

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Minneapolis shootings: Trump’s border czar admits ICE operations haven’t been perfect, vows to restore law & order

Tom Homan, US President Donald Trump’s border czar, said Thursday that he was working to restore law and order and noted that the president had recognized the need for improvements in immigration operations following chaos in Minneapolis after two protesters, Renee Good and Alex Pretti, were killed by federal agents this month. He promised that…

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In Minneapolis, masked ICE agents drag ‘brain-injured’ autistic, disabled woman from her car. Video goes viral

A US citizen says she was violently removed from her car and detained by masked federal immigration agents in Minneapolis while traveling to a medical appointment, an incident captured on video that has drawn millions of views online and intensified scrutiny of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. The confrontation occurred just days after the fatal…

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‘Why are we arguing with a prez who…’: Hundreds of ICE agents head to Minneapolis amid uproar over Renee Good’s killing

US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said on Sunday (local time) that hundreds of additional federal agents would be deployed to Minneapolis, dismissing demands from the city’s Democratic leaders to withdraw following the fatal shooting of a female protester by an immigration officer, as reported by AFP. In a series of television appearances, Noem stood…

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