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…
A US judge has denied Minnesota’s request to pause the Trump administration’s recent surge of thousands of immigration enforcement agents in the state. US District Judge Katherine Menendez’s order will allow Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other agencies to maintain approximately 3,000 officers deployed in Minnesota — primarily in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and…
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…
US President Donald Trump and Democrats reportedly struck a deal to avert a partial government shutdown and temporarily fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as they negotiate new restrictions for Trump’s surge of immigration enforcement. The development came as the deaths of two protesters at the hands of federal agents in Minneapolis sparked a…
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…
(Bloomberg) — Two US Border Patrol agents involved in the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti have been placed on administrative leave, Customs and Border Protection said, as scrutiny intensifies over the Trump administration’s immigration-enforcement operations in Minnesota. The move is “standard protocol” after an officer-involved shooting, a CBP spokesperson said without providing additional details about…
The German Federal Foreign Office updated its travel guidance for citizens planning to visit the United States, citing safety and public-order concerns linked to protests and federal immigration enforcement operations. The advisory also reiterated warnings related to severe winter storm disruptions across many parts of the US this season. Warning highlights violent clashes and protests…
Democratic representative Ilhan Omar was attacked while addressing a town hall in Minneapolis on Tuesday, where a man sprayed her with an unknown substance, AP reported. Moments after this attack, authorities nabbed the assailant and pinned him to the ground. This incident happened just before Omar raised calls for the abolition of Immigration and Customs…
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 President Donald Trump said he held a “very good” call with Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and agreed to work together on immigration enforcement, marking a noticeable shift in his rhetoric toward the Democratic governor amid mounting controversy over federal operations in the state. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said Walz reached out…
