House Republicans passed a budget blueprint Wednesday to begin unlocking federal funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, on day 74 of the Department of Homeland Security shutdown, before leaving Washington for a two-week recess.
The Senate voted 50-48 early Thursday morning to adopt a budget resolution that would allow Republicans to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Border Patrol through a partisan reconciliation bill, bypassing the 60-vote threshold required to defeat a Democratic filibuster.
Minneapolis City Council President Elliott Payne appeared in a video posted to Bluesky on Sunday boasting about his participation in a "rapid response" network that mobilizes civilians to track and obstruct Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
Federal investigators are looking into the assault of a conservative journalist after she was shoved to the ground by a family during an anti-ICE protest in Minneapolis over the weekend.
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor publicly attacked colleague Brett Kavanaugh last week over his stance on ICE enforcement, arguing at a Kansas law school event that Kavanaugh's elite upbringing makes him incapable of understanding illegal immigrants detained during raids.
Border Czar Tom Homan is putting Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger on notice: refuse to cooperate with federal immigration agents, and more ICE teams will be deployed into the state's streets and neighborhoods.
