Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sent a letter to Dallas County Sheriff Marian Brown, demanding that she enter an agreement with ICE to enforce federal immigration policy.
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.