The UK government spent £4.3 billion more than allocated on asylum support due to a growing backlog in applications, according to Treasury figures. Official estimates put total expenditures at £5.4 billion ($6.8bn) for last year, surpassing the budget of £1 billion set aside for 2023/24 by £4.3 billion. The Treasury figures also indicate the government’s decision to house asylum seekers in hotels has cost UK taxpayers as much as £15 million ($19m) a day.
The Labour Party’s shadow home secretary, Yvette Cooper, called attention to the overspending, citing it as evidence of “complete chaos” in the asylum system under the current Conservative leadership. The National Pulse previously reported that the UK’s Conservative government has let in record numbers of asylum claimants.
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The Home Office attributed this additional expenditure to increased instances of small boat arrivals; in a letter to the Home Affairs Select Committee, Permanent Secretary Sir Matthew Rycroft labeled this as a volatile area for budgeting. He also pointed out that efficiency measures are being implemented to ensure better financial management in the asylum system, including the cessation of housing asylum seekers in hotels.
Meanwhile, recent figures from the Home Office show that over 2,000 migrants have arrived in the UK so far this year, having crossed the Channel. This figure is less by 32 percent than the total recorded around the same time in the previous year but higher by 49 percent compared to the numbers from 2022. With a backlog of nearly 100,000 cases, Labour claims that the failure to resolve asylum applications efficiently has led to extravagant spending on asylum accommodation.
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director John Ratcliffe met with interim Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez in Caracas to discuss economic cooperation and efforts to combat drug trafficking.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: CIA Director John Ratcliffe, interim Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez, President Donald J. Trump, and Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: The meeting took place on Thursday in Caracas, Venezuela.
💬KEY QUOTE: “During the meeting in Caracas, Director Ratcliffe discussed potential opportunities for economic collaboration and that Venezuela can no longer be a safe haven for America’s adversaries, especially narcotraffickers,” an American official confirmed.
🎯IMPACT: The meeting signals potential shifts in U.S.-Venezuela relations and efforts to stabilize the region while addressing narcotrafficking and economic concerns.
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U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director John Ratcliffe traveled to Caracas on Thursday to meet with interim Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez. Ratcliffe and Rodríguez are believed to have discussed future economic cooperation between Venezuela and the United States, as well as the South American country’s role in American efforts to end cartel drug trafficking operations across the region.
Rodríguez, who spoke with President Donald Trump during a phone call on Wednesday, became the interim leader of Venezuela after American forces captured the country’s now former Marxist dictator, Nicolás Maduro. “During the meeting in Caracas, Director Ratcliffe discussed potential opportunities for economic collaboration and that Venezuela can no longer be a safe haven for America’s adversaries, especially narcotraffickers,” an American official confirmed.
The Trump administration contends that allowing Rodríguez to remain in power for now helps to prevent Venezuela from “descending into some chaotic situation” and would allow her to “cooperate and coordinate with the U.S. government.” The National Pulse reported earlier this week that Diosdado Cabello, Maduro’s Minister of the Interior and Justice, remains at large and is believed to be behind a colectivo insurgency targeting anti-Maduro Venezuelans and American citizens.
Earlier this month, President Trump announced an oil deal with Venezuela in which the country would provide the United States with between 30 million and 50 million barrels of sanctioned crude oil. With the money made from oil sales, Trump said that Venezuela would purchase American agricultural, medical, and electrical equipment.
Ratcliffe’s meeting with Rodríguez came after Trump met with Venezuela opposition leader María Corina Machado. “María presented me with her Nobel Peace Prize for the work I have done,” said Trump, adding, “Such a wonderful gesture of mutual respect. Thank you, María!” Top Trump officials have reiterated the administration’s commitment to long-term democratic elections in Venezuela; however, the president has not set a timeline for when elections might take place. “We have to fix the country first. You can’t have an election. There’s no way the people could even vote,” Trump said in an interview last week, stating, “No, it’s going to take a period of time. We have to nurse the country back to health.”
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: A Democrat congressman proposed a bill requiring ICE and CBP agents to wear uniforms featuring QR codes for identification, sparking backlash from the Trump administration.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Representative Ritchie Torres (D-NY), the Trump administration, and DHS officials.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: The bill is set to be introduced next week; the debate centers on immigration enforcement nationwide.
💬KEY QUOTE: “Surely this cannot be a serious proposal,” said White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson.
🎯IMPACT: The proposal has reignited debates over law enforcement transparency and the role of immigration agencies.
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The Trump administration has strongly opposed a legislative proposal from Representative Ritchie Torres (D-NY) that would mandate U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers to have QR codes displayed on their uniforms. Torres has explained that scanning these codes would provide the public with the officer’s name, badge number, and employing agency. White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson denounced the idea, describing it as a “widescale doxxing campaign” and cautioning that it would prompt protesters to disrupt law enforcement activities.
“This is all because Democrats want to defend criminal illegal aliens,” Jackson stated. Torres pushed back in defense of his proposal, asserting that the Trump administration is afraid of “transparency and accountability.” Speaking to AMNewYork, Torres claimed it is an urgent necessity to “unmask ICE” both “physically and digitally,” while positioning QR codes as a safer method than directly requesting an officer’s identification. He labeled ICE a “systemically corrupt institution” and vowed to resist any efforts to boost the agency’s funding.
Administration officials pointed to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) statistics indicating a 1,300 percent increase in assaults on ICE officers, linked to “dangerous and untrue smears” promoted by Democrats.
Torres’s measure has received backing from fellow Democrats, such as foreign-born Representative Shri Thanedar of Michigan, who has advocated for eliminating ICE entirely.
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) denied a request from Louisiana to extradite a doctor accused of mailing abortion pills to a Louisiana woman.
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👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Governor Newsom, Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry (R), Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill (R), and San Francisco-based physician Remy Coeytaux.
📍WHEN & WHERE: The extradition request was denied on Wednesday, January 14, 2026.
💬KEY QUOTE: “I know Gavin Newsom supports abortion in all its forms, but that doesn’t work in Louisiana. We are unapologetically pro-life.” – Gov. Jeff Landry
🎯IMPACT: The case highlights the ongoing legal and political battles surrounding abortion laws between states with differing policies post-Roe v. Wade.
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California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) has rejected Louisiana’s request to extradite a San Francisco Bay Area physician accused of sending abortion pills to a woman in Louisiana, intensifying the ongoing clash between states over abortion enforcement after the overturning of Roe v. Wade. The decision was announced on January 14 in a statement posted to Newsom’s official press office X (formerly Twitter) account. “Louisiana’s request is denied,” Newsom said, adding, “We will not allow extremist politicians from other states to reach into California and try to punish doctors based on allegations that they provided reproductive health care services. Not today. Not ever.”
Louisiana authorities are seeking to prosecute Dr. Remy Coeytaux for allegedly mailing mifepristone and misoprostol to a Louisiana woman through Aid Access, a Europe-based telemedicine service. Attorney General Liz Murrill (R-LA) announced the charges earlier this month, saying Coeytaux could face years in prison if convicted under the state’s abortion laws. Louisiana enacted a near-total abortion ban after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022 and has since adopted additional measures targeting abortion-inducing drugs and out-of-state prescribers.
Gov. Jeff Landry (R-LA) criticized Newsom’s refusal to extradite Coeytaux, saying the California governor was disregarding Louisiana law. “I know Gavin Newsom supports abortion in all its forms, but that doesn’t work in Louisiana. We are unapologetically pro-life,” Landry said.
Physicians convicted of providing abortions in Louisiana can face up to 15 years in prison and fines of up to $200,000. The Coeytaux case marks the second time Louisiana has attempted to pursue criminal charges against a doctor located outside the state for alleged abortion-related violations.
The dispute comes as abortion-related criminal cases continue to emerge nationwide. In Kentucky, a woman was recently charged with fetal homicide after allegedly taking abortion pills obtained online. Authorities said the woman also faces additional charges related to the handling of her baby’s remains.
In Texas, law enforcement arrested eight individuals accused of operating an illegal abortion network, with officials saying several of those charged are foreign nationals. The arrests were tied to allegations of providing abortions and practicing medicine without proper licenses, violations that carry significant penalties under Texas law.
❓WHAT HAPPENED: Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado said she presented her Nobel Peace Prize medal to President Donald J. Trump during a private White House meeting.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: María Corina Machado, President Trump, and White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: Thursday at the White House, followed by remarks outside to supporters and a visit to Congress.
💬KEY QUOTE: “I presented the President of the United States the medal of the Nobel Peace Prize,” said Machado, calling it “a recognition for his unique commitment [to] our freedom.”
🎯IMPACT: The meeting comes nearly two weeks after President Trump authorized a U.S. military operation that resulted in the capture and extradition of Venezuela’s now-former dictator, Nicolás Maduro.
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2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner and Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado said on Thursday that she presented her Nobel medal to President Donald J. Trump during a private meeting at the White House. Machado did not specify whether Trump accepted the medal.
“I think today is a historic day for us Venezuelans,” Machado remarked following the meeting, which marked the first time the two leaders met in person. Meanwhile, later on Capitol Hill, the opponent of the former Maduro regime stated, “I presented the President of the United States the medal, the Nobel Peace Prize.”
“I told him this: 200 years ago, General Lafayette gave Simon Bolivar a medal with George Washington’s face on it. Bolivar kept that medal the rest of his life,” she said, adding: “It was given by General Lafayette as a sign of the brotherhood between the people of the U.S. and the people of Venezuela in their fight against tyranny. Two hundred years on in history, the people of Bolivar are giving back to the heir of George Washington a medal, in this case, a medal of the Nobel Peace Prize.”
While it had been speculated that Machado would grant the medal to President Trump, the Nobel Committee insists that the award is not transferable.
During her visit to Washington, D.C., Machado also met with lawmakers in Congress and was greeted by supporters chanting “María, presidente” and waving Venezuelan flags. Earlier on Thursday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt described Machado as “a remarkable and brave voice for many of the people of Venezuela,” adding that President Trump was looking forward to hearing directly from her about the situation on the ground in the South American country.
❓WHAT HAPPENED: The United States and Taiwan reached a deal to lower tariffs on Taiwanese goods and boost Taiwanese semiconductor financing for U.S. operations.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: The Trump administration, Taiwanese semiconductor companies, and the U.S. Department of Commerce.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: Announced on Thursday by the Department of Commerce.
🎯IMPACT: The deal aims to strengthen U.S.-Taiwan economic ties and reduce reliance on China for semiconductor manufacturing.
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The United States and Taiwan have finalized an agreement to lower tariffs on Taiwanese goods to no more than 15 percent, while Taiwan will provide credit guarantees totaling $250 billion to expand the U.S. semiconductor supply chain. The Trump administration announced the deal on Thursday, emphasizing its potential to boost energy, artificial intelligence (AI), and innovation in the U.S.
The 15 percent tariff rate is lower than the 20 percent previously imposed under President Donald J. Trump’s reciprocal tariff policy. Taiwanese companies, including major semiconductor producers, are expected to invest at least $250 billion in new U.S. operations. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the world’s largest semiconductor producer, is among the companies likely to benefit from the deal.
The U.S. Department of Commerce stated that the agreement will allow Taiwanese companies to avoid tariffs on certain imports, such as generic pharmaceuticals, aircraft components, and natural resources unavailable domestically. This move is intended to bolster the U.S. semiconductor industry and reduce dependence on Chinese manufacturing.
Notably, the Trump administration emphasized the strategic importance of semiconductor chips, describing them as critical to future innovation and global competition. Taiwan currently produces the majority of the world’s semiconductor chips, including the most advanced technologies.
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: The Trump administration announced a healthcare plan aimed at lowering costs, including prescription drug prices and increasing price transparency.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: President Donald J. Trump, Dr. Mehmet Oz, and administration officials, alongside Congress and health policy experts.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: Announced Thursday, coinciding with the end of Obamacare open enrollment in most states.
💬KEY QUOTE: “The government is going to pay the money directly to you. It goes to you, and then you take the money and buy your own health care.” – Donald Trump
🎯IMPACT: The plan aims to curtail rising insurance premiums for millions of Americans, though a number of proposed provisions will require approval from Congress to implement.
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The Trump administration has unveiled a new healthcare plan called “The Great Healthcare Plan,” aimed at addressing high medical and health insurance costs in the United States. The proposal includes measures to lower prescription drug prices, redirect government subsidies from insurers to consumers, and expand price transparency requirements. The announcement came as Obamacare open enrollment ended in most states.
President Donald J. Trump emphasized the idea of sending federal funds directly to patients to combat rising Obamacare premiums. “The government is going to pay the money directly to you,” Trump stated in a video released by the White House. However, such proposals would require Congressional action, leaving their feasibility and timeline uncertain.
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“We want to start to see that money moved directly to people,” a White House official said during a call with reporters on the plan’s provisions, adding that they are open to collaborating with Congress on implementation. Meanwhile, negotiations in Congress over extending enhanced Obamacare tax credits continue.
Notably, the House has already passed a three-year extension of the enhanced credits, though the Senate has opted to take up its own proposal. Meanwhile, President Trump continues to push lawmakers on Capitol Hill to ensure the subsidy goes directly to patients, rather than to insurance companies, as is the case under Obamacare’s present provisions. If the status quo is not changed, Trump has indicated he may veto any extension.
Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), highlighted the administration’s “most favored nation” drug pricing initiative, which ties U.S. drug prices to those in other wealthy countries. Additionally, he promoted TrumpRx, a new self-pay prescription drug platform set to launch soon.
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: The U.S. announced new sanctions targeting Iranian officials and entities accused of repressing protests and engaging in shadow banking activities.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: The Treasury Department, Iranian officials, and entities linked to Iranian financial institutions.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: Sanctions were announced on Thursday in Washington, D.C.
💬KEY QUOTE: “The U.S. supports the Iranian people’s call for freedom and justice.” – Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
🎯IMPACT: Those subjected to the sanctions are blocked from access to their U.S. assets and business.
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The U.S. Treasury Department announced it is imposing new sanctions on Iranian officials and entities accused of violently suppressing protests against the Islamic Republic and engaging in illicit financial activities. The sanctions target the secretary of the Supreme Council for National Security, Ali Larijani, who is alleged to have called for violence against protesters.
In addition, 18 individuals and companies tied to a shadow banking network connected to Iranian financial institutions were also sanctioned. These measures block access to U.S. assets and restrict business dealings with the named parties.
“The United States stands firmly behind the Iranian people in their call for freedom and justice,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated, adding: “At the direction of President Trump, the Treasury Department is sanctioning key Iranian leaders involved in the brutal crackdown against the Iranian people. Treasury will use every tool to target those behind the regime’s tyrannical oppression of human rights.”
Along with Larijani, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed sanctions on several Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commanders who “oversee elements of the security forces that are violently repressing the Iranian people.”
❓WHAT HAPPENED: Former Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick has confirmed his defection from the formerly governing Conservative (Tory) Party to Nigel Farage’s rising Reform Party.
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👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Robert Jenrick, Nigel Farage, Tory leader Olukemi “Kemi” Badenoch, and the Tories’ broader leadership.
📍WHEN & WHERE: The defection was announced on Thursday, following Jenrick’s dismissal from the Shadow Cabinet by Badenoch earlier that morning.
💬KEY QUOTE: “Britain is broken. Britain needs Reform. And Reform needs you.” – Robert Jenrick
🎯IMPACT: Jenrick’s defection signals growing discontent within the Tory Party and bolsters Reform’s standing as a government-in-waiting.
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Former Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick has officially defected from Britain’s formerly governing Conservative (Tory) Party to Nigel Farage’s Reform Party, just hours after being dismissed from Tory leader Olukemi “Kemi” Badenoch’s Shadow Cabinet after evidence of the planned defection was uncovered.
Jenrick, who held a number of government positions while the Tories held office from 2010 to mid-2024, said he no longer believed the Conservative Party was capable of delivering meaningful reform, accusing it of lacking the “stomach for the radical change this country needs.” He said he was convinced that Reform, led by Farage, is now the only party able to meet the task at hand.
Speaking alongside Jenrick at a press conference, Farage welcomed the defection and joked that Badenoch deserved thanks for sacking him. “I think Rob coming will bring a lot more people and voters to us,” Farage said, describing the moment as a major step forward for his party. Notably, Jenrick placed second to Badenoch in the party’s internal leadership elections in 2024, and his popularity has increased while hers has decreased since then.
Jenrick used his speech to deliver a sharp critique of the Conservatives, arguing that their years of failure had left the country in decline. Praising Farage, he said, “Nigel has stood for the real change we need for over a decade,” and called on others to follow him to Reform. He concluded with the rallying cry: “Britain is broken. Britain needs Reform. And Reform needs you.”
Reform has been regularly topping national polls for months, and the party has claimed record membership growth, at one point overtaking the ruling Labour Party in total members. Past surveys indicate that more than half of Tory voters would back a merger or alliance with Farage’s party.
❓WHAT HAPPENED: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested Cui Lijie, a Chinese national and billionaire financier behind a controversial casino in Saipan, on suspicion of immigration violations.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Cui Lijie, her son Ji Xiaobo, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and Imperial Pacific International LLC.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: Cui was detained on Tuesday in the Northern Mariana Islands, a U.S. territory in the West Pacific.
🎯IMPACT: Cui’s arrest highlights ongoing scrutiny around Chinese investment in U.S. territories and raises questions about immigration enforcement and visa policies.
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have detained Cui Lijie, a Chinese national and former majority shareholder of Imperial Pacific International LLC, on suspicion of immigration violations. The arrest took place in Saipan, part of the Northern Mariana Islands, a U.S. unincorporated territory in the West Pacific.
Cui, 68, was reportedly detained by ICE’s Customs Enforcement and Removal Operations on Tuesday and is currently being held at the Department of Corrections in the village of Susupe. Local newspaper Marianas Variety reported the arrest, but ICE has not disclosed further details or announced a date for her hearing with an immigration judge.
Cui and her son Ji Xiaobo, both Chinese nationals, were instrumental in developing the Imperial Pacific Palace casino and a $600 million beachside hotel. Their ventures in the gaming industry followed their success in the junket industry in Macao, which promotes high-stakes VIP gambling experiences. However, the casino’s operations were marred by allegations of unlawful employment of Chinese illegal immigrants, safety violations, and suspected bribery of local officials.
In 2020, several executives associated with Imperial Pacific International and its contractor, MCC International Saipan, faced charges related to the illegal employment of foreign workers and the transfer of over $24 million to the United States to support unlawful activities. The casino was shut down in March 2020 and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in April 2024, citing $165.8 million in liabilities.
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem confirmed discussions with President Donald J. Trump about invoking the Insurrection Act regarding anti-ICE demonstrations in Minneapolis.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Secretary Noem, President Trump, Minnesota state authorities, and violent anti-ICE demonstrators.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: Discussions occurred on Thursday concerning events in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
💬KEY QUOTE: “We did discuss the Insurrection Act. He certainly has the constitutional authority to utilize that.” Sec. Kristi Noem
🎯IMPACT: Trump warned he may invoke the Insurrection Act if local authorities fail to address violent anti-ICE protests effectively.
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Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem acknowledged that she has discussed with President Donald J. Trump the possibility of his invoking the Insurrection Act to quell violent anti-ICE protests in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Earlier on Thursday, Trump announced in a post on Truth Social that he is considering invoking the law to deploy U.S. military to the city unless Governor Tim Walz (D-MN) and local Democrat officials put an end to the violent unrest targeting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations and personnel in the state.
“We did discuss the Insurrection Act. He certainly has the constitutional authority to utilize that,” Sec. Noem said outside the White House on Thursday, adding, “My hope is that this leadership team in Minnesota will start to work with us to get criminals off the streets. Remember, we are there and surged operations because of the largest fraud scheme in American history.”
Noem’s comments came after President Trump warned earlier in the morning, “If the corrupt politicians of Minnesota don’t obey the law and stop the professional agitators and insurrectionists from attacking the Patriots of I.C.E., who are only trying to do their job, I will institute the INSURRECTION ACT, which many Presidents have done before me, and quickly put an end to the travesty that is taking place in that once great State.”
Civil unrest in Minneapolis has intensified in recent days following the fatal shooting of an anti-ICE activist after she attempted to run over a federal immigration officer last week. Meanwhile, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reported late Wednesday that two individuals attacked an ICE agent with a broomstick and a snow shovel during an attempted detention of a Venezuelan man. The Venezuelan man was shot in the leg during the incident.
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