The GOP has taken a mixed response to President Donald Trump‘s efforts to tamp down violent interactions between Minnesota protesters and Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. Many Republicans championed Trump sending border czar Tom Homan to Minnesota in the aftermath of a second protester’s death over the weekend. But other MAGA supporters have slammed Trump’s […]
Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and Tom Suozzi (D-NY) sent a letter Tuesday renewing a meeting request with President Donald Trump to discuss immigration and border security issues in the wake of the Minneapolis shootings. Fitzpatrick and Suozzi, co-chairmen of the Problem Solvers Caucus who both sit in competitive congressional seats, are making a bipartisan effort […]
President Donald Trump expressed his dislike that Alex Pretti, the anti-ICE protester killed in Minneapolis on Saturday, was carrying a gun when he was shot dead by Border Patrol agents. “He shouldn’t have been carrying a gun,” Trump told reporters in Urbandale, Iowa. “I don’t like that he had a gun. I don’t like that […]
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) asked the Department of Homeland Security to cease its immigration enforcement surge in Maine and Minnesota in the wake of two fatal shootings by immigration enforcement personnel this month. Collins, the chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, made the appeal directly to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem during a conversation earlier […]
President Donald Trump will withhold aid to Iraq if the parliament elects former Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki to return as the head of government. Trump made the threat via social media on Tuesday, denouncing al Maliki’s previous performance as prime minister and questioning his ideological alignment. “I’m hearing that the Great Country of Iraq […]
Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-TX) admitted Tuesday that even if the government shuts down over funding for the Department of Homeland Security, there is “enough money” for the department to continue its operations. Escobar appeared on CNN’s the Situation Room as the deadline to fund the government, Jan. 30, is fast approaching. If the Senate does […]
Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) said Vice President JD Vance is a “suck-up” who embarrasses himself by seeking President Donald Trump’s “affirmation,” and criticized Vance’s comments about immigration enforcement in Minnesota. Vance, who recently visited Minnesota to meet with Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, has continued to defend federal law enforcement carrying out the administration’s immigration […]
Leaders of three immigration agencies will testify before the House Homeland Security Committee on Feb. 10, Chairman Andrew Garbarino (R-NY) announced on Tuesday. The committee will hear from Immigration and Customs Enforcement acting Director Todd Lyons, Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott, and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Joseph Edlow. Garbarino said in […]
Rep. Mark Amodei (R-NV) on Monday expressed notable skepticism about Minnesota Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations, signaling that pivotal Republican House support for the Trump administration is on shaky ground. “I’ll tell you this: There needs to be a pivot in the whole operation. Because regardless of what side of immigration enforcement you’re on, we […]
House Democrats are ramping up pressure on Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, with leadership vowing to pursue impeachment proceedings unless President Donald Trump removes her. The pledge from Democratic leadership comes as Democrats on the Committee on Homeland Security are weighing opening an investigation into Noem and her leadership after the fatal shootings of Alex […]
