News from Los Angeles: Immigration sweep rattles LA.'s Fashion District, deepening fears and slumping sales

Immigration operations continue in Los Angeles.

The Onion's Hot Immigration Takes

Y'all. I get my news from a wide variety of sources. WaPo. BBC. Nightly News. Truth Social (my motto: I follow so you don't have to). But sometimes, you just need The Onion, which, for the record, I read on paper in college since, you know,

Associated Press: Federal immigration officers filmed dragging a woman from her car in Minneapolis

The Associated Press reports that "a U.S. citizen on her way to a medical appointment in Minneapolis was dragged out of her car and detained by immigration officers, according to a statement released by the woman on Thursday, after a video of her arrest drew millions of views

International Migration 2025

Check out this post on Rural Migration News, which includes detailed information about international migration. The number of international migrants, defined by the United Nations as persons outside their country of birth for a year or more, doubled from 154 million in 1990 to 304 million in 2024. The migrant

ACLU, ACLU of Minnesota Sue Federal Government to End ICE, CBP’s Practice of Suspicionless Stops, Warrantless Arrests, and Racial Profiling of Minnesotans

Press release: "MINNEAPOLIS —The ACLU of Minnesota, American Civil Liberties Union, Covington & Burling LLP, Greene Espel PLLP, and Robins Kaplan LLP filed a class-action lawsuit today against the Trump administration on behalf of three community members — and a class of similarly situated people — whose constitutional rights were violated

Correlation Does Not Equal Causation

Check out this post from the official White House socials: It's accompanied by this chart: Look, I haven't checked these numbers. I have no idea if they are even true. But, assuming they are, clearly we're running into the age-old discussion of correlation not

ICE on ice

Winter in Minnesota is no joke.

Appeals court sides with Trump administration in Khalil deportation case

Politico reports that a federal appeals court today handed the Trump administration a victory in its efforts to deport pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Court of Appeals held that Khalil must pursue his case through the immigration

ProPublica: "We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing"

ProPublica found over 40 cases of agents using chokeholds and other moves that can block breathing. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen. https://www.instagram.com/p/DQUtnnViSSc/?hl=en

Trump's Plea to Minnesotans

Yesterday, on Truth Social, the president wrote: I swear every sentence of that "truth" is wilder than the last. What's with his consistent (and, to be clear, erroneous) referencing of foreign mental institutions? What an odd fixation.

Prez Threatens to Defund Sanctuary Cities

Trump has thoughts about sanctuary cities. Or as he calls them: "CORRUPT CRIMINAL PROTECTION CENTERS." Here's his "truth" from earlier today:

State Department suspending immigrant visas for 75 countries

Matthew Lee for the Associated Press reports on a jarring development. "The State Department said [today] it will suspend the processing of immigrant visas for citizens of 75 countries, including Afghanistan, Iran, Russia and Somalia, whose nationals the Trump administration has deemed likely to require public assistance while living