CBS News reports that the Trump administration has begun a massive deployment, perhaps of as many as 2000 as Department of Homeland Security agents, to the Minnesota Twin Cities. The plan is for a 30-day surge in operations in the Twin Cities area, "making the region the first major
On January 3, 2026, the Department of Homeland Security announced that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced that "its unprecedented nationwide recruitment campaign has shattered expectations, hiring more than 12,000 officers and agents in less than a year." Reportedly receiving more than 220,000 applications,
Venezuelan immigrants across the U.S. celebrate Nicolas Maduro’s capture. Others rally against the U.S. intervention in Venezuela. Many took to the streets following news of his arrest this weekend. Worries remain about the country’s political future. See NBC, New York Times. President Trump has sought to
Politico reports that, in a resignation letter, Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan said that the legal proceedings against her “threaten the independence of our judiciary.”
NPR reports that actor George Clooney, his wife and their 7-year-old twins have been granted French citizenship. The French government confirmed the move. "In a New Year's Eve Truth Social post, Trump called the couple `two of the worst political prognosticators of all time' and slammed
The beat goes on. Ruben Vives of the Los Angeles Times reports that immigration raids ended 2025 in Central Coast region of California, with the arrest of 147 people. "Federal immigration agents took people from their homes, job sites, businesses and on the streets as they ran errands, Santa
NPR reports that the Department of Homeland Security is pausing the immigration applications from an additional 20 countries after an expansion of travel restrictions took effect on the New Year's Day. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) in a memo announced that it would pause the review
MSNMSN Check out this video. "Before the Trump name became world-famous, Frederick Trump made a bold journey to America. This video tells the story of his immigration, his struggles, and the life he built in a new country. It’s a window into the challenges and hopes of immigrants
IMDb Greenland 2: Migration. Opening soon. A synopsis from the official website: "In the aftermath of a comet strike that decimated most of the earth, GREENLAND 2: MIGRATION follows the Garrity family (Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin, and Roman Griffin Davis) as they’re forced to leave the safety of
The NPR Politics Podcast looks back at how President Trump has reshaped immigration policy during his second term and the impacts of those changes. The episode includes political correspondent Ashley Lopez, immigration policy correspondent Ximena Bustillo, and White House correspondent Deepa Shivaram.
From the White House account on Truth Social--remigration is a "word[] to carry into the new year."
Happy New Year! Love to see that our president took advantage of his last Truth Social post of the year to troll George and Amal Clooney. And, somehow, make it all about immigration too.