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We Found More Than 40 Cases Of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds And Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing
Nicole Foy and McKenzie Funk, Techdirt
This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. The original version has even more horrifying photographs and videos of agents engaging in this kind of behavior. Immigration agents have put civilians’ lives at r…
Jan 14, 2026, 11:46 PM
ICE Is Going On A Surveillance Shopping Spree
Cooper Quintin, Techdirt
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has a new budget under the current administration, and they are going on a surveillance tech shopping spree. Standing at $28.7 billion dollars for the year 2025 (nearly triple their 2024 budget) and at least anot…
Jan 14, 2026, 9:08 PM
US freezes visas for 75 nations
News Desk, Mathrubhumi.com
US State Department to halt visa processing for 75 countries citing `public charge` risks.
Jan 14, 2026, 5:13 PM
When They're Not Applying Banned Chokeholds, ICE Agents Are Apparently Stealing and Selling Citizens' Phones
Jim Vorel, Jezebel
ICE agents seemingly believe they can get away with anything, even stealing and selling the phone of a 16-year-old citizen.
Jan 14, 2026, 11:38 AM
US, for 1st time in 50 years, experienced negative net migration in 2025: Report
Laura Romero, ABC News
The U.S. experienced negative net migration in 2025 for the first time in at least half a century, according to a report released by the Brookings Institution.
Jan 13, 2026, 11:30 PM
Trump administration moves to end deportation protection for Somalis
BBC News
As the US cracks down on illegal immigration in Minneapolis, home to a large Somali community, it will end protections for many in the country legally.
Jan 13, 2026, 3:44 PM
DHS Tells Reporter That Filming ICE Officers ‘Sounds Like Obstruction Of Justice’
Tim Cushing, Techdirt
ICE activity has increased exponentially since Trump’s return to office, bringing with it an exponential increase in rights violations committed by federal officers. Multiple lawsuits have been filed and, without exception, courts have safeguarded the rights …
Jan 13, 2026, 1:25 PM
Jimmy Kimmel Suggests Sending ICE Agents in Minneapolis to Iran: ‘They Could Help’
Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone
Jimmy Kimmel discussed Donald Trump's response to the killing of Renee Nicole Good, suggesting he send the ICE agents to Iran instead.
Jan 13, 2026, 8:00 AM
Minnesota sues Trump administration over immigration crackdown
Faisal Ali, Al Jazeera English
Lawsuit seeks to halt operation that officials have called a 'federal invasion' and that left a mother of three dead.
Jan 13, 2026, 6:58 AM
ICE agents arrest protest singer in tense Minneapolis standoff
Reuters Videos, Yahoo Entertainment
<body><p>STORY: :: Graphic Warning - Profanity</p><p>:: ICE agents arrest a protest singer at a demonstration outside a federal building in Minneapolis</p><p...
Jan 13, 2026, 2:07 AM
US revokes more than 100,000 visas since Trump’s return to office
Adam Hancock, Al Jazeera English
The US State Department says visa revocations have more than doubled as Trump continues his immigration crackdown.
Jan 13, 2026, 1:19 AM
Minnesota officials sue to block Trump's immigration crackdown as enforcement intensifies
Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, NPR
More than 2,000 federal immigration agents are in Minnesota, and that number is expected to increase. On Monday, an NPR reporter witnessed multiple instances where immigration agents drove around Minneapolis — and in parking lots of big box stores — and rando…
Jan 12, 2026, 11:51 PM
Kristi Noem: ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Says ICE Can Legally Thwart Congressional Oversight
Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Whatever the stated reasons for doing this, we all know what this really is: another effort from the Trump regime to put as much distance between it and accountability. Even before DHS head Kristi Noem decided it’s now suddenly legal to force congressional ov…
Jan 12, 2026, 11:25 PM
Minnesota Sues to Stop ICE ‘Invasion’
Dell Cameron, Wired
The state of Minnesota, along with the Twin Cities, have sued the US government and several officials to halt the flood of agents carrying out an Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation.
Jan 12, 2026, 10:42 PM
US withdraws policy expressly barring lending bias against immigrants
By David Hood-Nuño, Yahoo Entertainment
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Jan 12, 2026, 9:49 PM
Tom Homan: If Democrats Don’t Stop Calling Us Murderers, We’re Just Going To Be Forced To Keep Murdering You
Mike Masnick, Techdirt
The murder of Renee Nicole Good by ICE officer Jonathan Ross has certainly created quite the divide between the reality-based majority of the population who doesn’t want masked unaccountable federal law enforcement goons invading cities they have no business …
Jan 12, 2026, 5:27 PM
Mark Ruffalo, Wanda Sykes Protest ICE With “Be Good” Pins At Golden Globes
Glenn Garner, Deadline
As the nation reels from last week’s fatal ICE shooting of Renee Good, the stars at Sunday’s 83rd Golden Globe Awards used the red carpet to protest the government agency. Mark Ruffalo and Wanda Sykes were among those to walk the carpet with pins that read ‘I…
Jan 11, 2026, 11:33 PM
Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt
Leigh Beadon, Techdirt
This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is David with a comment about the murder of Renee Good by ICE: In second place, it’s That One Guy with a comment about culpability for Trump’s actions: An entire congress and military worth of collabora…
Jan 11, 2026, 8:30 PM
A Former Senior Border Patrol Agent Warned Us What Was Coming
Susie Madrak, Crooksandliars.com
Former Border Patrol officer Jenn Budd used to write some really powerful and perceptive stuff for us, and now that I look back at her work, I wish more people in the media read blogs. If you listen to her interview and read her posts, you will understand a l…
Jan 11, 2026, 8:26 PM
'There is more fear now'...
Louise Callaghan, Thetimes.com
On a weed-choked runway in Colombia, exiles celebrated Nicolás Maduro’s fall — then learnt the regime still ruled. For them, returning remains a distant dream
Jan 11, 2026, 6:13 PM
Trump's Goon Homan Threatens 'More Incidents' If Y'all Aren't Nice To ICE
Conover Kennard, Crooksandliars.com
Trump's border czar, Tom Homan, joined Kristen Welker on Meet the Press to continue the right-wing talking points following the jaw-dropping fatal shooting of 37-year-old mother of three Renee Good by ICE agent Jonathan Ross. Obviously, the protests that ens…
Jan 11, 2026, 5:04 PM
MAGA Senator Crumbles While Defending ICE Shooting on Live TV
Laura Esposito, Daily Beast
Trumpy Sen. Markwayne Mullin contradicted himself on live television while defending a federal immigration agent who fatally shot a Minneapolis mother...
Jan 11, 2026, 4:35 PM
“They Could See My Color”: Minneapolis Uber Driver Speaks Out On Why Border Patrol Accosted Him
Fatima Khan, The Intercept
Ahmed Bin Hassan, a Somali American, was defiant as more than a dozen masked federal agents harangued him about his accent. The post “They Could See My Color”: Minneapolis Uber Driver Speaks Out On Why Border Patrol Accosted Him appeared first on The Intercep…
Jan 11, 2026, 12:00 PM
US woman killed by ICE agent called ‘domestic terrorist’: What it means
Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English
Experts say US homeland security secretary misused the 'domestic terrorist' label to justify shooting Renee Good.
Jan 11, 2026, 11:24 AM