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Saturday, January 31, 2026

WASHINGTON " Amid tensions over President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown in Minnesota and beyond, federal agents were told this week that they have broader power to arrest people without a warrant, according to an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo reviewed by The New York Times.

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"The change expands the ability of lower-level ICE agents to carry out sweeps rounding up people they encounter and suspect are immigrants lacking legal status, rather than targeted enforcement operations in which they set out, warrant in hand, to arrest a specific person.

The shift comes as the administration has deployed thousands of masked immigration agents into cities nationwide.

A week before the memo, it came to light that Todd Lyons, the acting director of the agency, had issued guidance in May saying agents could enter homes with only an administrative warrant, not a judicial one."

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2026-01-31 07:32 PM | Reply

Thing is, we can trust ICE to do the right thing... oh, wait:

"ICE claim that a man shattered his skull running into wall triggers tension at a Minnesota hospital

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) " Intensive care nurses immediately doubted the word of federal immigration officers when they arrived at a Minneapolis hospital with a Mexican immigrant who had broken bones in his face and skull.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents initially claimed Alberto Castaeda Mondragn had tried to flee while handcuffed and "purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall," according to court documents filed by a lawyer seeking his release.

But staff members at Hennepin County Medical Center determined that could not possibly account for the fractures and bleeding throughout the 31-year-old's brain, said three nurses familiar with the case.

"It was laughable, if there was something to laugh about," said one of the nurses, who spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss patient care.

"There was no way this person ran headfirst into a wall."

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Be Proud, Trumpers, Be Proud!

#2 | Posted by Corky at 2026-01-31 07:38 PM | Reply

Just giving money away.

Internal ice memo vs bill of rights

We might as well give judges something to do.

#3 | Posted by fresno500 at 2026-01-31 09:12 PM | Reply

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