ICE Shackled Tourist Grandma, 65, and Held Her for Weeks

Sunday, February 22, 2026

A British grandmother's vacation to the U.S. ended with the woman being unlawfully held in immigration detention for six weeks.

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Karen Newton had a valid tourist visa when she was detained for more than 40 days.

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Democrats voting to fund ICE and DHS should be shot into the sun, imo.

#1 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2026-02-22 11:46 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

"Democrats voting to fund ICE and DHS should be shot into the sun, imo."

Damned if they do, damned if they don't. You know they'll be painted as supporting the "Defund the Police" nonsense if they vote to defund them. Especially if they don't have enough votes to actually do it.

#2 | Posted by sentinel at 2026-02-22 12:23 PM | Reply | Funny: 2

"Democrats voting to fund ICE and DHS should be shot into the sun, imo."
Damned if they do, damned if they don't. You know they'll be painted as supporting the "Defund the Police" nonsense if they vote to defund them. Especially if they don't have enough votes to actually do it.
#2 | Posted by sentinel at 2026-02-22 12:23 PM

The Epstein Economy

1. Concentration of Wealth
2. Removal of Consequence
3. Capture of Politics
4. Manufacture of Depression
5. Normalisation of Deviance

#3 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2026-02-22 02:49 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 3

Defunding the police is NOT nonsense, it needs to happen. They're STILL the biggest and most dangerous street gang in the country. Most pigs should join ICE in that rocket to the sun.

#4 | Posted by DarkVader at 2026-02-23 07:48 PM | Reply | Funny: 1 | Newsworthy 2

The late actor Robert Duvall and Sean Penn played in a movie last century about the LAPD and gangs.

The cops that brandish tattoos today are basically uniformed gang members, like ICE.

LA county correctional officers ran gladiator fights between juvenile detainees.

#5 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-02-23 07:57 PM | Reply | Funny: 1 | Newsworthy 1