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Advanced Pentagon laser weapon shot down party balloons instead of drone by mistake, says report — airport shut down after Customs and Border Protection mistakenly believed it was targeting Mexican cartel drones

A frighteningly farcical series of events involving laser weaponry, the FAA, Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and the Pentagon has been retold by a trio of insiders talking to the WSJ.

Tom’s Hardware

Border officer faces 10 years in prison for breaking the very law he is supposed to be enforcing

He is in trouble for hiding his lover.

We Got This Covered

The El Paso Drone Scare Is the Future of National Security Paranoia

Fear over mysterious objects in the sky keeps disrupting society.

Reason

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Why is a Homeland Security shutdown happening and who is affected?

Depending on how long the shutdown lasts, some federal workers could begin to miss paychecks

The Independent UK

Why Kristi Noem wants ICE body cams

The DHS secretary’s effort to avoid a shutdown is about propaganda, not transparency

Salon

CPB supervisor accused of harboring undocumented migrant girlfriend who authorities say is also his niece

Andres Wilkinson has served with CBP since 2001 and was promoted to a supervisory position in 2021, which involved overseeing the enforcement of customs and immigration laws

The Independent UK

ICE and Border Patrol officials say ‘domestic terrorism’ claim about Alex Pretti didn’t come from them

Top immigration officials appear to contradict Stephen Miller’s claim that initial statements were ‘based on reports from CBP on the ground’

The Independent UK

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US federal immigration officer charged with harboring undocumented person

Officer alleged to have had ‘romantic relationship’ with ‘daughter’ of man ‘listed as his brother’ in investigation

The Guardian - US

My Home Is Treated Like a War Zone. That Militarization Expanded to Minnesota.

There have been many violent murders at the hands of Border Patrol agents. This is not an aberration but part of a broader federal apparatus built and refined over decades.

Texas Observer

Border Patrol boss Greg Bovino praised officer after he shot woman five times: ‘You have much yet left to do!!’

Texts also show that one officer called him a ‘legend’ and another told him ‘put that one in your book buddy’

The Independent UK

House lawmakers spar over harms of potential DHS shutdown

Republicans and Democrats sparred about the potential real-world harms of a partial shutdown for the Department of Homeland Security.

Roll Call

Former LA cop took multiple international flights after being charged with murder, court filings reveal

Former LAPD officer Clifford Proctor charged with murder in shooting of Brendon Glenn in 2015

The Independent UK

Border czar Tom Homan warned immigration crackdown needed to be ‘humane’ or risk public support: report

Official drafted in to restore order to federal operations in Minneapolis argued last June that Americans would only back missions that prioritized the apprehension of criminals

The Independent UK

‘A profound sense of being hunted’: with all eyes on Minneapolis, ICE arrests continue quietly across the US

Immigration operations are still stoking fear and disrupting the ability to go to work, school or doctor’s appointments

The Guardian - US

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The Independent UK

Leadership changes in Minnesota follow tensions among agencies over immigration enforcement tactics

The Trump administration's immigration operation in Minnesota is now being unified under U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Salon

Dems' ICE demands do Trump a favor

DHS and Democrats are both demanding a closer relationship between local officials and ICE

Newslaundry

How close is the US to massive civil conflict? ICE may hold the answer

Functional democracies like to assume their institutions are like solid parents. Then one day, those institutions turn out to be estranged relatives.

Roll Call

As DHS spending debate ramps up anew, a focus on enforcement’s impact

Lawmakers are using immigration enforcement horror stories to emphasize their concerns with Trump's immigration policies.

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The Independent UK

Greg Bovino pushed back against ICE order for ‘targeted’ arrests during Chicago raids: report

Trump’s ‘commander-at-large’ for surges in Democratic-led cities allegedly ‘declined’ to follow orders, emails show

The Independent UK

House votes to reopen the government – setting up a fight over ICE

The Senate and the White House will now negotiate guardrails for ICE and CBP agents after the killing of Renee Good and Alex Pretti

Reason

Shutdown Showdown

Plus: the Epstein files, the officers who shot Alex Pretti, and more...

The Independent UK

Two agents involved in Alex Pretti’s fatal shooting are identified as CBP veterans: report

Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez have been identified in a report as the immigration agents who fired on Alex Pretti

The Texas Tribune

Two CBP agents identified in Alex Pretti shooting are from South Texas

Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez fired on Pretti during a protest in Minneapolis last month, according to government records viewed by ProPublica.

The Guardian - US

Two federal agents reportedly identified in fatal shooting of Alex Pretti

Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez are both officers with Customs and Border Protection, ProPublica reports

The Times of India

Who are Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez? Federal agents identified as shooters of Alex Pretti

Two federal immigration agents who fatally shot Alex Pretti during a tense encounter in Minneapolis, Minnesota, have been identified as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa (43) and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez (35).

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