The Latest Breaking News from Ice

New spending deal keeps funding for ICE – just not as much as it wants

The spending bill will set aside money for de-escalation training and body cameras and restrict how much money can go to detention

The Independent UK · Jan 20

US justice department subpoenas Minnesota Democrats accused of impeding ICE efforts

Minnesota governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey among officials who received subpoenas

The Guardian - US · Jan 20

ICE Breaks Down Wrong Door, Detains US Citizen in Blue Shorts and Crocs During Minnesota Freeze

Federal agents broke down ChongLy Scott Thao's door and detained the US citizen in freezing weather wearing only shorts and Crocs before realising their mistake an hour later.

International Business Times UK · Jan 20

Protesters go digital against ICE

Hacktivists are leaning more into data leaks and surveillance tools for ICE protests

Axios · Jan 20

Trump's "roving patrols" are closing in on Americans

Noem said Thursday that officers are acting appropriately and "in every situation, were doing targeted enforcement."

Axios · Jan 20

As ICE Cracks Down Harder, Support for Abolishing ICE Surges

A plurality of Americans now say they'd like to end the agency.

Reason · Jan 20

Why everyone should be a student of American studies

The US president Donald Trump’s domestic and foreign policy has surprised much of the world, particularly US allies. It breaks with expectations about how the US has traditionally behaved.

The Conversation · Jan 20

US climate obstruction used to be about profits. Trump’s scorched earth policy is something else

The Trump administration recently announced it would pull out of around 150 international and global organisations, including two foundational pillars of global climate organisations: the political United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the scientific Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). In terms of media coverage this was…

The Conversation · Jan 20

‘I wish I could go back and do things differently’: Woman behind Minnesota fraud scheme speaks out

Prosecutors described her as the mastermind behind a $250 million fraud scheme

The Independent UK · Jan 20

Prosecution rests in Uvalde officer’s trial after 9 days of devastating testimony and graphic evidence

Prosecutors stumbled at times while presenting their case, including inconsistent testimony from witnesses and mistakenly showing a photo

The Independent UK · Jan 20