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East Idaho News: Canyon sheriff, Caldwell police chief: DHS statement on raid ‘deeply misleading’

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The Canyon County Sheriff’s Office and Caldwell Police Department released a joint statement Wednesday saying they wanted to clarify the situation around Sunday’s raid in Wilder, which was not an ICE-led operation, despite what the Department of Homeland Security indicated.

In a statement to the media Tuesday, Homeland Security said that “ICE dismantled an illegal horse-racing, animal fighting, and a gambling enterprise operation” and that “as part of the operation ICE law enforcement officers arrested 105 illegal aliens.”

The raid at La Catedral Arena, where four people were arrested as part of an FBI criminal investigation on alleged illegal gambling, was in fact led by the FBI’s Treasure Valley Metro Violent Crime and Gang Task Force, according to Canyon County Sheriff Kieran Donahue and Caldwell Police Chief Rex Ingram.

The FBI has said several times that it was the lead agency and that ICE was there “as part of the broader federal team to process individuals who were found to have potential immigration violations.”

Canyon sheriff, Caldwell police chief: DHS statement on raid ‘deeply misleading’ – East Idaho News
Agents stand at La Catedral Arena in Wilder, Idaho, on the evening of Oct. 19, 2025. Multiple law enforcement agencies, including the FBI and the Canyon County Sheriff’s Office, were there as part of an investigation into alleged illegal horse betting. | Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman WILDER (Idaho Statesman) — The Canyon County Sheriff’s Office […]
Canyon sheriff, Caldwell police chief: DHS statement on raid ‘deeply misleading’

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Daily Beast: ICE Stockpiling Warheads and Chemical Weapons as Lawmaker Fears Trump Planning Strike

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Spending went from almost $9 million under Biden in 2024 to $71 million in Trump’s first nine months.

The number of weapons bought by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has reportedly surged 700 percent under President Donald Trump—and even includes chemical agents and warheads.

Federal purchasing logs show ICE spent $71,515,762 on “small arms, ordnance, and ordnance accessories,” including military supplies, weapons, and ammunition, in the nine months between Jan. 20 and Oct. 18.

ICE Is Stockpiling Warheads and Chemical Weapons
Spending went from almost $9 million under Biden in 2024 to $71 million in Trump’s first nine months.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/ice-stockpiling-warheads-and-chemical-weapons-as-lawmaker-fears-trump-planning-strike

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Inquisitr: ICE Deaths Skyrocket Under Trump as ‘Invasion-Style’ Raids Rock U.S. Cities

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Deaths climb, helicopters roar, and fear spreads, inside Trump’s deadly new deportation drive.

We hardly see any days when the American immigration system is not seen in the headlines, especially during the reign of President Donald Trump, and once again it has come back, and again not for a good reason. Numerous people have died in ICE custody…. According to chilling new figures shared by Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), 20 migrants have died in ICE detention since Trump took office, the highest single-year toll in decades. By comparison, there were 24 deaths total during Biden’s four years in power.

The surge has sparked national outrage and fear, as reports of violent raids, tear gas, and helicopters flood cities like Chicago, where residents say ICE’s crackdown feels like “a war zone.” They further stated, “They’re Making It a War Zone.” In a fiery interview with CNN, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker blasted the Trump administration’s tactics, saying ICE has “turned Chicago into a battlefield.”

ICE Deaths Skyrocket Under Trump as ‘Invasion-Style’ Raids Rock U.S. Cities
ICE deaths soar under Trump’s crackdown as Chicago erupts over “invasion-style” raids.

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Miami Herald: Journalists Dispute DHS Claims of Portland Unrest

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President Donald Trump and White House officials have been accused of exaggerating claims regarding alleged unrest in Portland, contrasting with local journalists’ reports. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has faced significant local pushback for what officials have deemed as misleading narratives. Local journalists have documented mostly routine daytime activity, while the Trump administration has reported ongoing unrest at night.

Trump said, “It’s like the movies you see for the kids, I guess not only the kids, adults also, where you have these bombed-out cities and these bombed-out people.”

Trump added, “Unless they’re playing false tapes, this looks like World War II.”

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Journalists have published timestamped images challenging DHS portrayals, primarily reporting on daytime activity. Oregon Public Broadcasting CEO Rachel Smolkin said, “Our OPB team is reporting the facts on the ground as they unfold with as much context as we can offer.”

Journalists Dispute DHS Claims of Portland Unrest
President Donald Trump and White House officials have been accused of exaggerating claims regarding alleged unrest in Portland, contrasting with local journalists’ reports. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has faced significant local pushback for what officials have deemed as misleading narratives. Local journalists have documented mostly routine daytime activity, while the Trump administration hasContinue reading “Journalists Dispute…

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NBC News: Some Trump critics fear they could be the president’s next target for prosecution

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The president has called for indictments of some of his political enemies.

Fear is spreading among some who’ve run afoul of President Donald Trump.

A foreboding that grew out of Trump’s election victory last November has deepened, several people told NBC News, after the Justice Department secured indictments against two public figures who’ve long been in his crosshairs: New York Attorney General Letitia James and former FBI Director James Comey.

Some said they worry that the Trump administration will target them for prosecution, draining their life savings and potentially landing them in jail. In a time of heightened political violence, others said they fear that the president’s most zealous followers may try to do them harm.

Some Trump critics fear they could be the president’s next target for prosecution
The president has called for indictments of some of his political enemies.

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Reuters: DHS purchase of business jets during shutdown draws Democrats’ ire

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Democrats in Congress on Saturday criticized the Trump administration’s decision to buy two Gulfstream G700 jets for $172 million during the ongoing government shutdown that are to be used by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and other senior leaders.

The U.S. Coast Guard entered into a sole-source contract on Friday, according to a government contracting website. The jets will be used for the Coast Guard’s Long Range Command Control fleet of aircraft.

DHS said in a statement late Friday that the new jets are needed because it currently relies on a Gulfstream CG-101 G550 jet that is over 20 years old, outside of the aircraft’s service life “and well beyond operational usage hours for a corporate aircraft.”

The department said it would not allow the federal shutdown “to slow down this process” of replacing the jet, but Democrats want to know where the money is coming from.

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Newsweek: Portland Mayor: ICE Facility Is a Disaster Waiting To Happen | Opinion

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An “accident chain” is a collection of small mistakes or oversights that, together, can lead to an accident, injury or death. As the former CEO of one of North America’s safest freight trucking companies, and now the mayor of Portland, Oregon, I’ve learned to see these potential chain-links everywhere.  

Earlier this month, I was summoned to meet Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Trump adviser Corey Lewandowski at Portland’s controversial Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility. In business, I asked for, and received, a workplace so organized and clean that we could find every tool or piece of equipment in the dark—”a place for everything, and everything in its place.” By contrast, the ICE facility was a mess of overflowing dumpsters, loose body armor and crowd control munitions and a broken HVAC air conditioning system that raised both temperatures and tempers in the aging building.  

It is little wonder why Secretary Noem has ignored or denied all regional journalists who have requested access to this facility, opting instead to fly in the least credible, most ideologically compromised hangers-on that MAGA social media has to offer.  

Portland Mayor: ICE Facility Is a Disaster Waiting To Happen
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s visit to Portland was a taxpayer-funded whistle-stop tour to prop up a ludicrous fable of domestic terrorism.

https://www.newsweek.com/portland-mayor-ice-facility-disaster-opinion-10892062

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CNN: In immigration crackdown, DHS statements on arrests face a problem of credibility

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A series of public statements from the Department of Homeland Security during its migrant crackdown in Chicago and across the country has been contradicted or undermined by local officials, a civil rights attorney and a legal filing.

These issues have been particularly notable in three prominent incidents: the arrest of a WGN employee, the shooting of a US citizen accused of ramming police vehicles and ICE’s detention of a 13-year-old in Massachusetts.

A closer look at the incidents underscores the broader skepticism of the Department of Homeland Security’s statements as federal agents have moved into city streets in Chicago and elsewhere.

In immigration crackdown, DHS statements on arrests face a problem of credibility | CNN
A series of public statements from the Department of Homeland Security during its migrant crackdown in Chicago and across the country has been contradicted or undermined by local officials, a civil rights attorney and a legal filing.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/18/us/dhs-credibility-chicago-immigration-ice

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Associated Press: Judge wants immigration agents in Chicago area to wear body cameras after clashes with public

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Judge wants immigration agents in Chicago area to wear body cameras after clashes with public
A judge says she will require federal immigration officers in the Chicago area to wear body cameras after the use of tear gas used against protesters.

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Slingshot News: ‘I Knew You Were Gonna Go There’: Rep. Rosa DeLauro Shuts Down Kristi Noem, Prepares The Receipts Knowing She Would Blame Biden In Hearing [Video]

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During a House Appropriations Committee hearing held in May, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) predicted DHS Secretary Kristi Noem would resort to blaming the Biden Administration, so she prepared documentation in advance to shut down Noem’s pitiful attempts at deflection.

‘I Knew You Were Gonna Go There’: Rep. Rosa DeLauro Shuts Down Kristi Noem, Prepares The Receipts Knowing She Would Blame Biden In Hearing
During a House Appropriations Committee hearing held in May, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) predicted DHS Secretary Kristi Noem would resort to blaming the Biden Administration, so she prepared documentation in advance to shut down Noem’s pitiful attempts at deflection.

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