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News Nation: Homan warns California officials can be arrested if they disrupt ICE raids

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Border czar Tom Homan on Sunday warned California officials could face arrest and prosecution if they “cross the line” following President Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops in Los Angeles to quell ongoing immigration protests.

Trump ordered at least 2,000 National Guard members to assist Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents after two days of clashes with demonstrators, despite state and city leaders saying they had not asked for assistance.

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom and LA Mayor Karen Bass, both Democrats, have criticized Trump’s decision to call in the National Guard, warning it only risks escalating tensions. Both also pointed out on Sunday that Trump posted about the National Guard’s “great job” before any troops had arrived in LA.

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On Sunday morning, Newsom, in a post on the social platform X, claimed the federal government is “taking over the California National Guard” because “they want a spectacle. Don’t give them one. Never use violence. Speak out peacefully,” he added.

In the NBC News interview, Homan bashed Newsom’s comments and called him “an embarrassment for the state.”

“I have absolutely no respect for this governor,” Homan said. “Criminal aliens are walking in this state every day because of his government policy. I don’t care what the governor thinks of me. I’m not running a popularity contest.”

Obviously the feeling is mutual, and most of us have no respect for you. You’re only an “acting” director because you’re such a flake that Congress has never ratified your nominations and probably never will.

Homan warns California officials can be arrested if they disrupt ICE raids

https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/immigration/border-czar-tom-homan-ice-raids

Guardian: US immigration agents mistakenly detain deputy marshal in Arizona

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Immigration agents briefly detained a U.S. Marshals Service deputy last month as he was entering a federal building that houses the immigration court in Tucson, Arizona.

The Marshals Service — an agency in charge of enforcing the law in federal courts, protecting judges and apprehending fugitives — confirmed with the Arizona Daily Star on Thursday that a deputy “who fit the general description of a subject being sought by ICE was briefly detained at a federal building in Tucson after entering the lobby of the building.”

What does it take to “fit the general description”? Looks like a Mexican?

It’s unclear what the Marshals Service meant when it said the deputy “fit the general description” of a person being sought by ICE. However, President Donald Trump’s policy of aggressive mass deportation has raised concerns about racial profiling. Legal residents and U.S. citizens, including Native Americans, all have been stopped by ICE.

And prior to Trump’s current presidential term, a 2022 report from the American Civil Liberties Union shed light on racial profiling that it called “endemic” to an ICE program that allows state and local law enforcement to perform certain immigration enforcement duties.

Don’t they all look alike?

Last week, Axios reported on a meeting between two top Trump administration officials, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, where they discussed a goal of arresting 3,000 people a day.

Noah Schramm of the ACLU of Arizona told the Arizona Daily Star that while there’s little information about the incident involving the deputy, arrest quotas from the Trump administration are leading to more mistakes.

“It is not surprising that there would be these cases that the wrong person is detained,” Schramm said. “I think it reflects that they are trying to get numbers and that they are OK violating basic principles and basic procedures that are meant to protect people and make sure the wrong people don’t get picked up.”

US immigration agents mistakenly detain deputy marshal in Arizona
Deputy marshal ‘fit the general description of a subject being sought’ and was briefly detained, Marshals Service says

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/08/ice-agents-mistakenly-detain-us-marshal-arizona

Law & Crime: ‘Seemingly defiant posture’: State AG gets tongue-lashing from appeals court over ‘veiled threat’ to defy judge’s order stopping immigration arrests

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit delivered a sharp rebuke on Friday to Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier over the state’s new immigration enforcement law — scolding him for making “a veiled threat” to defy a judge’s order blocking local immigrant arrests, while ruling to leave the order in place.

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Back in April, U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams issued a 14-day stay that blocked the law in question — signed into effect by Gov. Ron DeSantis in February — which gives state law enforcement the power to arrest and prosecute undocumented immigrants. It is a first-degree misdemeanor now for a person to enter Florida as an “unauthorized alien” under the law.

Williams, a Barack Obama appointee, ordered that the legislation not be enforced, arguing that it was the federal government’s responsibility to apprehend and litigate migrants, not individual states.

State AG gets tongue-lashing from appeals court over ‘veiled threat’ to defy judge’s order
The 11th Circuit delivered a sharp rebuke to Florida AG James Uthmeier over the state’s new immigration enforcement law, scolding him for making “a veiled threat” to defy a federal order blocking it.
‘Seemingly defiant posture’: State AG gets tongue-lashing from appeals court over ‘veiled threat’ to defy judge’s order stopping immigration arrests

The Hill: Why are ICE agents running amok? Because they can. 

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As the Trump administration pushes for more mass deportations, law enforcement officers from the Department of Homeland Security are suddenly everywhere. 

In San Diego, Homeland Security officers conducted a SWAT-style raid on a restaurant, handcuffing 19 employees over an hour and slamming the manager against a wall in the process. Eventually, they arrested four people. The raid was so heavy-handed that the officers had to deploy flashbang grenades to escape from the angry crowd that gathered in response.

Even members of Congress aren’t safe. Last week, Homeland Security officers forced their way into Rep. Jerry Nadler’s (D) New York office without a warrant. When one of the staffers protested, she was handcuffed and detained. 

The cases you hear about are only the tip of the iceberg. Federal officers are fanning out across the country, conducting raids, traffic stops, even scooping people up at courthouses when they appear for immigration hearings and carting them away in leg irons and shackles — harsh treatment that you seldom see even when felons are arrested. 

This heavy-handedness and cruelty isn’t a glitch — it’s intentional, as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and Tom Homan, President Trump’s border czar, attempt to frighten immigrants into leaving the country. Even legal residents and American citizens are getting caught up in the crackdown.

And the worst part is, while things like barging into a congressman’s office and detaining his staffers aren’t legal, there is nothing anyone can do about it. If Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents force their way into your house without a warrant, slap you around and detain your family at gunpoint while conducting an illegal search, you have no way of getting your constitutional claims into federal court. As a practical matter, these agents are above the law and cannot be held accountable for violating your constitutional rights. 

Why are ICE agents running amok? Because they can.

https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/5335758-homeland-security-raid-immigration

Independent: Outrage after California fourth grader is detained by ICE agents during immigration hearing

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Parents and teachers in southern California are urgently asking for help to find a fourth grader who is being “held captive” by immigration authorities in Texas.

Torrance Elementary School student Martir Garcia Lara attended an immigration court appointment with his father in Houston on May 29 “when suddenly they were detained and separated from each other,” according to a message from the school’s Parent Teacher Association.

The boy and his father are reportedly in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody.

“He’s alone and he’s not able to return home,” PTA president Jasmin King told KTLA.

“We have not received any information on why they were detained,” she said. “All we know is that Martir is just a fourth grader who’s by himself, without his dad, without a parent, and just in a place that he probably doesn’t know, so we can only imagine what he might be feeling.”

A fourth-grader! What a catch!

Homan’s bully boys must be really proud of themselves today!

Outrage after California fourth grader is detained by ICE during immigration hearing
Martir Garcia Lara was ordered into custody in Houston as federal agents target courthouses nationwide

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/california-ice-arrest-elementary-school-b2763614.html

Daily Beast: Stephen [“Goebbels”] Miller Threatened ICE Leaders With a Furious Ultimatum Over Arrest Targets

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An irate Stephen [“Goebbels”] Miller threatened senior Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials with termination unless their offices upped their game and started detaining at least 3,000 migrants a day.

The White House deputy chief of staff also warned that leaders of field offices ranking in the bottom 10 percent for migrant arrests were at risk of being fired, NBC News reports, citing unnamed sources.

The little Hitler works hard to alienate everyone!

Stephen Miller Threatened ICE Leaders With a Furious Ultimatum Over Arrest Targets
The White House deputy chief of staff is demanding more detentions, even if it means reshaping federal agencies.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/stephen-miller-threatened-ice-leaders-with-a-furious-ultimatum-over-arrest-targets

Guardian: US immigration officers ordered to arrest more people even without warrants

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Exclusive: Ice officers told to get ‘creative’ with arrests, including of undocumented people encountered by chance

Senior US immigration officials over the weekend instructed rank-and-file officers to “turn the creative knob up to 11” when it comes to enforcement, including by interviewing and potentially arresting people they called “collaterals”, according to internal agency emails viewed by the Guardian.

Officers were also urged to increase apprehensions and think up tactics to “push the envelope” one email said, with staff encouraged to come up with new ways of increasing arrests and suggesting them to superiors.

“If it involves handcuffs on wrists, it’s probably worth pursuing,” another message said.

This will greatly increase the harassment and “accidental” deportations of legal residents and U.S. citizens.

US immigration officers ordered to arrest more people even without warrants
Exclusive: Ice officers told to get ‘creative’ with arrests, including of undocumented people encountered by chance

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/04/immigration-officials-increased-detentions-collateral-arrests

Raw Story: Stephen [“Goebbels”] Miller facing revolt from Trump’s DOJ over his demands: NBC News

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Demands that White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen [“Goebbels”] Miller is making on the various federal law enforcement agencies is starting to set off a revolt, NBC News is reporting,

Following up on her Wednesday report on how [“Goebbels”] Miller and Donald Trump’s war on immigrants is “reshaping” the focus of what crimes should be prioritized, NBC’s Julia Ainsley told the hosts of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that the abrasive [“Goebbels”] Miller is increasingly angering other members of the administration.

The little Hitler thinks he runs everthing!

Stephen Miller facing revolt from Trump’s DOJ over his demands: NBC News

https://www.rawstory.com/stephen-miller-facing-revolt-from-doj-over-demands-nbc-news

The Hill: DHS explains to Massachusetts governor it ‘never intended to apprehend’ high schooler

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Monday explained in a reply to a post by Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey (D) that it “never intended to apprehend” a high schooler.

In a statement posted to the social platform X on Sunday, Healey said she was “disturbed and outraged by reports that a Milford High School student was arrested by ICE on his way to volleyball practice yesterday.”

F*ck*ng liar!

You’ve publicly admitted that you are pursuing “collateral” arrests. That kid was a target whether you admit or not.

All you care about is numbers. The more misery you can create for people who aren’t lily white, the better, at least in your deranged minds.

DHS explains to Massachusetts governor it ‘never intended to apprehend’ high schooler

https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/5329592-dhs-ice-maura-healey-apprehend-high-schooler

Newsweek: ICE director responds to agents being labeled “terrorists”

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The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) acting chief has denied heavy-handedness on the part of his agents, who he says have been forced to wear masks after being “doxed” and branded “terrorists.”

Doxing is an online attack that involves publishing someone’s personal information and details online, often with the intent to intimidate or frighten the victim.

If you can’t handle the heat, get out of the fire, fool.

Real cops don’t wear masks. They are identifiable by badge numbers or blazers with agency names & unique identifying numbers.

Only wannabe Gestapo thugs wear masks!

ICE director responds to agents being labeled “terrorists”
Acting Director Todd Lyons says teams have to wear masks for their own safety after being “doxed” and branded “terrorists.”

https://www.newsweek.com/ice-raids-immigration-masks-terrorists-safety-2080248