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Proof that protests work!!
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Via the #HuffPost @ 12:01pm ET on Sept 21, 2025

The #Trump administration plans to evacuate an #Immigration and #CustomsEnforcement facility outside #Chicago that has become the site of #protests over the president’s immigration crackdown in the city, according to Department of #HomelandSecurity communications viewed by HuffPost.

#ICE #DHS

huffpost.com/entry/ice-evacuat

HuffPost · ICE Plans To Evacuate Chicago-Area Facility Following Immigration ProtestsBy Dave Jamieson

FEMA staffers warn the agency’s leadership has hindered its ability to effectively manage emergencies and operations, including national security work, and there is a very real risk of another Katrina-level disaster. Approx. 180 FEMA employees sent a letter to Congress sounding the alarm that the agency’s direction and current leaders’ inexperience harming their ability to "serve our country as our mission dictates.” washingtonpost.com/weather/202 #FEMA #Fail #mismangement #Katrina #HHS #HomelandSecurity #EmergencyManagement #NationalSecurity #Leadership

"Patrick Cunningham, the agent who oversaw the arrest of Öztürk in March, told the court in Boston that he had consulted a Department of Homeland Security attorney to check that arresting her based on her visa being revoked was legal. Cunningham also said he had no knowledge of any criminal offense she had committed.

Öztürk, who was in ICE custody for two months, was released in May.

“When you receive information from headquarters at this level, top down, you make the assumption that it’s legally sufficient,” Cunningham, who is part of ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations arm in Boston, told the court. “But I did contact our legal counsel to ensure that we’re on solid legal ground.”

Öztürk’s attorney Mahsa Khanbabai said in an email to NBC News that the arrest has “never been about immigration enforcement.

Rather, it “has always been about retaliation and punishment on protected speech,” Khanbabai said. “We are confident the courts will continue to uphold the basic principles of a just and free society.”"

nbcnews.com/news/us-news/homel

NBC News · Homeland Security agent said he had to ask a lawyer if Öztürk’s arrest was legal after orders to prioritize her caseBy Kimmy Yam

>>Museum staff say officers told them they were looking at entry and exit points for events that may draw undocumented individuals.

This upcoming weekend, the museum is hosting Barrio Arts Fest which is expected to draw large crowds.<<

abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chica

abc7chicago.com · Puerto Rican museum staff on 'high alert' after DHS agents visited ahead of Chicago festivalBy Michelle Gallardo

One wonders what Trump knows about an upcoming Iranian attack in the US.

When shown the Presidential Daily Briefing, National Security Advisor Condoleez Rice testified in Congress: "Nobody could know .... OK nobody knew he'd attack in the US ... OK nobody knew he'd use planes ... OK we knew all that, we just didn't know the day."

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Behind the scenes, government lawyers struggled to make sense of how to proceed given their vague instructions. Over the next day, his account states, “it became clear to Mr. Reuveni” that the Departments of #State & #HomelandSecurity “were receiving contrary directions from someone else to take actions in violation of court orders.”

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That answer, according to Reuveni’s account, was false. “Ensign had been present in the previous day’s meeting when #EmilBove stated clearly that one or more planes containing individuals subject to the #AEA would be taking off over the weekend no matter what,” the account states.

While Ensign represented the government in court, Reuveni listened by phone, sending updates to lawyers at the Departments of #State & #HomelandSecurity.

Whoo, Judge Breyer was on fire:

At this early stage of the proceedings, the Court must determine whether the
President followed the congressionally mandated procedure for his actions. He did not.
His actions were illegal—both exceeding the scope of his statutory authority and violating
the Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. He must therefore return control
of the California National Guard to the Governor of the State of California forthwith.

storage.courtlistener.com/reca

#ice #HomelandSecurity #LA #USPOL

(I would pay good folding money to watch S.Miller's head explode when he reads it.)

🍌🍌🍌 Banana Republic 🍌🍌🍌

Sen. Alex Padilla is forcibly removed from DHS Secretary Kristi Noem's news conference in Los Angeles

“Sen. Alex #Padilla, D-Calif., was forcibly removed from a news conference in Los Angeles on Thursday after trying to question #HomelandSecurity Secretary #KristiNoem during a press conference related to #immigration.

"I am Sen. Alex Padilla. I have questions for the secretary," Padilla said to Noem, which prompted several men to physically push him out of the room. It was unclear who the men were, as several were dressed in plainclothes.”

nbcnews.com/politics/congress/

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Update: This person has the video of the assault by unmarked cars and masked men. You may have to scroll down a few frames.

bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jectu

This Instagram reel shows them leaving when they realize the #LAPD are on the way, note that they are not wearing insignia, the license plates have been removed from the unmarked cars, they refused to identify themselves or provide a warrant. The woman holding the toddler is the mother who was the passenger when the car was rammed.

instagram.com/citizen/reel/DKx

Bluesky Social · Sean Beckner-Carmitchel (@acatwithnews.bsky.social)New thread: there is a press conference regarding the arrest here in East Los Angeles at Ruben Salazar Park. A few dozen, but noticeably growing in size. Also quick fact check: the authorities were with Homeland Security per HS social media. [contains quote post or other embedded content]