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ICE Arrests Nearly 800 in Florida in Operation With Local Officers​

The four-day operation came as the Trump administration has sought to enlist local authorities in an immigration crackdown.

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ICE Arrests Nearly 800 in Florida in Operation With Local Officers

The four-day operation came as the Trump administration has sought to enlist local authorities in an immigration crackdown.
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“… The operation began on Monday and targeted undocumented immigrants with final deportation orders, according to an ICE official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the operation. The officers picked up more than 275 migrants with final removal orders, the data showed.

… It was the latest move by the Trump administration to seek to accelerate deportations of undocumented immigrants, which have so farbeen well below the administration’s goals.

…The effort this week in Florida was the first to be conducted as part of a formal arrangement with state law enforcement known as a 287(g) agreement, according to the official. …”

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I am genuinely surprised that ICE is struggling to meet its mass deportation targets not because of court’s intervening when necessary but because they don’t seem to be able to round up the large numbers of immigrants promised. Can they not find them? Do they not exist in the vast numbers claimed?

We may yet see them realize the dream of vast camps teeming with detained immigrants pending deportation, and I have no objection to deporting someone here illegally once the deportee has an opportunity for due process to establish whether they have a right to remain, but I have read repeatedly the las three months ho frustrated Trump, Miller and others in the administration are about the lack of alacrity in mass deportations.

I had read a month or two ago that Admin officials were concerned that the slow start to deportations would hinder their plan and get it bogged down in court cases where the media and liberals could start to exploit “toxic empathy” for individual stories and sap support for the mass deportation of millions. But it has never been clear in any of the coverage I’ve read why they were/are struggling with collecting massive numbers of immigrants…
 
Flashback April 12: story: https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/04/12/one-million-deportations-goal/

‘One million.’ The private goal driving Trump’s push for mass deportations.​

Immigration officers and analysts are increasingly skeptical the Trump administration can deport that many immigrants in a single year.


“… White House adviser Stephen Miller has been strategizing with officials from the Department of Homeland Security and other federal agencies on an almost daily basis to meet that goal, two of the current and former officials said. One strategy to quickly increase numbers, officials have said, is to find ways to deport some of the 1.4 million immigrants who have final deportation orders but cannot be deported because their home countries won’t take them back.

… The administration is negotiating with as many as 30 countries to take deportees who are not their citizens, two officials said. In a recent court filing, the administration said it hopes to send “thousands” of immigrants to these destinations, known as third countries. …”
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Maybe they just don’t have the legal/international cooperation needed yet to accelerate to the mass round-ups it would take to achieve their goal? Depending on how many people they e managed to deport so far this year, they would have to deport nearly 100,000-125,000 immigrants a month the rest of the year to reach a goal of 1 million deportations this year or 83,333 deportations a month to hit 1 million a year from now.

Th prior record (under Obama) is around 400,000 deportations in a year.
 

Trump Tightens Control of Federal Workforce as Musk Pulls Back From DOGE​

The administration’s HR wing is approving new federal positions and firings, judging employees on their ‘faithful administration’ of the president’s policies​


🎁 🔗 —> https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy...73?st=rU2NZ8&reflink=mobilewebshare_permalink

“… The effort is centralized in the Office of Personnel Management, the human-resources arm of the government. The office, a hub of Musk’s project, has begun approving positions federal agencies want to add, according to agency bulletins reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. That is a change; agencies have typically decided which positions they filled.

Immediately after the inauguration, OPM’s upper ranks were flooded with personnel tied to Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency. They rapidly began issuing orders that have weakened other agencies’ control over their own workforce, in many cases bringing hiring, firing, and performance evaluation—which for some employees, will soon be based primarily on execution of the president’s agenda—under the purview of OPM.

Top-ranking bureaucrats will be evaluated on their “faithful administration of the law and the president’s policies,” according to two memos from OPM Acting Director Chuck Ezell, which describe advancing the president’s policy agenda as the “most critical element” in assessing performance. Agencies were directed to adopt the new performance plan by the beginning of fiscal year 2026.

Previously, personnel had been graded on their competencies in areas including business acumen, leadership skills, ability to build coalitions, and results. …”
 

Trump's next 100 days to feature trade deals, peace talks, 'torpedoes,' officials say​



“… one official said Trump has "torpedoes" in store but did not explain what those were.

… This week, Trump plans to travel to Michigan for a rally to commemorate the 100-day milestone.

… Celebrating those moves will be part of a broad victory lap around Trump's second-term launch that the official, speaking on condition of anonymity, described to reporters as a conservative's fantasy.

"Every morning I wake up, it’s like living in a dreamscape," he said. …”
 


“… Their goal, the people familiar with the plans say, is to create the highest-end private club that Washington has ever had, and cater to the business and tech moguls who are looking to nurture their relationships with the Trump administration. …”
 
nycfan said:

Nine people killed after car plows into crowd at Vancouver Filipino festival​



“… No motive has been given, although police have said they are “confident” it was not an act of terrorism. Canadian officials are investigating whether mental health issues may have factored into the incident, a law enforcement source briefed on the investigation told CNN. …”
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nycfan said:


Who is Hannah Dugan, the Milwaukee judge arrested by the FBI?​

Federal officials alleged that the county judge obstructed the detention of an undocumented immigrant.

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Who is Hannah Dugan, the Milwaukee judge arrested by the FBI?

Federal officials alleged that the county judge obstructed the detention of an undocumented immigrant.
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“No one is above the law, except for the thousands of people that stormed the capitol building during an insurrection. Those people are good.”
 
nycfan said:


Who is Hannah Dugan, the Milwaukee judge arrested by the FBI?​

Federal officials alleged that the county judge obstructed the detention of an undocumented immigrant.

www.nbcnews.com

Who is Hannah Dugan, the Milwaukee judge arrested by the FBI?

Federal officials alleged that the county judge obstructed the detention of an undocumented immigrant.
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Pretty sure the Supreme Court disagrees with Kash.

There is one person in the country who has been ruled Constitutional above the law.
 

ICE deports immigrant mother of an infant and 3 children who are US citizens, lawyers say​


apnews.com

ICE deports immigrant mother of an infant and 3 children who are US citizens, lawyers say

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have in recent days deported a Cuban-born mother of a 1-year-old girl, separating them indefinitely.
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“… Lawyers in the cases described how the women were arrested at routine check-ins at ICE offices, given virtually no opportunity to speak with lawyers or their family members and then deported within three days or less.

… “We have no idea what ICE was telling them, and in this case what has come to light is that ICE didn’t give them another alternative,” Willis said in an interview. “They didn’t gave them a choice, that these mothers only had the option to take their children with them despite loving caregivers being available in the United States to keep them here.”

The 4-year-old — who is suffering from a rare form of cancer — and the 7-year-old were deported to Honduras within a day of being arrested with their mother, Willis said.

In the case involving the 2-year-old, a federal judge in Louisiana raised questions about the deportation of the girl, saying the government did not prove it had done so properly.

Lawyers for the girl’s father insisted he wanted the girl to remain with him in the U.S., while ICE contended the mother had wanted the girl to be deported with her to Honduras, claims that weren’t fully vetted by U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty in Louisiana…”
 
nycfan said:

ICE deports immigrant mother of an infant and 3 children who are US citizens, lawyers say​


apnews.com

ICE deports immigrant mother of an infant and 3 children who are US citizens, lawyers say

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have in recent days deported a Cuban-born mother of a 1-year-old girl, separating them indefinitely.
apnews.com apnews.com

“… Lawyers in the cases described how the women were arrested at routine check-ins at ICE offices, given virtually no opportunity to speak with lawyers or their family members and then deported within three days or less.

… “We have no idea what ICE was telling them, and in this case what has come to light is that ICE didn’t give them another alternative,” Willis said in an interview. “They didn’t gave them a choice, that these mothers only had the option to take their children with them despite loving caregivers being available in the United States to keep them here.”

The 4-year-old — who is suffering from a rare form of cancer — and the 7-year-old were deported to Honduras within a day of being arrested with their mother, Willis said.

In the case involving the 2-year-old, a federal judge in Louisiana raised questions about the deportation of the girl, saying the government did not prove it had done so properly.

Lawyers for the girl’s father insisted he wanted the girl to remain with him in the U.S., while ICE contended the mother had wanted the girl to be deported with her to Honduras, claims that weren’t fully vetted by U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty in Louisiana…”
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Trump Has Now Deported Multiple U.S. Citizen Children With Cancer

Two families who had lived in the United States for years, including a child with cancer and a pregnant mother, were deported by ICE on Friday.
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“… Among the children deported with their mothers, says the ACLU, are three U.S. citizens aged two, four, and seven. One of the children is a four-year-old suffering from a rare form of metastatic cancer and was deported out of the country without medication or consultation with their treating physicians — despite ICE being notified in advance of the child’s medical needs.

The civil rights organization says that the mother of the two-year-old is pregnant, and was deported without ensuring any continuity of prenatal care or proper medical care….”
 

Trump order to loosen fishing regulations poses major risks, experts warn​

Conservationists fear fallout from president’s proclamation on fishing in federally protected area of Pacific Ocean

www.theguardian.com

Trump order to loosen fishing regulations poses major risks, experts warn

Conservationists fear fallout from president’s proclamation on fishing in federally protected area of Pacific Ocean
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“… Environmental conservation groups are expressing major concerns over Donald Trump’s recent proclamation to reverse fishing regulations across the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine national monument, a federally protected area in the central Pacific Ocean spanning nearly 500,000 sq miles.

… Established by George W Bush in 2009 and expanded by Barack Obama in 2014, the monument encompasses seven federally protected islands and atolls, as well as 165 seamounts – underwater mountains that are biodiversity hotspots. …”
 
nycfan said:

Trump order to loosen fishing regulations poses major risks, experts warn​

Conservationists fear fallout from president’s proclamation on fishing in federally protected area of Pacific Ocean

www.theguardian.com

Trump order to loosen fishing regulations poses major risks, experts warn

Conservationists fear fallout from president’s proclamation on fishing in federally protected area of Pacific Ocean
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com

“… Environmental conservation groups are expressing major concerns over Donald Trump’s recent proclamation to reverse fishing regulations across the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine national monument, a federally protected area in the central Pacific Ocean spanning nearly 500,000 sq miles.

… Established by George W Bush in 2009 and expanded by Barack Obama in 2014, the monument encompasses seven federally protected islands and atolls, as well as 165 seamounts – underwater mountains that are biodiversity hotspots. …”
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“… Trump’s proclamation – which American Samoan tuna lobbyists heavily advocated for – allows US-flagged vessels to fish commercially within 50 to 200 nautical miles of the monument’s boundaries. The proclamation – which comes as more than 80% of the world’s coral reefs have been hit by the worst global bleaching event on record – also directs the commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, to “amend or repeal all burdensome regulations that restrict commercial fishing” in the area.

As part of his quest to make the US the “world’s dominant seafood leader”, Trump called the regulations “so horrible and so stupid”, saying that American fishers are being “forced to go and travel four to seven days to go and fish in an area that’s not as good”. …”
 
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