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Attorney detained by ICE describes his experience: 'Fueled by what I saw'

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics ... i-AA1OM7IV

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Fired Justice Department lawyer says he refused to lie in the Abrego Garcia case

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/erez-reuve ... 0-minutes/

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Trump's ICE Jacks Up Weapons Spending by 700%--Including 'Guided Missile Warheads'
https://www.commondreams.org/news/ice-weapons

Trump’s ICE Jacks Up Weapons Spending by 700%—Including ‘Guided Missile Warheads’

“ICE was always going to be Trump’s private military to deploy domestically against Americans,” said one critic.

JULIA CONLEY
Oct 20, 2025

The $170 billion in new funding for immigration enforcement operations that the Republican Party included in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act earlier this year led some to warn that the Trump administration was ramping up spending at anti-immigration agencies not just to fund its attacks on migrants, but to deploy federal forces against anyone it wanted to across US communities.

New reporting on Monday detailed just how much US Immigration and Customs Enforcement has spent on weaponry since President Donald Trump took office—weapons that have been purchased as the administration has turned federal agents on US cities such as Chicago and Portland, illustrating how the president is treating increasingly armed ICE officers as his “private military,” as one progressive critic said.

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The agency spent $71,515,762 on small arms from January 20—the day Trump began his second term—through October 18.

The number dwarfs ICE’s spending during the first Trump term, during which the agency spent about $8.4 million annually on small arms, and during President Joe Biden’s administration.

The type of weaponry purchased by ICE also raised alarm Monday, with Legum reporting that while most of the agency’s spending was on guns and armor, “there have also been significant purchases of chemical weapons and ‘guided missile warheads and explosive components.’”

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Abbott: 'Texas is targeting professors' over 'leftist ideologies'

Source: The Hill

10/19/25 8:05 PM ET

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) said Sunday that his state is targeting professors pushing “leftist ideologies” as he shared news of the latest college educator allegedly fired over their beliefs.

In a post on social media, Abbott shared an Axios article about a University of Texas professor, Art Markman, who said the school’s leadership dismissed him from his administrative role in September “due to ideological differences.”

“Univ. of Texas professor was dismissed from an administrative post overseeing university academic affairs because of ideological differences,” Abbott wrote, echoing the professor’s own statement. “Texas is targeting professors who are more focused on pushing leftist ideologies rather than preparing students to lead our nation,” he continued. “We must end indoctrination and return to education fundamentals at all levels of education.”

Earlier this year, a Texas A&M University professor was fired after facing conservative criticism for a lesson on gender expressions, identity and sexuality. In the ensuing controversy, the president of the university resigned. The moves come as the Trump administration has sought to play a bigger role in higher education throughout the country, particularly regarding stamping out what it sees as leftist dogma.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/education/ ... deologies/

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ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair…I’m a resident’

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/ ... rs-on-him/

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2 injured, including a US marshal, after an ICE agent’s weapon discharged during LA immigration enforcement operation

https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/21/us/los-a ... al-injured

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US strikes eighth alleged drug-carrying boat, this time in the Pacific Ocean

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/us ... r-AA1OZqUb

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University of Arizona declines to sign onto Trump administration 'compact'

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/un ... r-AA1OR62q

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ICE Keeps Detaining Pregnant Immigrants — Against Federal Policy

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/ic ... r-AA1OPr0V

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Man sent to France under ‘one in, one out’ scheme returns to UK on small boat

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/202 ... small-boat

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NYT- British Neo-Nazis Discussed Targeting Migrants, Mosques and Synagogues

https://archive.ph/7IEjg