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Stephen Miller’s January 2026 announcement to Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers
– telling them that they have “immunity to perform your duties”
and that no “illegal alien, no leftist agitator or domestic insurrectionist” can stop them
– may seem like an extreme statement outside the political mainstream.
And when ICE agents use facial recognition software to monitor immigrants and protesters,
that might seem like an unacceptable invasion of people’s p…

How the 9/11 terrorist attacks shaped ICE’s immigration strategy
The growth of today’s aggressive immigration tactics traces back 25 years, when enforcement took on the dimension of counterterrorism.

WithCoverage, which replaces traditional insurance brokers with its AI-based flat-fee risk management model, raised a $42M Series B led by Sequoia and Khosla (Ryan Lawler/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/fintech-deals/2026/01/13/withcoverage-flat-fee-insura…

Exclusive: WithCoverage raises $42M to replace insurance brokers
Sequoia Capital and Khosla Ventures co-led the round

Trump administration indefinitely pauses immigrant visa processing for 75 nations (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2026/01/14/trump-immigration-visa-processing-pause/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzY4MzY2ODAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzY5NzQ5MTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NjgzNjY4MDAsImp0aSI6IjgwNmI2ZjI1LWVlNWYtNDBlYS1hNmZhLTcyNzY2ZGU1ZGUwNiIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9pbW1pZ3JhdGlvbi8yMDI2LzAxLzE0L3RydW1wLWltbWlncmF0aW9uLXZpc2EtcHJvY2Vzc2luZy1wYXVzZS8ifQ.yK2tzz4Wq0IbYG9zt9mc_Wz4KM09TgPEFBCFQFVpdcs&itid=gfta
http://www.memeorandum.com/260115/p4#a260115p4

Seahawks QB Sam Darnold (oblique) added to injury report, questionable to play Saturday vs. 49ers https://www.nfl.com/news/seahawks-qb-sam-darnold-oblique-added-to-injury-report-questionable-to-play-vs-49ers

Unity is INCREDIBLE! Cold, darkness, shelling – RUSSIA will not break UKRAINIANS!: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/14/unity-is-incredible-cold-darkness.html

Federal authorities have opened a criminal probe into whether
two immigration officers lied under oath about a shooting in Minneapolis last month,
as all charges were dropped against two Venezuelan men.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Todd Lyons said Friday that
his agency opened a joint probe with the Justice Department after video evidence revealed
“sworn testimony provided by two separate officers appears to have made untruthful statements”

Feds investigating if ICE officers lied about a Minneapolis shooting
Federal authorities have opened a criminal probe into whether two immigration officers lied under oath about a shooting in Minneapolis last month, as all charges were dropped against two Venezuelan men. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Todd Lyons said Friday that his agency had opened a joint probe with the Justice Department after video evidence revealed “sworn testimony provided by two separate officers appears to have made untruthful statements” about the shooting of one of t…

At least 3 killed, 15 injured in Russian attacks across Ukraine over past day: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/15/at-least-killed-injured-in.html

“Trump is an old school eugenicist nativist. He actually is fine with immigrants as long as they have the right ‘genes,’”
David J. Bier, director of immigration for the Cato Institute, wrote on X.
“This argument was the basis of the creation of the restrictive US immigration system 100 years ago.”
“He’s a white supremacist. He doesn’t hide it,” Zeteo’s Mehdi Hasan wrote on X. 
This isn’t the first time Trump’s fearmongering about immigrants has crossed the line into ta…

'Mass obstruction' — Draft officers injured in Odesa following confrontation with 'civilian group': https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/16/mass-obstruction-draft-officers-injured.html

A top ICE official steps down to run for Congress in Ohio
A top-ranking U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement official
is leaving the agency
to run for Congress as a Republican in Ohio,
setting up a potential battleground district test of voter attitudes about the Trump administration’s immigration policies.

#Madison

A top ICE official steps down to run for Congress in Ohio
Madison Sheahan’s background as ICE’s No. 2 official could test how voters in a competitive district respond amid scrutiny of the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement tactics.