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Obama-appointed judge again blocks Trump from ending legal status for thousands of migrants
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The Trump administration was blocked late Saturday from revoking the legal status of thousands of migrants, thanks to a ruling from a federal judge who has frequently thwarted the administration’s immigration policies.

U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, ruled late Saturday that the Trump administration could not revoke a Biden-era family reunification parole program, which affects more than 8,400 Cubans, Colombians, Ecuadorians, Guatemalans, Haitians, Hondurans, and Salvadorans in the country. In her ruling, Talwani said the decision to end the program was not well reasoned to consider concerns of the people affected.

“The Secretary could not provide a reasoned explanation of the agency’s change in policy without acknowledging these interests,” Talwani said in her ruling. “Accordingly, failure to do so was arbitrary and capricious.”

The Department of Homeland Security said in its December 2025 announcement that the program “allowed poorly vetted aliens to circumvent the traditional parole process” and that the federal government would return to deciding such immigration cases on “a case-by-case basis, as intended by Congress.”

“The desire to reunite families does not overcome the government’s responsibility to prevent fraud and abuse and to uphold national security and public safety. The [family reunification parole] programs had security gaps caused by insufficient vetting that malicious and fraudulent actors could exploit to enter the United States, which posed an unacceptable level of risk to the United States,” DHS said in its announcement ending the program.

The Trump administration can appeal Talwani’s decision to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st District.

Talwani has served as a federal judge since 2014 but has garnered national headlines over the past year after becoming one of the most frequent roadblocks for the Trump administration with her rulings in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Many of her rulings on key Trump administration policies and actions have been overruled by higher courts.

The Obama-appointed judge previously ruled against the mandatory detention of illegal immigrants accused of theft and stopped the Trump administration from ending a Biden-era mass parole program for more than 530,000 migrants flown into the U.S., among other rulings. Her ruling mandating the mass-parole program to continue was later lifted by the Supreme Court.

Talwani has …

Democrats lay out immigration demands as Congress careens toward shutdown
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Senate Democrats dug in Monday with fresh demands for restrictions against federal immigration officers in exchange for passing a tranche of government funding bills following a second deadly shooting in Minnesota by agents.

Stipulations from Democrats were abundant, as Congress barrels toward a Friday partial shutdown deadline and Republican leaders rebuffed calls for additional legal guardrails for agencies carrying out President Donald Trump’s sweeping deportation agenda.

Democrats are seeking to prohibit federal agents from conducting warrantless raids, racial profiling, and wearing masks, in addition to conditions that the administration drop its immigration operations in Minneapolis and conduct investigations into the deaths of protesters Renee Good and Alex Pretti at the hands of federal agents.

But Democrats have yet to coalesce around a comprehensive list of official demands, even as they unified around the call for the funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees Immigration and Customs Enforcement, to be stripped from the government funding package that includes other government agencies and operations.

“We’re going to synthesize that into one list of, I think, very sane demands that are going to make both the American public safer,” Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) told reporters. “But also, some of these agents will be safer with accountability.”

Gallego, a border-state Democrat and Marine veteran, cited four main criteria in exchange for his support to help Republicans later this week overcome a 60-vote filibuster required to avert a partial shutdown: all agents wear body cameras, no warrantless searches, no racial profiling, and Border Patrol agents deployed to places such as Minneapolis and other cities far from the U.S.-Mexico border be returned to the southern border. Other provisions from a range of congressional Democrats also include no more detainment of U.S. citizens and targeting of blue cities and states that critics say are designed to inflict retribution against Trump’s political foes, such as Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN).

The office of Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) confirmed the chamber would “proceed as planned” without changes upon return Tuesday evening to advance the House-passed tranche of spending bills and urged Democrats to “find a path forward to join us before this week’s funding deadline hits.”

A Democratic leadership aide offered pushback, saying: “Republicans and the White House have …

Chicago teacher placed on leave after Facebook post supporting ICE sparks outrage from activists
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FIRST ON FOX: A Chicago area physical education teacher is on administrative leave and facing calls to lose his job over a Facebook post last week offering support for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
"GO ICE," the teacher at West Chicago’s Gary Elementary School, posted on Facebook last week. Shortly after the post was made, activists in the predominantly Hispanic community quickly began sharing the post and calling for action to be taken against the teacher, who Fox News Digital is not naming due to safety concerns.
"Imagine working as a teacher in an elementary school in West Chicago where the Latino community is highly populated and promoting ICE, sick AF," one social media post said. 
Another commenter called the teacher a "f****** piece of s***."
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Activists began circulating a flyer online, with a  petition, calling for the employee's job and for students to stay home from school in protest, saying, "the casual way in which he publicly promoted the actions of ICE in our area is inappropriate and unsuitable for an educator."
"The best way to show our district that we need action to be taken – is to show them that keeping this teacher will disrupt the emotional welfare and therefore, the education of our students," the flyer said.
Fox News Digital could not independently locate the employee's comment or the Facebook post that the employee was responding to and his account appears to have been deleted. The petition described the comment as being "in response to a community article."
Local leaders also got involved, including Karina Villa, an Illinois state Senator representing the 25th District, who posted a message saying she stands in "unwavering solidarity" with families upset about the "disturbing comments reportedly made by an educator." 
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Villa went on to acknowledge that freedom of speech is a "protected right" but "as educators we have the responsibility to our students and their families to create a safe and welcoming environment for all."
In an email sent to parents by the district’s superintendent, Kristina Davis, and obtained by Fox News Digital, the district explains that "the employee submitted a written resignation" on Friday before an investigation could take place, but the employee then withdrew that resignation before the board could approve it, therefore allowing him to come to work on Monday.
"The district has obtained legal counsel to conduct an investigation …

Republicans embrace Trump’s shift toward de-escalation in Minnesota
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President Donald Trump’s decision Monday to dispatch border czar Tom Homan to Minnesota was welcomed by a growing number of Republicans on Capitol Hill who say the federal government must work to lower tensions following the fatal shooting of another civilian during an immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis.

Trump’s move came after Border Patrol agents fatally shot 37-year-old Alex Pretti, an intensive care nurse, during an altercation Saturday as he recorded a federal immigration operation. Pretti was taken to the ground by agents and shot, according to accounts of the incident, prompting protests and renewed scrutiny of federal enforcement tactics in the state.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) praised the administration’s decision to deploy Homan to Minnesota, calling it a constructive step at a volatile moment.

“This is a positive development, one that I hope leads to turning down the temperature and restoring order in Minnesota,” Thune said.

Privately, some Republicans say sending Homan signals a course correction. They see him as a steadier hand to carry out Trump’s deportation plans, even as concerns have grown on Capitol Hill about how Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino have managed the rollout, according to two GOP aides familiar with the discussions.

“This has not been going well, everybody knows it,” said one aide, who was granted anonymity to speak candidly. “We needed a change of direction immediately.”

Calls for de-escalation have also been accompanied by formal oversight actions. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), chairman of the Homeland Security Committee,​​ on Monday requested testimony from senior DHS leaders as part of a broader investigation into immigration enforcement operations and the Minneapolis shooting.

In letters dated Jan. 26, Paul asked CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott, ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons, and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Joseph Edlow to appear before the committee at an open hearing scheduled for Feb. 12, saying lawmakers need to ensure DHS is spending its money wisely and carrying out enforcement in a way that protects public safety and maintains trust.

More than a dozen House Republicans publicly echoed similar sentiments, emphasizing the need for transparency, restraint, and congressional oversight. House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Andrew Garbarino (R-NY) said he expects a full investigation into the shooting and …

Conservative Party defections to Reform UK continue with former home secretary
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Reform U.K., the rising right-wing populist political party threatening to eclipse the Conservatives in British politics, has just scored its biggest defection yet.

Former Home Secretary Suella Braverman appeared alongside Reform leader Nigel Farage at a Veterans for Reform rally in London on Monday, where she condemned her former party, the Conservatives, as having “utterly failed to do the right thing for the British people.”

“Because I believe with my heart and soul that a better future is possible for us, I am joining Reform U.K., and I will sit as the member of parliament for Fareham and Waterlooville, representing this great party, Reform U.K., with immediate effect,” Braverman told the audience.

British Reform U.K. leader Nigel Farage, right, and former British home secretary Suella Braverman speaking during a Reform UK press conference in Westminster, central London, Monday, Jan. 26, 2026. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)

“Britain is indeed broken,” she told supporters. “We can either continue down this route of managed decline to weakness and surrender, or we can fix our country.”

Braverman has long been perceived as further right-wing than the rest of the Conservative Party, particularly on issues such as immigration. She characterized her decision to leave the party, among the oldest political parties in the world, as a painful but necessary action to better serve the country.

Farage welcomed her as the latest and most high-profile Conservative to join his burgeoning movement, following on the heels of other recent turncoats, such as Andrew Rosindell and Robert Jenrick.

“She’s obviously thought long and hard about it, but, like many Tory MPs, she’s come to the conclusion that the Conservatives are disintegrating,” Farage told the Financial Times after stepping offstage at the event.

The Conservatives, currently led by Kemi Badenoch, slammed Braverman following her defection, characterizing her as an inevitable turncoat and questioning her mental faculties.

“It was always a matter of when, not if, Suella would defect,” the party said in a statement. “The Conservatives did all we could to look after Suella’s mental health, but she was clearly very unhappy.”

That bellicose message was later deleted and replaced with a statement lacking the comments about “mental health,” with the Conservatives claiming those comments had been part of a “draft” that was “sent out in error.”

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch speaks to the media during a …

GOP senator demands DHS immigration chiefs testify after fatal shootings in Minnesota
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A top Senate Republican is demanding that the heads of several immigration-focused units at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) testify publicly before the Senate. 
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., called on the heads of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigrations Services (USCIS) to come before his panel, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, next month. 
In three separate letters to acting ICE Director Todd Lyons, CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott and USCIS Director Joseph Edlow, Paul noted that DHS had received "an exceptional amount of funding to secure our borders and enforce our immigration laws."
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"Congress has an obligation to conduct oversight of those tax dollars and ensure the funding is used to accomplish the mission, provide proper support for our law enforcement, and, most importantly, protect the American people," Paul wrote.
"I write to request your testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs at an open hearing by February 12, 2026," he continued. "Please provide your availability to appear before the Committee by the close of business on January 28, 2026."
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Paul’s request comes on the heels of the second fatal shooting involving a border patrol agent and U.S. citizen in the last month since the Trump administration ordered DHS to enter Minnesota. 
Alex Pretti and Renee Nicole Good were both fatally shot by border patrol agents, which has prompted pushback from Senate Democrats and some Republicans on the Trump administration’s activity in the state. 
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But Paul’s request is more focused on the funding element of the situation.
Senate Democrats are gearing up to block the upcoming DHS funding bill, which could thrust the government into another shutdown. And Paul wants to know how the billion already allocated to the agency, likely through President Donald Trump’s "one, big beautiful bill," are being used. 
Paul’s request also comes as DHS Secretary Kristi Noem is set to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee in early March after several months of not responding to a pair of requests from Senate Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa.

Gun groups split with Trump administration over Minnesota shooting
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The death of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis is opening a new fault line between President Donald Trump and his conservative base as gun rights groups denounce what they say are a series of anti-Second Amendment statements justifying the shooting.

The Trump administration has faced withering GOP criticism after officials argued that Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse, presented a threat to immigration agents because he brought a lawfully obtained firearm to an ICE protest.

“We have talked to a number of people in the administration and asked them, WTF?” said Dudley Brown, the president of the National Association for Gun Rights.

Bystander footage of the shooting appears to show Pretti’s gun was not visible or drawn at a Saturday protest on the streets of Minneapolis and that an agent removed the weapon before the series of shots that killed him. 

But the early response from the administration has been to claim that Pretti was brandishing the weapon, while FBI Director Kash Patel went so far as to suggest the presence of a gun at a rally could be evidence of malicious intent.

Brown called it “flabbergastingly stupid” that Patel would bring up the magazines Pretti allegedly had on his person, arguing it was common to carry extra rounds, and suggested the administration was holding him to a different standard because he was protesting a Republican president.

“Do you have the right to self-defense in public while you’re practicing your First Amendment? Absolutely,” Brown said. “And there should be no political test, whether it’s right or left.”

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The administration’s handling of the shooting has sparked a rare break between the White House and congressional Republicans, many of whom have called for oversight and an “objective” investigation.

But the White House is also risking a wider fracture over an issue that rarely polarizes the GOP. Gun rights groups are not only contesting what they see as misrepresented facts — they are also raising concern that the administration is setting a standard for firearm owners that runs counter to the Second Amendment and decades of GOP orthodoxy.

The organizations have focused, in particular, on comments by Bill Essayli, a federal prosecutor and Trump ally who said that “if you approach law enforcement with a gun, there is a high likelihood they will be legally justified in shooting you.”

Organizations from Gun Owners of America to the NRA released statements over the …

DOJ could soon ask Supreme Court to consider legal battle over Trump-appointed US attorneys
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The Justice Department may soon ask the Supreme Court to step into President Donald Trump’s widening legal fight over his ability to keep the U.S. attorneys he’s selected in office, after a federal appeals court declined to reconsider a ruling that blocked one of his most prominent loyalists.

In an order on Monday, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the DOJ’s request to rehear a case involving Alina Habba, Trump’s former personal attorney, who was appointed as U.S. attorney for New Jersey. The decision leaves intact a three-judge panel’s ruling that Habba’s appointment became unlawful once her 120-day interim term expired.

Alina Habba, President Donald Trump’s pick to be the interim U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, speaks with reporters outside the White House, Wednesday, March 26, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

The denial effectively clears the way for the administration to seek emergency relief from the Supreme Court, potentially placing the dispute on the justices’ fast-moving emergency docket and setting up a high-stakes test of presidential power over federal prosecutors.

The appeals court said the judges who ruled against Habba did not request a rehearing, and that a majority of the full court voted against taking the case en banc. Three of the court’s 11 active judges would have granted rehearing, and one dissent is expected to be published at a later date. Judge Emil Bove, another Trump appointee and former Trump attorney, did not participate in the vote.

The panel concluded that the administration’s effort to keep Habba in office after her interim term expired violated the plain text of the statute governing U.S. attorney appointments, despite what it described as a “novel series of legal and personnel moves” to preserve her authority.

Habba resigned last month following the ruling, but wrote in a sworn declaration on Jan. 14 that she intends to return if a higher court rules in her favor.

The DOJ has framed the dispute as one of “exceptional importance,” arguing that the panel imposed “atextual limits” on the executive branch’s authority to manage acting U.S. attorneys, a claim now likely headed for Supreme Court review.

The conflict began after New Jersey federal judges declined to extend Habba’s interim term and instead exercised a rarely used power to appoint her first assistant as U.S. attorney. Attorney General Pam Bondi then fired the judges’ appointee, and Trump withdrew Habba’s formal nomination, …

Trump has 'very good' call with Minneapolis Mayor Frey, announces border czar Homan meeting
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President Donald Trump said he had a "very good" call with Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and announced that border czar Tom Homan will meet with him, as riots continue to erupt in the city amid a federal immigration enforcement operation.
Trump shared the update in a post on Truth Social, signaling increased federal engagement with city leaders as authorities respond to the unrest.
"I just had a very good telephone conversation with Mayor Jacob Frey, of Minneapolis," the president wrote. "Lots of progress is being made! Tom Homan will be meeting with him tomorrow in order to continue the discussion. Thank you for your attention to this matter!"
Frey offered his own account of the call later Monday, outlining his position on the federal immigration enforcement operation and the conditions under which the city will continue cooperating with state and federal authorities.
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"I spoke with President Trump today and appreciated the conversation. I expressed how much Minneapolis has benefited from our immigrant communities and was clear that my main ask is that Operation Metro Surge needs to end," Frey wrote. "The president agreed the present situation can’t continue.
"Some federal agents will begin leaving the area tomorrow, and I will continue pushing for the rest involved in this operation to go," he continued. "Minneapolis will continue to cooperate with state and federal law enforcement on real criminal investigations — but we will not participate in unconstitutional arrests of our neighbors or enforce federal immigration law."
Frey said violent criminals should be held accountable for the crimes they commit, not based on where they are from.
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"I will continue working with all levels of government to keep our communities safe, keep crime down, and put Minneapolis residents first," he wrote, confirming he also plans to meet with Homan on Tuesday to discuss next steps.
The social media posts came hours after Trump spoke with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz about the unrest gripping Minneapolis in the wake of federal immigration enforcement actions.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt addressed the call during her Monday briefing, saying Trump wants to "let cops be cops" as authorities respond to the unrest.
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She criticized Walz and Frey for what she described as encouraging anti-ICE agitators, which she …

Klobuchar delays governor campaign launch as Border Patrol killing upends Minnesota
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Amy Klobuchar planned to officially launch her gubernatorial campaign on Monday, but has delayed it in the wake of the fatal shooting of a protester by immigration agents in Minneapolis over the weekend, according to two people familiar with the Minnesota Democrat’s plans.

The senator instead spent Monday morning speaking to White House officials, urging deescalation and pushing to get the administration to end its immigration crackdown in her state, according to a third person, who is close to the senator and, like the others, was granted anonymity to describe private conversations.

Her decision to wait on her campaign launch comes amid weeks of turmoil in Minnesota that further escalated over the weekend when Border Patrol agents on Saturday fatally shot Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care unit nurse and American citizen.

Over the last two days, Klobuchar has been meeting with city and state leaders, strategizing with Senate colleagues over Department of Homeland Security funding and calling Trump administration officials, according to the third person, who said Klobuchar’s “focus is on de-escalating the situation and getting ICE out of Minnesota. There's not time for politics today.”

Klobuchar’s nascent gubernatorial campaign has run headlong into a national crisis, another twist for a campaign that started under unusual circumstances. Earlier this month, Democratic Gov. Tim Walz unexpectedly dropped his reelection bid for a third term, as a swirling fraud scandal threatened to engulf his campaign, and met with Klobuchar about running for the office herself. Since then, two American citizens have been killed by federal immigration agents, thrusting Klobuchar into the center of a battle on an issue for which she’s traditionally cut a moderate profile.

“Regardless of what [campaign] Klobuchar is considering, this is what I’d expect from her, she’s been the leader in this state,” said Democratic Minnesota state Sen. Grant Hauschild. “We’re facing unprecedented circumstances of federal overreach and harm to our communities, and she’s stepped up, being present on the ground and fighting in Congress.”

The two people who described her changed launch plans said they expect the senator to formally launch before next Tuesday, when the state’s party precinct caucus kicks off. Klobuchar already filed paperwork with the state’s campaign finance board last week, allowing her to begin raising funds ahead of an expected bid.

Pretti’s killing also shook up the GOP side of the Minnesota governors’ race. Chris Madel, an attorney who launched his campaign as a Republican late last year, announced on Monday he would be dropping out, calling the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement tactics “wrong” and “an unmitigated disaster.”

“I cannot …