Monday, October 6, 2025
Saturday, October 4, 2025
Detained..
The superintendent of a major Iowa public school district was arrested by ICE officers on Friday, setting off a flurry of starkly partisan comments from state lawmakers. The Department of Homeland Security claimed he had attempted to flee the arresting agents, and had in his vehicle a loaded handgun, $3,000 in cash and a hunting knife.
ICE said Roberts was in the country illegally and had no work authorization. Roberts, who is from Guyana in South America, was considered an ICE fugitive because he was subject to a final removal order issued in 2024, the agency said.
DHS claimed that Roberts also had "existing weapon possession charges" from Feb. 5, 2020, but it was not clear where those charges were allegedly filed, nor whether they had been resolved.
Raid..
The justices granted the administration’s request to put on hold a judge’s ruling that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem lacked the authority to end the Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, granted to the migrants under Trump’s Democratic predecessor Joe Biden while litigation proceeds.
Trump has made cracking down on illegal immigration - a central plank of his second term as president, and has moved to strip certain migrants of temporary legal protections, expanding the pool of possible deportees.
Socialist Party..
Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) said Monday that New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani “should be in the Socialist Party, not in the Democratic Party.”
“Listen, I — I think he’s a very impressive candidate and — right? And I’m not taking that away from him, but — my problem is that he’s a socialist, and he should be in the Socialist Party, not in the Democratic Party,” the New Jersey Democrat told CNN’s Kate Bolduan on “CNN News Central.”
Comment:
This time, the Democratic party may lose more votes than ever since Biden's administration. Just a thought.
Excessive..
Hochul described the situation as “a new low for our nation,” warning that the United States cannot allow its justice system to be manipulated for retribution.
Comment.
That's not a new law.
In August 2025, a New York appeals court decided to throw out the massive monetary penalty of approximately $500 million imposed on Donald Trump in a civil fraud case brought by Attorney General Letitia James. The court ruled that the penalty was "excessive," violating the Eighth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
Block..
On Thursday night Apple rep. said that it was removing apps from its App Store that can be used to anonymously report sightings of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
The move came after pressure on Apple from Attorney General Pam Bondi.
The FBI said last week that a gunman who killed two detained immigrants and wounded a third detainee at an ICE facility in Dallas had recently searched apps tracking the presence of ICE agents.
“We created the App Store to be a safe and trusted place to discover apps,” Apple said in a statement to NBC News on Thursday.
Based on information we’ve received from law enforcement about the safety risks associated with ICEBlock, we have removed it and similar apps from the App Store,” the company said.
Comment:
Wonder if an ICE tracker is helpful to anyone. It will create additional fear to those who are concerned.