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ICE Agents Whine That They Aren’t Getting Their Massive Bonuses
New Republic • Feb 2, 2026

ICE Agents Whine That They Aren’t Getting Their Massive Bonuses

New hires at Immigration and Customs Enforcement are complaining that they haven’t yet received the massive bonuses promised to them for agreeing to brutally arrest immigrants.In multiple Reddit posts reviewed by the International Business Times UK, federal immigration agents complained that they’d yet to see their signing bonuses materialize. Others complained that when their bonus arrived, it was only a few thousand dollars after taxes. One person claimed that they were unable to cover medical costs for their sick child due to an insurance coverage gap. The Trump administration had promised a payout of up to $50,000 for anyone who joined the ranks of so-called homeland defenders. Following a massive recruitment push, the Department of Homeland Security has boasted an incoming class of 12,000 new ICE agents, putting a clear strain on the agency, which received more than 220,000 applications. One administration official previously said DHS’s hiring influx had caused a “shit show” at ICE.Meanwhile, morale among ICE agents is already plummeting after federal agents shot and killed Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse attending a protest in Minnesota. In addition to being roundly hated by the public they spend their work days terrorizing, ICE agents are also complaining of long working hours and high arrest quotas.

Army Veterans Forced Out of Republican Town Hall as Crowd Erupts
New Republic • Feb 2, 2026

Army Veterans Forced Out of Republican Town Hall as Crowd Erupts

Americans continue to denounce their local representatives over their support of ICE.After residents of Casper, Wyoming, booed Representative Harriet Hageman off stage last week, two protesters were removed from Representative Mike Lawler’s town hall on Sunday after demanding the congressman answer a question about ICE. Lawler, a Republican representing New York’s 17th district, held the town hall at a local community college in Suffern, New York.While discussing clashes between protesters and immigration enforcement in Minneapolis, members of the audience began chanting: “What’s your line?”The chant was a callback to a viral clash at another of Lawler’s town halls in May, when a 64-year-old woman named Emily Feiner was literally carried out of one of Lawler’s assemblies after demanding he answer a question about where his “line” was in regard to standing up to Donald Trump.On Sunday, as Lawler was serenaded with the “What’s your line?” chant, a man called out: “Answer the f—ing question!” Lawler had this man and one other ejected, according to The Journal News. “Hey, bro, you can leave now,” Lawler told the first man. “Goodbye, goodbye.”Video of the incident shows members of the crowd yelling “Shame!” and “Let him stay!” as the man is escorted out.Feiner, who was also in attendance at Sunday’s town hall, said both men ejected were veterans.“Tonight [Lawler] had two U.S. veterans removed for demanding that he actually answer constituents’ questions rather than grandstanding and gaslighting us,” she said. “As a retired VA social worker, this is shocking to me.”On Monday, Lawler said the two individuals were ejected for rowdy behavior.“The folks were removed for their conduct, not their questions,” he said. “In each instance, they were removed for continually disrupting, screaming, and using profane language.”

Measles Overtakes ICE Detention Center as Immigrants Remain Trapped
New Republic • Feb 2, 2026

Measles Overtakes ICE Detention Center as Immigrants Remain Trapped

An ICE family detention center in Texas is halting “all movement” after finding two cases of measles.The cases were detected Friday, Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement, confirming that two detainees had “active measles infections.” The facility in Dilley, Texas, located about an hour away from San Antonio, holds parents suspected of immigration violations alongside their children.Some detainees have been quarantined, McLaughlin said, adding that everyone is “being provided with proper medical care.”The Dilley facility is where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, whose picture went viral after he was detained in Minneapolis, last month by ICE agents, was held, along with his father, Adrian Conejo Arias, before being released Sunday. During his time in the detention center, Conejo Ramos reportedly felt feverish, complained about being tired, vomited at least once, and was not eating well, but was not reported to have measles. When Conejo Arias asked for medication from staff, they said they didn’t have any.Measles cases have skyrocketed under the second Trump administration, with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. denigrating vaccination and failing to take the rising number of cases seriously, while promoting policies that will encourage future outbreaks. A new measles outbreak in South Carolina, for example, just became the largest in the United States since the disease was declared eliminated in 2000.As the level of measles vaccination drops, the number of outbreaks is only going to go up, spreading the disease among vulnerable populations in crowded areas like ICE detention centers and prisons, which are already known to have inhumane living conditions. Measles spreading to an ICE detention facility seems to be an unholy by-product of MAGA immigration cruelty and MAHA’s anti-vaccine agenda.

ICE as Trump’s Political Revenge: The Raids on Blue Cities & Legal Immigrants
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BreakThrough News Video • Feb 2, 2026

ICE as Trump’s Political Revenge: The Raids on Blue Cities & Legal Immigrants

"JUST F*CKING KILL ME!" Minneapolis Rapper FIRES BACK After Brutal ICE Assault
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Status Coup • Feb 2, 2026

"JUST F*CKING KILL ME!" Minneapolis Rapper FIRES BACK After Brutal ICE Assault

'PIZZA' Codewords Littered In Epstein Files
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Breaking Points • Feb 2, 2026

'PIZZA' Codewords Littered In Epstein Files

ICE's Grim Concentration Camps Exposed
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The Majority Report • Feb 2, 2026

ICE's Grim Concentration Camps Exposed

NHL Denies Report Montreal Canadiens Tried to Avoid ICE in Minneapolis
New Republic • Feb 2, 2026

NHL Denies Report Montreal Canadiens Tried to Avoid ICE in Minneapolis

Editor’s Note: Jon Weinstein, a vice president of communications at the National Hockey League, said Gélinas’s reporting was inaccurate and no such restrictions were in place for the Montreal Canadiens.Donald Trump has said his immigration crackdown is targeting the “worst of the worst.” It’s finally clear who he means by that: Canadian professional hockey players.Hockey journalist Luc Gélinas reported that the Montreal Canadiens, who play the Minnesota Wild on Monday night, have been told by management to stay inside their Minneapolis hotel at all times, take the team bus rather than walk to the stadium, and carry passports with them.The cautiousness of the team comes as a result of the Trump administration’s violent immigration crackdown in Minneapolis. Operation Metro Surge has killed two residents and sparked nationwide protests.The Canadiens traveled across the border on Sunday rather than Saturday in order to spend one less night in the United States. They will also wait until Tuesday morning to leave Minneapolis so they can avoid any nighttime disturbances in the city.“Perhaps we shouldn’t be hosting the World Cup and the Olympics,” one Bluesky commenter wryly noted.Hopefully, the Canadiens can forget about ICE when they get on the ice tonight.

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