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U2 Targets ICE, Putin, Iran in New Mini-Album
ICE Is Among U2's
Targets in New EP
Feb 18, 2026 3:21 PM CST

ICE Is Among U2's Targets in New EP

'They are songs of defiance and dismay, of lamentation,' Bono says

(Newser) - U2's first batch of new songs in seven years doesn't tiptoe in—it charges straight at ICE, Iran's rulers, Benjamin Netanyahu, Vladimir Putin, and more. The six-track EP, Days of Ash, opens with "American Obituary," about Renee Good, a Minneapolis mother of three killed by...

Judge Rules ICE Can't Re-Detain Abrego Garcia

She says feds have no viable plan for deporting him

(Newser) - US Immigration and Customs Enforcement cannot re-detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia because a 90-day detention period has expired and the government has no viable plan for deporting him, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday. The Salvadoran national's case has become a focal point in the immigration debate after he was...

Far-Right Militia Hero Bundy Comes Out Against ICE

Ammon Bundy is now at odds with former allies by condemning Trump-era immigration crackdown

(Newser) - Ammon Bundy helped turn standoffs with federal agents into must-see conservative theater; now he's finding that many of his old allies no longer want to hear from him. The onetime face of the anti-government "Patriot Movement" has broken with much of the nationalist right over immigration enforcement, denouncing...

Cops: Teacher Killed in Crash With Man Fleeing ICE

Linda Davis' vehicle was struck by another in Savannah

(Newser) - Police say a crash that killed a public school teacher in Georgia on Monday was caused by a driver who was fleeing immigration agents, reports WTOC . The details:
  • ICE agents were trying to pull over 38-year-old Oscar Vasquez Lopez about 7:45am in Savannah when he "fled the scene,
...

Trump Border Czar: We're Leaving Some Agents in Minnesota

He says remaining agents will serve as security, investigate alleged child care fraud

(Newser) - President Trump's border czar says the massive federal law-enforcement surge in Minnesota is winding down, but not disappearing entirely, the Washington Post reports. Tom Homan on Sunday told CBS's Face the Nation that more than 1,000 immigration agents have already left the Minneapolis-St. Paul area and that...

Local Cops Hedge on Investigating Federal Agents
When ICE Agents Shoot,
Local Cops Often Step Back
LONGFORM
Feb 15, 2026 1:40 PM CST

When ICE Agents Shoot, Local Cops Often Step Back

Legal experts say local police have obligation to investigate shootings by feds, but it rarely happens

(Newser) - Police in one Chicago suburb were securing the scene when they decided that the one thing they wouldn't do is scrutinize the federal agent who'd just killed a man. Bodycam footage from Franklin Park, Illinois, shows then-police chief Mike Witz telling his officers last September that they wouldn'...

DHS Pressures Platforms for Identities of Anti-ICE Users

Providers could resist the subpoenas, which have sparked lawsuits

(Newser) - The Department of Homeland Security is pressuring tech companies to disclose the identities behind social media accounts that criticize or track Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, say officials and tech employees familiar with the requests. Over the past several months, Google, Reddit, Discord, and Meta have received hundreds of administrative...

Feds Open Perjury Probe After ICE Officer Shot Venezuelan

Meanwhile, felony assault charges have been dropped against that immigrant, another

(Newser) - 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...

ICE to Spend $38B Turning Warehouses Into Detention Sites

Immigration agency's plan would create network of large regional processing and removal centers

(Newser) - US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is moving ahead with a sweeping plan to turn industrial warehouses into a national network of immigrant detention hubs, with an estimated price tag of $38.3 billion, newly released documents show, reports the Washington Post . The records, posted on New Hampshire's state website...

Ring Drops Deal With Surveillance Company

Move follows backlash over Super Bowl ad

(Newser) - Amazon's Ring is backing away from a controversial law-enforcement tie-up before it ever switched on. The home security company says it has scrapped a planned integration with Flock Safety, a surveillance firm whose automated license plate readers and camera networks are widely used by police—and, according to some...

Feds Drop Charges Against Man Shot by Agent in Minneapolis

'Newly discovered evidence' undercuts government's version of events

(Newser) - A federal judge in Minneapolis on Friday ordered the dismissal of felony assault charges against two Venezuelan men, including one shot in the leg by an immigration officer, after new evidence emerged undercutting the government's version of events. In a highly unusual motion to dismiss filed late Thursday, US...

Filing: IRS Mistakenly Shared Taxpayer Info With DHS

News comes amid deal between agencies to share info to identify, deport undocumented immigrants

(Newser) - The IRS erroneously shared the taxpayer information of thousands of people with the Department of Homeland Security, as part of the agencies' controversial agreement to share information on immigrants for the purpose of identifying and deporting people who are illegally in the US, according to a new court filing. The...

DHS Shutdown Nears as Negotiations Go Nowhere

With Congress leaving town, agency is on track to shut down Saturday

(Newser) - Members of Congress are heading out of town with one of the government's key departments about to go dark. After a Department of Homeland Security funding bill fell eight votes short of advancing on Thursday, lawmakers in both chambers began a weeklong recess that makes an early Saturday shutdown...

Immigration Crackdown in Minnesota Is Over

Border czar Tom Homan says surge will end, pronounces it a success

(Newser) - The immigration crackdown in Minnesota that led to mass detentions, protests, and two deaths is coming to an end, border czar Tom Homan said Thursday. "I have proposed and President Trump has concurred, that this surge operation conclude," said Homan at a news conference, per the AP . Homan...

Salesforce CEO Booed by His Own Employees

Staff urge Marc Benioff to cut ICE contracts after he joked that the agency was monitoring workers

(Newser) - Salesforce's boss is under fire for an ICE joke that landed with a thud. During a company conference in Las Vegas on Tuesday, CEO Marc Benioff reportedly asked international employees to stand, then quipped that ICE agents were in the room watching them—a remark that elicited boos and...

Alex Pretti's Parents Have a Question: Why?

Michael and Susan Pretti say their son was killed for no good reason in first major interview

(Newser) - In a Denver-area living room, a cardboard box stuffed with hundreds of letters now doubles as a counterpoint to how the Trump administration has portrayed Alex Pretti. In a detailed piece for the New York Times , Jack Healy talks with Michael and Susan Pretti less than three weeks after their...

Walz Says Crackdown Could End Within Days

He says he hopes to hear more from feds soon about 'occupation' of Minnesota

(Newser) - Gov. Tim Walz said Tuesday that he expects the federal immigration crackdown in Minnesota will end in "days, not weeks and months," based on his recent conversations with top Trump administration officials. The Democratic governor said at a news conference that he spoke Monday with border czar Tom...

Judge Blocks California's Mask Ban for Federal Agents

But ruling leaves state's ID requirement for law enforcement in place, for now

(Newser) - California's attempt to unmask federal agents just ran into a constitutional snag, though not a complete stop. A federal judge in Los Angeles on Monday blocked the state's new ban on face coverings for federal law-enforcement officers, ruling that the law illegally singled them out by exempting state...

Liam Is Home, but Maybe Not for Long

DHS seeks to end asylum claims of 5-year-old Minn. boy at center of ICE storm

(Newser) - Federal immigration officials are moving to fast-track the deportation case of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his family, according to their attorney. The federal government filed a motion on Wednesday to speed up removal proceedings and shut down the Minnesota family's asylum bid, said their legal team, per MPR...

Anti-ICE Chant From Crowd Throws Wrestlers for a Loop

Las Vegas fans echo challenger Brody King's stance

(Newser) - A Las Vegas wrestling crowd briefly turned a title bout into a political rally Wednesday night, erupting into an anti-ICE chant that stopped the action. Before the opening bell of the AEW World Championship Eliminator Match, a loud, repeated, expletive-laced chant targeting US Immigration and Customs Enforcement spread through the...

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