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“You should step down”: Bipartisan lawmakers hammer Kristi Noem over immigration enforcement

“You should step down”: Bipartisan lawmakers hammer Kristi Noem over immigration enforcement

by Alexia Sextou | Mar 3, 2026 | Featured, Immigration, Topics

WASHINGTON — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem defended the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown on Tuesday as she faced intense scrutiny by lawmakers during her first Senate hearing since the Minnesota Immigration and Customs Enforcement shootings in...
By the minute: How Trump filled record-breaking State of the Union

By the minute: How Trump filled record-breaking State of the Union

by Marissa Fernandez and Ben Shapiro | Feb 26, 2026 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump delivered the longest State of the Union in history at almost 108 minutes Tuesday night. He began the address to Congress, which totaled more than 10,000 words, by stating that America is the “hottest country” in the world. Trump...
In Photos: Workers lead D.C. vigil mourning Pretti, rally against ICE violence

In Photos: Workers lead D.C. vigil mourning Pretti, rally against ICE violence

by Gloria Ngwa | Jan 29, 2026 | Featured, Immigration

WASHINGTON – Hundreds of people joined federal workers in D.C. Wednesday night to host a vigil mourning the murder of Alex Pretti and protesting the massive Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) surge. Pretti, 37, was fatally shot by two federal agents in...
Musical Memorial for Renee Good Decries ICE Violence

Musical Memorial for Renee Good Decries ICE Violence

by Isabel Papp | Jan 14, 2026 | Featured, Immigration

SILVER SPRING, Md. –  A chorus of demonstrators filled Gene Lynch Park with song on Monday evening, to recognize Renee Nicole Good, who was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis last week.  As the sun set, 16 members of the Rapid Response Choir, a volunteer...
Democrats skip Senate hearing on anti-ICE protests

Democrats skip Senate hearing on anti-ICE protests

by Aanika Sawhney and Naomi Taxay | Nov 20, 2025 | Featured, Immigration

WASHINGTON – Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) walked out of a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday after calling the hearing – titled “ICE Under Fire: The Radical Left’s Crusade Against Immigration Enforcement” – an exercise in Republican political theater. At the...
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