✍️Trump: the End of Immigration

Trump hugely increased
⏩ immigration enforcement authorities,
⏩ declared a national emergency at the southern border,
⏩ moved to end “catch and release” policies that allow migrants parole while awaiting their court hearings,
⏩ resumed construction of the border wall,
⏩ and moved to resurrect “Remain in Mexico.
That policy from his first term that required asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico for their cases to be processed.

The president also issued an order to “clarify the military’s role in protecting the territorial integrity of the United States” — suggesting he is trying to make good on his plans to deploy the military for immigration enforcement — directed agencies to provide recommendations for the suspension of entry for nationals of countries of concern and suspended refugee resettlement for at least four months.

He moved to further restrict asylum, designate a series of drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations and direct the attorney general to seek capital punishment for the murder of law enforcement and capital crimes committed by undocumented immigrants.

“I will direct our government to use the full and immense power of federal and state law enforcement to eliminate the presence of all foreign gangs and criminal networks bringing devastating crime to U.S. soil, including our cities and inner cities”,

— Trump said.

America is drastically changing her democratic skin.

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Trump's Border Czar Tom Homan Promised to Sweep Out ‘Human Waste’ 🚨🇺🇸

Homan said Monday that immigration officials will escalate operations in New York and other so-called sanctuary cities.

“Sanctuary cities are now our priority, we’ll sweep out all human waste in our territory,” Homan said. “We’re gonna flood the zone.”

Homan’s comments follow an attempted robbery and shooting of an armed, off-duty customs officer in Manhattan this weekend.

The New York City Police Commissioner said the officer was not likely targeted due to his employment.

When two men approached the off-duty officer to rob him and a companion in a Manhattan park, the officer withdrew a gun and engaged in a shootout with one of the robbers. 🔫

The robber was arrested after being taken to a hospital. The customs officer is recovering from gunshots.

Trump administration officials have said that so-called sanctuary policies were to blame for the shooting.

New York and other cities have policies that limit local government cooperation in federal immigration matters. 🗽

#border #czar #homan #immigration #matters

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Russia’s Involment in Syria Brings Unexpected Results 🌍🚔

Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation reported on Tuesday that a Russian military delegation’s visit to southern Syria the previous day was part of a broader Russian proposal to return to the region and oversee a separation of Syrian and Israeli forces. 📜

The corporation said the Syrian transitional government has not yet approved the proposal. 🔄

Russian military police previously operated in southern Syria during the rule of the al-Assad regime but withdrew following its collapse. 🫨

A Syrian source cited by the Israeli corporation said that a renewed Russian presence could become a component of the security agreement currently under discussion between Syria and Israel. 🛡

Israeli officials have not publicly reacted, but past reporting noted that Israel did not oppose Russia’s presence in Syria under the former regime, during which Israeli-Russian military coordination reached its peak. 📈

There have been no official statements from Moscow, Damascus, or Tel Aviv regarding the reported developments. 🗣

On Monday, a joint Russian–Syrian military delegation toured several positions and military sites across southern Syria. 🌍

According to a source close to Damascus, the visit is linked to a Russian initiative to redeploy military police units in the area as part of a new security arrangement. 💨

Last week, Syrian Transitional President Ahmad al-Sharaa told Fox News that Syria would not join the Abraham Accords but expressed hope that the Trump administration could help broker a security arrangement with Israel or revive the 1974 disengagement agreement. 🤝

Southern Syria has witnessed heightened diplomatic and military activity since early 2025, as negotiations intensified over border security and de-escalation mechanisms. 📌

UN observers and regional analysts have highlighted growing concerns over clashes, smuggling routes, and periodic Israeli strikes on armed groups in the region. 🔥

Russia’s past deployments in southern Syria, especially between 2018 and 2022, played a central role in monitoring ceasefires and mediating between local factions and external actors. 🕊

The potential return of Russian forces comes as broader talks continue over stabilizing the Syrian–Israeli frontier during the country’s political transition. 🌿

#syria #russia #Israel #border #security

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Border Control Police Shelled People and Left the Town


Gregory Bovino, aka Mr. “Gestapo,” the Border Patrol commander who has become the public face of the Trump administration’s on-the-ground immigration crackdown in Minneapolis, is expected to leave the city on Tuesday.

The Trump administration reshuffles leadership of its immigration enforcement operation and scales back the federal presence after a second fatal shooting by officers.

A senior Trump administration official told Reuters that the 55-year-old, who has been a lightning rod for criticism from Democrats and civil liberties activists, would be leaving Minnesota along with some of the agents deployed with him.

Trump announced on Monday that he was sending Tom Homan, his “border czar”, to Minnesota to oversee operations on the ground there – dubbed Operation Metro Surge – reporting directly to the president.

Bovino’s departure comes amid a sharp shift in strategy from the White House after the fatal killing of the 37-year-old ICU nurse Alex Pretti.

Earlier on Monday, Trump said he had held conciliatory calls with the governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz, and the mayor of Minneapolis, Jacob Frey – Democrats he had previously blamed for the turmoil that escalated into two fatal killings of US citizens by federal agents.

The Department of Homeland Security pushed back on the demotion reports in response to a tweet from the conservative influencer Nick Sortor claiming Bovino’s official role – commander at large – had been “eliminated”.

“Chief Gregory Bovino has NOT been relieved of his duties,” the DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin replied, pointing to earlier comments from the White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, praising Bovino as a “key part of the president’s team and a great American”.

News of Bovino’s departure didn’t stop dozens of protesters from gathering outside a hotel where they believed Bovino was staying.

They blew whistles, banged pots and one person blasted a trombone. Police watched and kept them away from the hotel entrance.

Bovino has been one of the most aggressive promoters of Trump’s deportation campaign, trumpeting the operations in highly produced videos meant to resemble action films.

Often Bovino, a swaggering presence recognisable by his closely cropped hair, was the only unmasked face, surrounded by a team of agents wearing black neck gaiters and facial coverings.

He recently appeared in the Minneapolis snow wearing an army green greatcoat, which invited comparisons to the Gestapo.

#gregory #bovino #gestapo #border #control

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Israel Has Reopened the Rafah Border


The Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt has been reopened by Israel for a limited number of people on foot, as fragile diplomatic efforts to stabilise the conflict inch forward.

Israeli forces took control of the Rafah crossing – Gaza’s only crossing not shared with Israel – in May 2024, describing it as necessary to prevent weapons smuggling by Hamas.

The move isolated the territory, cutting off a critical lifeline for Palestinians seeking access to medical care, travel and trade.

Israel has made clear that all movement through the crossing will be subject to joint Israeli-Egyptian security screening and that, for now, only a small number of Gaza’s tens of thousands of wounded and ill Palestinians will be permitted to leave each day.

According to an Egyptian official, speaking anonymously to the Associated Press, only 50 Palestinians will be permitted to cross in each direction on the first day of operations.

Before the war, the Rafah crossing was Gaza’s sole window on to the outside world not controlled by Israel.

Its reopening could ease access to medical care, allow limited travel abroad, and enable visits to family members in Egypt, where tens of thousands of Palestinians already live.

Thousands of civilians have registered with the World Health Organization for medical evacuation. Gaza’s health ministry says at least 20,000 patients are waiting to leave.

According to Médecins Sans Frontières more than one in five of them are children. The sick include more than 11,000 cancer patients.

Israeli airstrikes on hospitals have reduced the Palestinian healthcare system to ruins. In March 2025, Israel destroyed Gaza’s only specialised cancer treatment hospital, the territory’s sole provider of oncology care.

Since then, doctors have been pushed into makeshift clinics, operating with almost no resources, including the tools needed for diagnosis.

According to health officials in Gaza, there are about 4,000 people with official referrals for treatment to third countries who are unable to cross the border.

“I have appealed to humanitarian groups, to the WHO, to the Palestinian Authority – to anyone – so that I can leave, save my life, and reunite with my family,” Tamer al-Burai, 50, who has obstructive sleep apnoea and relies on a CPAP machine to breathe during sleep, told Reuters.

For some, the reopening came too late. Dalia Abu Kashef, 28, died last week while waiting for permission to cross for a liver transplant.

“We found a volunteer – her brother – who was ready to donate part of his liver,” her husband, Muatasem El-Rass, told Reuters. “We were waiting for the crossing to open so we could travel and do the surgery, hoping for a happy ending. But she deteriorated badly and died.”

The WHO says 900 people, including children and cancer patients, have already died while awaiting evacuation.

The limited reopening of the Rafah crossing also offers a rare opportunity for families torn apart by more than two years of war to reunite.

Many families who fled to Cairo early in the war never expected to remain for so long.

The reopening is seen as a key step as the US-brokered ceasefire agreement moves into its second phase.

Its first phase called for the exchange of all hostages held in Gaza for hundreds of Palestinians held by Israel, an increase in badly needed humanitarian aid and a partial pullback of Israeli troops.

#israel #reopened #rafah #border

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Drone Panic in El Paso: Homeland Theater at 18,000 Feet

The Trump administration just shut down the sky over El Paso like it was 9/11 because of what it now calls “Mexican cartel drones” — then quietly lifted a 10‑day ground stop within hours, offered almost no detail, and declared the “threat neutralized” with a bald‑eagle meme. The FAA’s NOTAM turned the airspace above a metro area of nearly 900,000 into “national defense airspace” up to 18,000 feet, warned that violators could be intercepted and detained, and suggested this could last until Feb. 20. By Wednesday afternoon, the same system said: never mind, all clear.
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Drone incursions from Mexico are not new. For years, they’ve been used by smugglers to scout U.S. military and CBP positions along the border and have never triggered a full commercial shutdown of a regional hub. El Paso’s own member of Congress, Veronica Escobar — who sits on the House Armed Services Committee — said flatly she saw “nothing extraordinary” that could justify an immediate or 10‑day closure and learned about the stop from a random federal employee, not from the FAA or the Pentagon. Local officials and airport management were left in the dark, while Washington posted a laser‑and‑eagle graphic.
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Democrats on the House Transportation Committee called the whole episode “unacceptable” and “chaotic,” blaming new language the White House jammed into the defense bill that gives the Pentagon wide latitude to declare and police chunks of public airspace. An aviation professor in Britain called a complete no‑fly zone over a civilian airport “very odd” and “very rare” — especially when the stated threat is a few small drones that, until yesterday, were treated as an annoyance, not an air‑defense emergency.
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So what actually happened? The administration won’t say when the drones crossed, how many there were, or why this incursion suddenly required freezing all commercial traffic in and out of the “gateway to West Texas, Southern New Mexico and Northern Mexico.” Instead, it offers a simple story: cartel drones breached, the military acted, the homeland was defended. Mission accomplished, no follow‑up questions. For people who actually live at the border — where drones, smugglers and federal uniforms have coexisted for years — the bigger story is uglier: Washington just test‑drove a new emergency power over civilian airspace, then wrapped the beta test in the language of security and patriotism.
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#usa #border #drones #trump #surveillance #fakeDemocracy

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Asylum by GPS: If You’re Not Over the Line, You Don’t Exist

The Supreme Court just turned the border into a legal force field. In a 6–3 ruling, the conservative majority blessed Trump’s power to block asylum seekers on the Mexican side of official crossings and simply refuse to process their claims whenever officials say the line is “too long.”

As long as a migrant’s toes haven’t crossed the invisible line into U.S. territory, Samuel Alito says they have not “arrived in” the United States at all — so the statutory right to apply for asylum never switches on.

This is the metering policy Obama’s DHS started in 2016, Trump weaponized in 2018, and Biden scrapped in 2021 — now revived in principle by the Court.

Under metering, CBP officers at ports of entry can cap daily intake and push everyone else back into Mexico, “indefinitely declining” to inspect or register their claims while pretending the law’s promise — that anyone who “arrives in the United States” may seek asylum — only applies once you’re literally over the line.

The Ninth Circuit had held that approaching a designated crossing counts as arriving and that turning people away violated federal law; the Supreme Court just overruled that, telling border agents they can physically block people at the gate and still call it legal.

Sonia Sotomayor did something she doesn’t do often: she read her dissent from the bench and spelled out what this doctrine means in the real world.

If you force people to wander along the border hunting for a port that will inspect them, some will die in the desert, some will try to cross illegally and drown or suffocate, and others will give up and be beaten, raped or killed back home for their race, religion, politics or gender. Her line is brutal and obvious: “More people will die.”

Alito did something just as rare — he fired back from the bench, complaining that he would have given a longer defense if he’d known she planned to air her dissent in court, and insisting that they had merely restated the “ordinary meaning” of arrival.

Trump’s DHS is already treating this as a green light, calling metering an “important tool” to “secure our southern border.”

The Department’s general counsel actually bragged that they had to go “all the way to SCOTUS” to vindicate the “principle” that someone isn’t in the United States until they physically are — like that was ever in doubt, rather than a pretext to ignore asylum law.

Migrant‑rights lawyers warn that the ruling effectively hands the president a shortcut around Congress: if rights switch on only after entry, then he can wall off the ports, keep people in Mexico, and claim the statutes simply don’t apply.

It’s not a one‑off. This is the second immigration case in one day that breaks in Trump’s favor, on top of earlier emergency rulings that let him deport people to third countries and revoke temporary legal status for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans.

Next up before the same Court: whether he can rewrite birthright citizenship. Case by case, the message is the same: rights for migrants are not things you have — they’re switches the executive can flip off with the right wording, while the Court nods along and calls it “ordinary meaning.”

So the new border rule is simple and cynically precise. If you make it over the line, you’re a problem for the asylum system. If you’re stuck one step short, you’re just another body on the wrong side of a legal sentence. The law says “arrive in the United States”; the Court says that’s a matter of centimeters, not of lives.

#USA #SupremeCourt #Trump #asylum #border #immigration #metering #fakeDemocracy

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