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Jackson Newspaper Gives Community A Heads-Up During Active ICE Investigation

A local newspaper announced an immigration arrest operation while it was ongoing Friday in Jackson Hole using information from a local sheriff, prompting some to criticize both entities over safety and security concerns.

The Jackson Hole News & Guide reported Friday that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials were active in the area that day, trying to execute 17 warrants on specific people in Teton County.

Spanish-language instructions on how to read the story in Spanish preceded the body of the online story.

The news about ICE was “according to Teton County Sheriff Matt Carr, who spoke with the News&Guide before noon Friday,” the outlet wrote, adding that Carr said ICE was still in the community at that time, but that he did not want to assist or impede it.

Though the story leads with Carr as its primary source, the sheriff told Cowboy State Daily on Monday that the Guide called him, and he merely confirmed to the outlet what others had told its reporters about the operation, which was becoming visible in the community.

Carr said he also wanted to give community members clarity about the “targeted” nature of the operation.

“I just confirmed (the information),” said Carr, adding that he didn’t seek to endanger federal agents by exposing their operation. “I fully support the mission of ICE to remove criminals out of our community.”

But he acknowledged that rumors about the operation can stir fears in Jackson.

“My goal was just to let the public know, ‘Yes, they’re here but they’re here for targeted individuals and it was not any sort of widespread roundup,” said Carr.

The sheriff confirmed that he was the person who told the Guide that ICE was executing 17 warrants, but he said he told the paper that information was “unconfirmed.”

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Tom Homan Confirms ICE Operation Leak Points to the FBI — Criminal Investigation Underway: “Not Only Will This Person Lose Their Job and Lose Their Pension, They’re Going to Go to Jail”

Tom Homan confirmed that a series of leaks related to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations may have originated within the FBI.

The Gateway Pundit previously reported that a massive Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operation set to take place in Los Angeles, targeting thousands of illegal immigrants with criminal records, was leaked to the far-left press.

According to the leaked documents, the raid—dubbed Operation Compliance—was designed to be one of the largest immigration enforcement efforts in recent years, targeting primarily individuals with outstanding deportation orders, criminal convictions, and known gang affiliations.

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem openly criticized the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and appeared to accuse the agency of leaking sensitive information concerning impending “large-scale” immigration raids.

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DHS Secretary Kristi Noem Blasts FBI as ‘Corrupt’ — Appears to Accuse Bureau of Leaking Information on ‘Large-Scale’ ICE Raids

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem openly criticized the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), calling the agency as “corrupt.”

Noem’s fiery statement appeared to accuse the FBI of leaking sensitive information concerning impending “large-scale” immigration raids orchestrated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the Los Angeles region.

The raids, which are a joint effort involving ICE, the FBI, and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), came to public attention through an internal government document that was mysteriously leaked to the far-left press.

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Frustrated Chicagoans Cheer ICE Deportations and Efforts Targeting Sanctuary Policies

Chicago resident Vashon Tuncle joined “The Ingraham Angle,” to share his support for ICE’s efforts as well as the frustration many in his community feel after being ‘abandoned’ by local and state officials.

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker (D) and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) have made it clear that protecting the city and state’s sanctuary policies for illegals is more important than protecting American citizens.

Pritzker is so committed to keeping ICE from doing what is necessary to secure our country that he spread a vicious hoax to sow fear in the community by falsely claiming ICE agents visited a school on Chicago’s South Side.

It was, in fact, Secret Service agents investigating a threat at the school, not ICE.

On Thursday, The Department of Justice on Thursday filed a lawsuit against the state of Illinois and the city of Chicago for allegedly interfering with federal immigration enforcement.

The lawsuit claims Pritzker and Johnson, as well as others, asserts that several state and local laws are “designed to and in fact interfere with and discriminate against the Federal Government’s enforcement of federal immigration law in violation of the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution.”

Pritzker left his “tough talk” for President Trump rather than the criminals destroying his state.

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WHOA! Homan Says Tren De Aragua Gang Members Tipped Off to ICE Raid – ICE Agents Show Up to Empty Colorado Apartments After Leak

Trump’s Border Czar Tom Homan revealed someone leaked to Tren de Aragua gang members that ICE was raiding Colorado apartments.

When ICE agents showed up, the apartments were empty.

Homan told Fox News correspondent Harris Faulkner that someone leaked the ICE raid plans to the Venezuelan gang members.

“We’re addressing that immediately today – Operation Security – how these leaks are happening,” Tom Homan said. “We’ve already identified how this operation got leaked. I’ll deal with that today!”

Activists shouted into bullhorns as ICE agents raided a Cedar Run apartment complex on Wednesday morning.

Of course, this put ICE agents in danger.

Tom Homan said he’s working with the DOJ to see if he can have these activists arrested for impeding.

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ICE ramping up arrests, deportations of criminal aliens in Trump’s first two weeks

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is ramping up arrests and deportations of criminal aliens in the first few weeks of President Donald Trump’s second term.

As of Jan. 31, ICE-led operations have resulted in the arrest of more than 8,000 illegal immigrants, based on a collection of the agency’s social media posts since January 23.

ICE officers in Denver arrested an illegal Mexican national on Jan. 30 in Adams County, Colorado who was previously charged with assault and kidnapping. ICE also arrested four criminal aliens each with “convictions or charges related to sexual assault” in Washington state this month.

“Sanctuary Cities” fairly powerless

ICE has been making arrests of illegal immigrants with criminal records in sanctuary cities and counties, which do not cooperate with federal immigration authorities.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said this week that it will be up to Trump whether to take direct action against mayors of sanctuary cities. In the meantime, she said ICE will continue its efforts to remove illegal immigrants with criminal records from U.S. communities.

Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), a division of ICE, apprehended Luis Adolfo Guerra-Perez, a 19-year-old Guatemalan MS-13 gang member who was previously charged with drug and weapons crimes. He was arrested in Boston, a sanctuary city, on Jan. 22.

On the same day, they arrested Juan Alberto Rodezno-Marin in Boston. Rodezno-Marin, 39, was “charged in Massachusetts with indecent assault and battery on person over 14, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, masked armed robbery and assault to rape,” according to the agency.

ICE officers in Boston also arrested Wisteguens Jean Quely Charles, a “member of a violent Haitian street gang,” who is illegally present in the U.S. and has 17 criminal convictions in Massachusetts.

ICE “conducted a worksite enforcement operation” on Jan. 28 at Complete Autowash in Philadelphia “based on allegations employees were being subjected to labor exploitation.” Philadelphia is a self-described sanctuary city.

“ICE encountered, interviewed and arrested seven illegal aliens for immigration violations, who were subsequently detained pending removal,” a news release said.

ERO deported Nestor Flores Encarnacion, who is wanted in Mexico for raping a child, to his home country of Mexico on Jan. 23. Flores, a 58-year-old illegal immigrant, had illegally entered the U.S. four times.

Tom Homan, the Trump administration’s border czar, said ICE arrested convicted illegal immigrants with murders, sex offenses and gang affiliations on their records during enforcement efforts in Chicago on January 26.

Trump pledged during the 2024 campaign to conduct mass deportations of illegal immigrants with criminal records.

The illegal immigrants with criminal records that have been arrested by ICE since Jan. 20 are “pending removal” from the U.S. Official removal statistics for the month of January are not yet available.

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Lawlessness – Anti-ICE Protestors Block Major Portions of Los Angeles Freeway 

It is no surprise when the border was open for four years under Joe Biden that people in support of those policies would react this way once President Trump actually started enforcing border security and deportation.

Trump’s immigration raids have already arrested and removed some of the most vicious illegal alien criminals living in the US.

President Trump’s DOJ has directed all 93 US Attorneys Offices to prosecute state or local officials who obstruct immigration raids.

In a memo, Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove, has instructed federal prosecutors across the country to investigate and potentially prosecute any local officials who obstruct efforts to block Trump’s immigration enforcement raids and deportation operations.

Anti-ICE protesters took to the streets of Los Angeles on Sunday, which included the freeway itself. The 101 Freeway in Downtown Los Angeles was closed down as a result of lawless people walking onto the southbound side of the freeway.

Peaceful protesting within the First Amendment does not allow people to block a freeway or put others in danger like this group of lawbreakers.

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Soros Owned Radio Station Tips off Criminal Aliens to ICE Agents Locations and Vehicle Make and Models in California

Soros-owned radio station KCBS recently endangered officers and the public by tipping off criminal illegal aliens to the locations of ICE agents who were conducting operations in San Jose, California.

KCBS’ Brett Burkhart reported that “Mayor Matt Mahan and council member Peter Ortiz confirmed today that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are currently carrying out an operation on the east side of town,” echoing reports from the Santa Clara County Rapid Response Network.

Ortiz, who confirmed the ICE deportation operations to the Rapid Response Network, boasts in his San Jose City Councilmember biography that he “joined a gang at the age of 12” but “was able to turn his life around.” However, clearly, he’s still on the same team as the criminals.

The Santa Clara Rapid Response Network is described as a “community defense project developed to protect immigrant families from deportation threats and to provide accompaniment support during and after a community member’s arrest or detention.” 

As noted by NewsMax’s Rob Finnerty, “these actions could end up getting American citizens killed,” including the ICE agents who were exposed. Jeopardizing law enforcement operations in such a matter “is a crime,” said Finnerty.

Burkhard said, “The County’s Response Network says agents in San Jose were in unmarked vehicles, including a black Dodge Durango, a gray Nissan Maxima, and white Nissan truck. ICE agents were also reported outside a residence on South White and Tully roads.”

KCBS is reportedly owned by far-left billionaire George Soros, who took control of 235 radio stations last year after his company became the largest shareholder in the Audacy, Inc. media company.

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Illinois Governor and Chicago Mayor are Preventing ICE from Deporting Hundreds of Illegals in Local Jails

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, both Democrats, are reportedly blocking ICE agents from entering prisons and jails to deport hundreds of illegal aliens in the sanctuary city of Chicago. 

Real America’s Voice correspondent Ben Bergquam reports that there are about 300 illegal aliens in jail with ICE detainer requests, but leftist Chicago officials will not let ICE take them to be deported.

An immigration detainer is a request from ICE that asks local law enforcement agencies, including jails and prisons, to “notify the requesting agency as early as possible before they release a removable alien” and “hold the alien for up to 48 hours beyond the time they would ordinarily release them so DHS has time to assume custody in accordance with federal immigration law,” according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. “Immigration detainers are requests from federal law enforcement officers and agents, and officials only lodge them against aliens when there’s probable cause to believe that the person is removable from the United States under federal immigration law.”

“You’re going to see the federal government come after these cities and states in a way we’ve never seen before,” Berguam said. “I think we’re going to see defunding of sanctuary communities that don’t allow these ICE officers into their jails.”

As The Gateway Pundit recently reported, Illinois officials are working to sabotage the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts through legislative changes and preventing Chicago Police from working with the Federal government to remove illegals involved in drug crimes, gang-related crimes, prostitution, human trafficking, or child sex crimes.

The far-left Governor, JB Pritzker, was also recently caught making up a hoax, claiming that ICE agents raided an elementary school in Chicago last Friday.

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Whistleblower: Multiple FBI Agents Called In Sick With ‘Blue Flu’ To Avoid Helping ICE Round-Up Criminal Illegals In Chicago

Multiple FBI agents assigned to assist ICE with illegal alien deportations in Chicago last weekend, called in sick with the “Blue Flu,” according to an FBI whistleblower.

On January 22, Acting Attorney General James McHenry ordered the FBI; U.S. Marshal’s Service; Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF);  and Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to assist ICE with deportations.

Former FBI Special Agent Steve Friend said Tuesday that multiple agents assigned to assist in the deportation effort in Chicago called in sick to “protest” the mission.

“I’ve been told that agents are calling in sick—”blue flu” style—to protest the directive,”  Friend posted on X.

ICE ramped up it’s deportation effort over the weekend, making nearly 1,200 arrests Sunday and nearly 1,000 on Saturday, according to the Wall Street Journal.

President Trump’s Border Czar Tom Homan was in Chicago on Sunday, along with US Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove, to oversee Immigration enforcements in the city, Fox News’ Matt Finn reported.

A video posted by Finn on X shows Bove saying that the the Department of Homeland Security is running the operation in lockstep with the Department of Justice and urging agents to safely implement Trump policies.

Friend,  who is now a senior fellow at the Center for Renewing America and an “American Radicals” podcaster, told American Greatness that other field offices have been asking for volunteers to help with the deportation effort, but many agents are afraid of retaliation from their superiors. 

“People know if they step forward, then leadership will identify them as MAGA,” he explained.

“The executive management at some field offices aren’t sending out any guidance for the ICE directive. Just ignoring,” he added.

The former G-man said it was important for the Senate to confirm former federal prosecutor Kash Patel, Trump’s nominee to head the FBI, “to root this subterfuge out.”

“Everyone is scared of retaliation. Always. But people are coming forward with more for me recently because they think Kash [Patel] is getting in,” Friend told American Greatness.

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