While we haven’t heard anything since April, HHS still hasn’t accounted for over 300,000 children who came into the country unaccompanied. Many other children came in with suspicious “sponsors.” As a result, the current administration tightened the rules governing the transfer of children to sponsors. Two Soros-funded NGOs are suing the administration for tightening the […] The post Soros-Funded NGOs Sue Admin Over Rules Protecting Unaccompanied Children appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

On Tuesday, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) warned against repercussions for his fellow Democrat lawmakers who clashed with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents at a federal detention facility at Delaney Hall in Newark, New Jersey, last week. During an exchange with Fox News reporter Chad Pergram, Jeffries repeatedly said “they’ll find out” when pressed what might happen if the House Democrats involved in the incident were to be arrested by federal authorities or get sanctioned. REPORTER: “What happens if [DHS] were to go and arrest [Democrats who stormed the Newark ICE facility]?” REP. JEFFRIES: “They’ll find out.” pic.twitter.com/XqEOZjAo1f — Off The Press (@OffThePress1) May 13, 2025 Jeffries ultimately asserted that it would be a “red line” as the questions persisted. He also took a swipe at Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin, who told CNN that arresting the Democrats in question was “definitely on the table,” pending an investigation. “It’s a red line. It’s very clear,” Jeffries said. “First of all, I think that the so-called Homeland Security spokesperson is a joke. It’s a joke. They know better than to go down that road. And it’s been made loudly and abundantly clear to the Trump administration. We’re not going to be intimidated by their tactics.” The Daily Wire reported that Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, who is running for New Jersey governor and is protesting the Delaney Hall facility, was arrested following the security breach last Friday. Alina Habba, the interim U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, said he “committed trespass and ignored multiple warnings from Homeland Security Investigations to remove himself from the ICE detention center.” DHS said two House Democrats who joined Baraka that day — New Jersey Reps. Bonnie Watson-Coleman and Rob Menendez — “stormed the gate and broke into” the facility. While the New Jersey Democrats insisted they were at Delaney Hall to conduct legitimate supervision, McLaughlin said in a post on X, “Members of Congress cannot break the law in the name of ‘oversight.’ All members & staff need to comply with facility rules, procedures, and instructions from ICE personnel on site. INCLUDING 24 hour notice.” House Republicans have introduced measures to punish the Democrats involved in the altercation, including a censure resolution against Rep. LaMonica McIver, another lawmaker from New Jersey who was at the protest, and a resolution to strip them of their committee assignments. On X, Pergram posted that House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) told a Fox News colleague he believes there “needs to be an appropriate measure taken” as the “video doesn’t lie,” a reference to ICE body-cam footage showing part of the confrontation between the New Jersey Democrats and DHS agents. He added, “I think it was wildly inappropriate for those members to do that and we’ll have to take appropriate action.”

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Friday’s edition of the PBS News Hour contained a frustrating interview with the left’s deportation hero of the day, conducted by the outlet’s most slanted reporter, White House correspondent Laura Barron-Lopez. After she and co-anchor Geoff Bennett talked about the release of Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk, whose student visa was revoked apparently because she co-wrote an anti-Israel op-ed, the discussion segued to someone whom Bennett called “another student who was recently released from detention, Mohsen Mahdawi.” PBS held up as heroic a figure who led Jew-harassing groups on campus: BARRON-LOPEZ: Mohsen, you were detained for more than two weeks. Can you tell me about your experience in detention in a place where you lived for years? MAHDAWI: My experience actually has conflicting feelings about it, the first one is being grateful for being in Vermont among my community and the close legal support and going through the due process here and through the justice system. And the other one is feeling the soreness of this injustice to be basically punished for practicing free speech. Asked by Barron-Lopez why he attended a citizenship interview he suspected was a trap, he responded in part: MAHDAWI: ....Part of me felt that there might be people in this system of immigration who see my activism for what it is, that it is an activism against war and for peace…. BARRON-LOPEZ: Mohsen, the administration has said that your presence in the U.S. would have serious adverse foreign policy consequences. And in a memo obtained by The New York Times, Secretary of State Marco Rubio went further, saying that your activities could -- quote -- "potentially undermine the Middle East peace process." What's your reaction to their argument? MAHDAWI: I think it is actually a joke and laughable that they are accusing me of those false accusations…. The reporter eventually broached, in impossibly vague terms, Mahdawi’s documented record of hostility toward Jews. The Washington Free Beacon emphasized Mahdawi “led a coalition of anti-Israel groups and endorsed the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack,” and who “has also said he ‘can empathize’ with Hamas over the terrorist group’s Oct. 7 slaughter and has publicly called for the destruction of Israel.” More on Mahdawi’s history of pushing threats against Jews here. But all Barron-Lopez could come up with was this: BARRON-LOPEZ: The administration has also said that it's part of your protest, you promoted antisemitism and have accused you of threatening Jewish people. What's your response to that? MAHDAWI: I believe that they are gaslighting Americans and Jewish Americans as well. I am one of the people who stood up against antisemitism in public. And I have basically denounced an act of antisemitism that is recorded on video. I am a person who has deep connection and deep empathy for the suffering that the Jews have gone through over the past decade.... BARRON-LOPEZ: Even this week, we have seen more protests at Columbia, your university. Given your experience, your detainment, and your potential deportation, would you encourage those students to continue protesting? Besides the above sentence, PBS News had devoted a 40-second news brief (on May 8) to the violent Columbia mob that invaded the main campus library last week, during finals week     According to PBS, we’ve failed this fine upstanding would-be citizen and proud "Vermonter": BARRON-LOPEZ: Mohsen, you have been a green card holder for 10 years. And when you were detained, it was during your citizenship interview, as we noted. Do you still want to become an American citizen? Mahdawi again embraced “my Vermonter people" (huh?): MAHDAWI: The question of becoming an American citizen is related to my deep belief in democracy, in the principles and values that it holds….This is a clear message for me that my quest for the citizenship has been answered of the people who I love the most in this country, my Vermonter people. This useless interview with a Hamasnik was brought to you in part by Cunard. A transcript is available, click “expand” to read: PBS News Hour 5/9/25 7:19:53 p.m. (ET) Laura Barron-Lopez: Mohsen, you were detained for more than two weeks. Can you tell me about your experience in detention in a place where you lived for years? Mohsen Mahdawi, Formerly Detained Columbia Student: My experience actually has conflicting feelings about it, the first one is being grateful for being in Vermont among my community and the close legal support and going through the due process here and through the justice system. And the other one is feeling the soreness of this injustice to be basically punished for practicing free speech. Laura Barron-Lopez: You said that you thought that your citizenship interview last month was a — quote — "trap." Why did you still go? Mohsen Mahdawi: I was torn apart between feeling excited for this interview that I waited for, for more than a year and being very cautious about the possibility that this interview might lead to my detention. Part of me felt that there might be people in this system of immigration who see my activism for what it is, that it is an activism against war and for peace. On the other hand, I also wanted to take the shot, because I knew that being detained in Vermont, if I lined up everything perfectly with my legal team, I could go through the process and fight for my rights and fight for my rights on fair grounds. I would say that I have done everything correctly. I have lived in this country, paid taxes, never committed a crime. I have studied in this country, built the bridges, connected with many communities. And I really wanted to give it a fair shot and see if I will be — if I can become a citizen. Laura Barron-Lopez: Mohsen, the administration has said that your presence in the U.S. would have serious adverse foreign policy consequences. And in a memo obtained by The New York Times, Secretary of State Marco Rubio went further, saying that your activities could — quote — "potentially undermine the Middle East peace process." What's your reaction to their argument? Mohsen Mahdawi: I think it is actually a joke and laughable that they are accusing me of those false accusations. If there is a peace process that they have in mind, let's bring it to the public, share what is your peace process, and come and look at my peace plan that I have developed with partners, Israelis, Palestinians, and Jews and with professors on campus. My vision for peace is through international law and restorative justice. Their vision is through war. How could you have peace with war? If that is their goal, that means they are — actually, they are not thinking of a peace process. Laura Barron-Lopez: The administration has also said that it's part of your protest, you promoted antisemitism and have accused you of threatening Jewish people. What's your response to that? Mohsen Mahdawi: I believe that they are gaslighting Americans and Jewish Americans as well. I am one of the people who stood up against antisemitism in public. And I have basically denounced an act of antisemitism that is recorded on video. I am a person who has deep connection and deep empathy for the suffering that the Jews have gone through over the past decade. I see all human life as equal and deserve equal rights. And this administration obviously does not see it the same way. They are looking at the issue from a supremacist perspective, which is actually a danger to our humanity. That is the threat, not my protest and my free speech. Laura Barron-Lopez: Even this week, we have seen more protests at Columbia, your university. Given your experience, your detainment, and your potential deportation, would you encourage those students to continue protesting? Mohsen Mahdawi: I encourage students to continue protesting peacefully, to abide by the principle of nonviolence, because our words and our voice and bringing the issue to light has way more power than any other elements of it. I would also have to share that I am deeply disappointed of Columbia University administration. It's undermining democracy. It's our undermining peaceful protests. And it is punishing its students, which is actually technically capitulating to the Trump administration and degrading the system of the liberal university we have and which we love Columbia University. Laura Barron-Lopez: Some of your peers like Mahmoud Khalil are still being detained under similar legal grounds as you were. Do you have a message for them? Mohsen Mahdawi: My message is, don't give up. Stay hopeful. The justice system is working. This is a light of hope. My release communicates to the whole country here that democracy is still functioning, that the system of checks and balances is still functioning. Laura Barron-Lopez: Mohsen, you have been a green card holder for 10 years. And when you were detained, it was during your citizenship interview, as we noted. Do you still want to become an American citizen? Mohsen Mahdawi: The question of becoming an American citizen is related to my deep belief in democracy, in the principles and values that it holds. And the answer that I am waiting for is not necessarily from government officials that are trying to destroy every element of democracy that this country has. The answer that I am waiting for, I have received from my people in Vermont, from Vermonters, who marched, who chanted, who sang, who protested, and who welcomed me when I came out of prison. This is a clear message for me that my quest for the citizenship has been answered of the people who I love the most in this country, my Vermonter people. Laura Barron-Lopez: Mohsen Mahdawi, thank you for your time. Mohsen Mahdawi: A great pleasure. Thank you.

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