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DHS says an ICE agent shot an illegal immigrant in the leg after being attacked on Wednesday, new information on the condition of the ICE agent who fatally shot an agitator last week, and the Clintons duck an Epstein investigation subpoena. Get the facts first with Morning Wire. It’s Thursday, January 15, 2026, and this is the news you need to know to start your day. Today’s edition of the Morning Wire podcast can be heard below: Mayhem In Minneapolis As Agitators Target ICE An ICE agent shot “an illegal alien from Venezuela” in the leg on Wednesday night after being “ambushed by three individuals,” according to an X post by DHS. The agent was attacked with a snow shovel and a broom handle. The ICE officer and the suspect who was shot were hospitalized, and the other two attackers are in custody, DHS said. Tensions on the streets remain high in Minneapolis, but ICE is still moving forward with its mission. Daily Wire immigration reporter Jenny Taer joined Morning Wire on the ground in Minneapolis, describing the chaotic environment in which federal immigration officers are attempting to do their jobs. “There were absolutely moments where I felt like things were just going to go haywire,” Taer said. Agitators constantly impede and threaten officers. Arrests of agitators have become a daily occurrence in Minneapolis, despite efforts by federal agents to de-escalate and allow agitators to step away. Taer said that the situation in Minneapolis is “very intense,” and the attempt to hamper ICE is a “very organized, well-communicated operation.” ICE Officer Sustains Internal Bleeding After Renee Good Shooting New information has come to light on the condition of the ICE agent who fatally shot Renee Good. According to the Department of Homeland Security, Good’s vehicle struck the ICE agent hard enough to cause internal bleeding. The agent and his family have since gone into hiding because of the threats they face. Regarding the Good investigation, at least half a dozen prosecutors have resigned from the Minneapolis U.S. Attorney’s office over the handling of the Good shooting death investigation, reportedly stemming from objections to Justice Department priorities and the refusal to open a civil rights inquiry. Clintons Duck Congress’s Epstein Questions The Clintons are refusing to comply with a subpoena in the House Oversight Committee’s Jeffrey Epstein investigation. The Clintons’ attorneys issued a lengthy statement on Tuesday saying the couple would not appear before Congress to answer questions. The letter argued that the former president and first lady had “already provided the limited information they possess about Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell to the Committee,” and that the committee’s subpoenas “are invalid and legally unenforceable.” Oversight Committee chairman Rep. James Comer (R-KY) said in return, the committee would vote next week to “hold former President Clinton in contempt of Congress.”

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There is still chaos surrounding Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations, and nowhere is the anger more palpable than in cities like Minneapolis. Protesters insist they are exercising their rights, even as some cross legal lines. The distinction matters. Observing ICE is lawful. Obstructing ICE is not. And when citizens interfere with a federal operation, they risk serious consequences under federal law. According to The Washington Post, “The fatal shooting of Renee Good last week, as ICE officers and residents faced off on a residential street here, has brought new attention to these activities. … Federal court rulings say citizens can observe and record police activity in public areas as part of their First Amendment rights, and many of the observers are doing nothing more than that. “They say that they believe authorities are less likely to use force if someone is recording and that they are providing a public service by letting their communities know when federal immigration officers are nearby. “But as officers and agents employ aggressive tactics, some activists have blown whistles to warn community members of approaching law enforcement, tried to follow immigration enforcement vehicles or used their own cars to block the roadways—entering murkier legal territory. “Some legal experts said such behavior could in theory justify obstruction-of-justice charges, but they added that any such prosecution would be unusual.” Against that backdrop, I spoke with Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary for public affairs at the Department of Homeland Security. She emphasized that ICE’s “top priority” remains violent offenders. “I see the reports every single day,” McLaughlin said. “And what we’ve seen is just flabbergasting as far as the number of criminals who have been allowed to walk around with impunity in this country.” She cited arrests of more than a thousand known or suspected terrorists in the past year, along with 3,500 members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua. “That’s why we have been flooding the zone,” she said, “to get these individuals out of our country.” Critics argue that ICE’s visibility escalates conflict. But McLaughlin said the scale and openness of enforcement in cities like Minneapolis, Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles is a direct result of sanctuary policies. “What exactly does [a sanctuary city] mean?” she asked. “It means that these sanctuary city politicians are harboring these criminal illegal aliens, but it also means that our law enforcement is not permitted to work with them. … ICE law enforcement is not allowed into the jails. “So if Chicago picks up a criminal illegal alien—maybe they picked up somebody who was convicted of rape and that person is in their jail—they’re not allowed to release them to ICE or coordinate their eventual release to ICE for eventual deportation. … So the reason that we have such a large law enforcement presence,” she said, “is because we can’t go into those jails to target those criminals, and so we have to really sweep the city.” McLaughlin rejected claims that ICE enforcement represents authoritarian overreach. “This was the mandate President Trump was given,” she said, pointing to rising crime rates. In Minneapolis, she noted, homicides have increased roughly 50% since Gov. Tim Walz took office. Turning to the Good shooting itself, McLaughlin stressed that context matters. “At 10:25 a.m. Central time on Wednesday, January 7, what happened was this individual had been impeding and blocking, in our eyes, law enforcement officers,” she said. “She had been doing that throughout the day, obstructing lawful operations, which is a felony.” When officers attempted to arrest Good and ordered her to exit her vehicle, she refused, McLaughlin said. “She hits the gas,” McLaughlin said, “and [the officer] was in fear of his own life, and he was in fear for the law enforcement who were around him. She weaponized her vehicle she used as a deadly weapon on an officer. He responded as his training instructs him to do. And unfortunately, there was a loss of life there. But our officer conducted himself in the way he should have. And he did save his own life.” Democratic leaders have compared ICE to the Gestapo and warned of a creeping police state. McLaughlin dismissed those claims as reckless and legally unfounded. “They’re clearly legally illiterate,” she said. “If people don’t like ICE enforcing the rule of law … these politicians should change the law. They can lobby Congress to change the law.” Demonizing law enforcement, McLaughlin warned, has real-world consequences. According to her, DHS has seen a reported 1,000% increase in assaults on officers, including multiple vehicle rammings in just the past week. “These vehicles are deadly weapons,” she said. “And one of our law enforcement officers could easily end up killed if we don’t see a stop to this.” McLaughlin also suggested that politics plays a role in Minneapolis becoming a “flashpoint,” citing large-scale fraud investigations underway by Homeland Security Investigations. “There is a part of this where they’re trying to circle the wagons and really use this as a smokescreen so people stop talking about the fraud,” McLaughlin said. What often goes unmentioned is that red states frequently deport more noncitizens than blue states. The difference, however, is cooperation. In states that work with ICE, operations tend to proceed with far less confrontation—and with sizable results. Deportations are not confined to blue cities, despite the rhetoric. That rhetoric persists nonetheless. For many on the left, opposing the Trump administration takes precedence, even if it means vilifying federal law enforcement officers. In the process, nuance is lost, laws are ignored, and the risks—for officers and civilians alike—continue to grow. COPYRIGHT 2026 CREATORS.COM We publish a variety of perspectives. Nothing written here is to be construed as representing the views of The Daily Signal.  The post Tricia McLaughlin Defends ICE’s Visible Presence appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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