'I do not want to reconcile'

'It's really frustrating'

The Democrat Left wants Americans to believe that excessively armed ICE agents in Minneapolis and elsewhere are kidnapping law-abiding immigrants en route to church or heading home from work. New Jersey congressional candidate Analilia Mejia moaned that “grandmothers and gardeners are being targeted by federal enforcement agencies with no accountability.” Attorney General Keith Ellison, D-Minn., called the people his ilk are shielding, “the most vulnerable neighbors in our community.” “They haven’t been able to produce any evidence that they are finding people who are undocumented who have committed crimes,” Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., told MS NOW’s evening anchor Chris Hayes. “It is unleashing complete terror on the residents of Minnesota.” A fresh serving of facts swiftly refuted these Leftist lies. Fox News’ intrepid, industrious Bill Melugin secured details from ICE on just 19 of its recent arrestees in Minnesota. These are not merely people of color “who want better lives,” as the cliche goes. (So what? Who doesn’t want a better life?) “It’s the most disturbing list I’ve ever seen,” Melugin wrote via X, “including numerous convicted child rapists/sodomizers & ten convicted killers, most with deportation orders going back many years.”  Let’s meet a dozen of these “vulnerable neighbors.” Hernan Cortes-Valencia: This Mexican illegal alien was convicted (Not accused. Not indicted. Convicted) of four DUIs, sexually assaulting a child, and carnal abuse. He was in America despite receiving a deportation order on December 1, 2016. Ge Yang: This Laotian illegal alien was convicted of strongarm rape (coercive sex via brute force, but no weapon), strongarm aggravated assault against a family member, aggravated assault with a weapon, and domestic violence involving strangulation. Deportation order: October 16, 2012. Sriudorn Phaivan: This Laotian illegal alien ran a one-stop shop for crime. He was convicted of strongarm sodomy of a boy, strongarm sodomy of a girl, nine counts of larceny, unauthorized use of a vehicle, four counts of fraud, vehicle theft, two counts of drug possession, obstructing justice, receiving stolen property, possessing stolen property, burglary, and check forgery. Deportation order: March 8, 2018. Tou Vang: This Laotian illegal alien was convicted of sexual assault, sodomy of a girl under age 13, and procuring a child for prostitution. Deportation order: October 31, 2006. Kou Lor: This Laotian illegal alien was convicted of sexual assault, rape, statutory rape, rape with a weapon, and shoplifting. Deportation order: August 16, 1996—nearly 30 years ago! These rodents don’t just rape. They kill, too. Aler Gomez Lucas: This Guatemalan illegal alien was convicted of DUI and negligent homicide with a vehicle. Deportation order: May 24, 2022. Abdirashid Adosh Elmi: This Somali illegal alien was convicted of homicide. Galuak Michael Rotgai: This Sudanese illegal alien was convicted of assault and homicide. Aldrin Guerrero Munoz: This Mexican illegal alien was convicted of assault and homicide. Deportation order: December 17, 2015. Gabriel Figueroa Gama: This Mexican illegal alien was convicted of amphetamine possession, battery, assault, and homicide. He was deported in 2002, eventually re-invaded America, and subsequently perpetrated these crimes. Mariama Sia Kanu: This illegal alien from Sierra Leone was convicted of burglary, three counts of larceny, four DUIs, and two counts of homicide. Deportation order: July 5, 2022. Gilberto Salguero Landaverde: This Salvadoran illegal alien was convicted of three counts of homicide. Deportation order: June 25, 2025. “ICE says all of these criminal aliens were roaming freely in the sanctuary state of Minnesota prior to arrest,” Melugin reported, “and that these are the type of people that politicians and activists are referring to as their ‘neighbors’ as they attempt to interfere with ICE.” From gas-pedal-stomping Minneapolis moms to cherry-bomb-hurling ANTIFA rioters, ICE’s enemies are making life look like Easy Street for these scumbags. Thankfully, ICE remains undeterred. Its director, Todd M. Lyons, promised: “Regardless of staged political theatrics, ICE is going to continue to arrest the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens in Minnesota and elsewhere.”  We publish a variety of perspectives. Nothing written here is to be construed as representing the views of The Daily Signal.  The post Dem/Left Shields Worst of Worst Illegal-Alien Rapists, Killers appeared first on The Daily Signal.

Don Lemon, Leftists In Minneapolis About To FACE Justice?

There Are So Many Insanely Stupid Arguments About ICE Arrests

It’s time to find out who had the Worst Media Take of the Week. This interactive series is where you — our loyal NewsBusters visitors and MRC supporters — get to vote on which leftist journalist or celebrity had the worst media take of the week.   Much appreciation to all who voted last week via NewsBusters and the MRC’s various social media sites (Facebook, Instagram and X.com).   The results of the Worst Media Take of the Week are in and the winner is… Jimmy Kimmel! The host of ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! won with 46 percent of the vote. Kimmel took first place for calling President Donald Trump a “maniac” who is killing people overseas and in Minneapolis. Former ESPN and MSNBC host Keith Olbermann came in second place with 33 percent. Finishing last was former CNN anchor Don Lemon at 21 percent.  The following clip is MRC president David Bozell’s introduction of the nominees:       WINNER (46 percent of the vote)   Jimmy Kimmel: “Maniac” Trump Is Killing People Overseas and in Minneapolis  “They’re trying out a new slogan: ‘Donald J. Trump is gonna kill you!’ Pretty good, right? This maniac, he isn’t just killing people overseas. An ICE agent today shot and killed an unarmed 37-year-old woman during an ICE operation in Minneapolis, who were there under the guise of protecting us….Now that is the shirt I want to see, to ICE, ‘Get the [bleep] out of Minneapolis.” Get the [bleep] out of all these cities.”— Host Jimmy Kimmel on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!, January 7.   SECOND PLACE (33 percent of the vote)   Keith Olbermann: Trump’s “Gestapo” Committed Terrorist Act to “Feed” His “Sadistic, Blood-Lusting, Psychotic” Base  “This is Trump’s terrorism. This is the Kent State of our time. The peaceful, unarmed protestor murdered by Trump’s ICE. While Trump’s lie-factory and Trump personally smeared her, blamed her. Made up a story or a threat where there was no threat. Altered images, lied about her, lied about what the Gestapo did. The Gestapo they sent to kill Americans in American cities, in order to make videos to feed the sadistic, blood-lusting psychotics who support Trump. And if you support this, if you support Trump, if you countenance this on our streets against citizens or non-citizens or police or anybody, you are a sadistic blood-lusting psychotic! That is Donald Trump’s base!”— Former MSNBC host Keith Olbermann on his Countdown podcast, January 8.   THIRD PLACE (21 percent of the vote)   Don Lemon to ICE Agents: F**k Off, You Dumb Jack-Booted Nazis!  “F**k off, ICE! F**k all the way off! You are low-life losers. And you feel empowered by your dear leader, Donald Trump….You are treating people in an inhumane way and you don’t even understand why because you’re too dumb to figure it out. You are the poorly educated that Donald Trump loves….You’re out there doing his bidding, doing things that are illegal, doing things that are unconstitutional, doing things that are inhumane, like killing someone….You are fat fuck losers who just crawled out of a trailer park from some Proud Boy meeting….You are thugs, jack-booted thugs….You stupid, dumb, ignorant, poorly educated, Proud Boys, Nazis marching through.”— Former CNN anchor Don Lemon on The Don Lemon Show podcast, January 9.   Thanks again to all who participated!    Sponsored by James P. Jimirro

On Monday's CNN This Morning, senior CNN reporter Edward-Isaac Dovere decided to malign the National Guard acting on orders of CNN's least favorite president:  "Just yesterday, I was walking around Washington. Of course, we've had National Guard deployment here for months, and it's been extended. And just troops with their weapons out, walking the streets, four of them at a time, walking around. It didn't seem like doing really much of anything, except that we are now being made used to every day more troops on the streets of more American cities.  Did it occur to Dovere that not much was going on BECAUSE they were walking around? Crime is significantly down in DC since the deployment began! This is similar to the people who complain that too many criminals are incarcerated, given that crime is down. Crime is down in large part because we have imprisoned more criminals--hello? So what's next, Dovere? Are you going to suggest that the heating system in the CNN building should be dismantled, since even on this frosty morning, it's warm inside? Dovere's parody-worthy comment came in the context of a discussion of possible plans to send more federal troops to Minneapolis because they're needed to guard the agents whose actions are being impeded by protesters.  According to Dovere: "It goes all the way around in a circle, and really what we're seeing is just more militarization of American cities."  But surely Dovere has witnessed the scenes of protesters blocking ICE agents with vehicles, getting in their face, screaming, blowing whistles, etc., making it more difficult for them to do their job of detaining a targeted person. What might take 4-6 people to do the job if left unmolested could now take twice that number: the core people carrying out the detention, and the others fending off protesters trying to "de-arrest" the detainee. Notice that Dovere never brought up that two National Guardsmen were shot in D.C. in November. Right after it happened, CNN analyst Andrew McCabe also maligned the Guard: "But these are folks who basically been thrown into a pseudo law enforcement function, most of whom don't really have law enforcement backgrounds. And that adds, I think a real wild card element to this this thing. We don't really know how those folks would respond if confronted with a violent incident on the street with an armed person." The Guard drew more scorn than the shooter!  PS: Dovere came to CNN from The Atlantic, where he promoted his magazine’s sleazy partisan story claiming that Trump mocked our war dead as losers. At a presser, Dovere was awarded the first question and he asked Biden about the dreadful state of Donald Trump’s soul: Khizr Khan said the comments demonstrated that President Trump's life is a testament to selfishness, and his soul is that of a coward. You've talked about this as a different view of how you see the job as president. But when you hear these remarks -- suckers, losers, recoiling from amputees -- what does it tell you about the president's soul and the life he leads?" Here's the transcript. CNN This Morning 1/10/26 6:17 am ET ERICA HILL: There was so much talk, and I would say, certainly at the end of last week, and we heard from officials, right, in Minnesota saying, don't give them these pictures don't in their work, the administration, rather, these images, this is what they want, to your point, for the Insurrection Act.  The way that this is playing out, though, in a fairly small city, right, with, in the grand scheme of things, perhaps a smaller number of undocumented immigrants, is this having the reaction politically that was hoped for?  ISAAC DOVERE: You see in the polls that people seem to be, by a majority of them, uncomfortable with what's going on and disapprove of it.  I do think this goes beyond the political side of it. I mean, even just the words that we're using here: what counts as victory, right? This is the American president, what he wants to get done in an American city. And that's because of the militarization that's happened here and the pretext that keeps shifting the rationales, that keep going back, that now we might need to have the Alaska Airborne there to protect the ICE agents, but the ICE agents need to be there because of the fraud. It goes all the way around in a circle, and really what we're seeing is just more militarization of American cities.  I mean, even just yesterday, I was walking around Washington. Of course, we've had National Guard deployment here for months, and it's been extended. And just troops with their weapons out, walking the streets, four of them at a time, walking around. It didn't seem like doing really much of anything, except that we are now being made used to every day more troops on the streets of more American cities. 

Sunday’s 60 Minutes should be the clearest sign yet that little has changed at CBS News under editor-in-chief Bari Weiss as, despite the apocalytpic claims from so-called “media reporters,” they’re still churning out partisan drivel. Along with airing the story on the El Salvadoran jail CECOT (which was nearly identical to the one Weiss held up last month), 60 Minutes opened with a pity party for Minneapolis by correspondent Cecilia Vega sucking up to Minneapolis and huffing about Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE). Vega immediately sought to illicit sympathy for the illegal immigrants and never say a word about their criminal records: CBS’s ‘60 Minutes’ opened with a Minneapolis package and, needless to say, it was atrocious. Cecilia Vega engaged in extended rhetorical hand-holding with Minneapolis police chief Brian O’Hara, fretting about ICE causing such “angry” scenes” and “tensions” to soar and insisting… pic.twitter.com/VyXnj81bg8 — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) January 19, 2026 Because the liberal media are largely incapable of nuance and thus Minneapolis and illegal immigrants are always good and ICE is always bad, she also found her hero: CBS’s ‘60 Minutes’ lionizes Minneapolis police chief O’Hara as having, sadly, been proven right in predicting the chaos on the streets (caused by ICE, of course) and correctly believes ICE officer Jonathan Ross was in the wrong where as Vice President Vance was, of course, the… pic.twitter.com/wQGOXbgrsI — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) January 19, 2026 It was five minutes and 11 seconds before she even spoke to someone with ICE (or anyone presenting the other side): CBS’s ‘60 Minutes’ correspondent Cecilia Vega tangles with ICE officer Marcos Charles. Here was the first back-and-forth... Vega: “Can Americans trust what’s coming out about the status of this investigation right now?” Charles: “The rhetoric that’s coming out from a lot of our… pic.twitter.com/JRwoSLjHcg — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) January 19, 2026 The only micro-dose of truth serum about what’s happening in Minneapolis came next when Vega asked O’Hara if he’s okay with anti-ICE protesters hurling phrases like “Nazi.” O’Hara insisted anyone should be able to say what they want (even if it’s “disrespectful things,” but conceded “physically obstruct[ing] law enforcement from performing a function” is “illegal.” Vega again pressed Charles with an extreme position that ICE agents can do anything and everything to anyone they come into contact with. When Charles pointed out anyone who lays hands on law enforcement will be arrested, Vega conceded “I don’t think most Americans would disagree with you on that.” Vega then tried to have her cake and eat it too, touting “a perception” about ICE which she wouldn’t cop to, but the liberal media have actively concocted: “I don’t think most Americans would disagree with you on that. What concerns a lot of people is some of the images that they’ve seen. There’s a perception out there that immigration agents in Minneapolis and many other cities are acting with impunity.” “You’re not seeing the entirety of the situation. Not only that — mainstream media is picking up those social media posts and putting them out as real news without looking at the whole story,” Charles replied. Vega upped the emotional blackmail: EYE ROLL: CBS’s ‘60 Minutes’ correspondent Cecilia Vega cued up footage of Aliya Rahman — the woman who was dragged out of her car by ICE agents while screaming she’s disabled — for the Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara to shake and cry over, muttering “oh, my God” and that… pic.twitter.com/Nr1iMoF2fE — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) January 19, 2026 Vega conceded “Homeland Security released these images of injured ICE officers” which “[a]ccording to the agency, attacks on ICE officers nationwide jumped from 19 in 2024 to 275 last year” with many “sustained as agents were carrying out what ICE calls ‘targeted enforcement.’” The former ABC correspondent flipped back to casting aside ICE’s concerns and the now-viral video of ICE asking a woman for her papers: “In Minneapolis, many residents say it seems to be less targeted every day. American citizens are getting stopped and questioned, including a woman walking down the street.” Once again, she cleared a path for O’Hara to be on a pedestal of wokeism (click “expand”): O’HARA: People have been stopped for simply appearing to be Somali or appearing to be Latino or appearing to be foreign. And it’s concerning, because we also know we’re not getting these stories from Irish folks and Norwegian folks here. CHARLES: Our officers are — are conducting targeted enforcement, looking for the worst of the worst. If they encounter anybody in the area of which they’re operating, they are okay to talk to those people. They’ve been authorized to talk to anybody that’s around there and establish citizenship. VEGA [TO CHARLES]: How is that targeted enforcement? CHARLES: If they were in that area looking for a target, and they were en route or coming from that target and encountered that individual, they are authorized to talk to somebody and speak to somebody to speak someone. VEGA [TO CHARLES]: I mean, what — what’s — how do you define the area? Officers are walking down the street, driving down the street, the entire city of Minneapolis, is everybody potentially — CHARLES: It — potentially as — as — VEGA [TO CHARLES]: — under suspicion? CHARLES: — no. Nobody’s under suspicion. But we’re looking for those targets. And, again, if we walk — encounter somebody — as we’re walking up to a building, as we’re en route to that building, that’s still part of that operation as they proceed to that target. She wrapped with the news of Justice Department launching investigations into Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D) and Governor Tim Walz (D) and one last softball for O’Hara: “What could happen today, tomorrow to bring this temperature down out there?” O’Hara put it entirely on President Trump to turn down the temperature and nothing about the role of state and local officials: “I think it requires the President to say, ‘we’re still going to go after the worst of the worst, but we’re not going to be treating American citizens in ways that risk destroying a beautiful American city.’” One problem: Even O’Hara’s fellow leftists — including O'Hara and his bosses — are opposed to even “the worst of the worst” being deported by ICE. If they were supportive, the city would not be a sanctuary city. To see the relevant CBS transcript from January 19, click here.

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) pledged that if he were elected California governor this November, he would revoke the state driver's licenses of federal immigration agents. Swalwell attended the Empowerment Congress California Governor Forum on Saturday, during which he gave a speech.'Rep. Eric Swalwell’s vowing to strip ICE law enforcement officers of their driver’s licenses for wearing masks is disgusting.'He vowed to "always be on offense on behalf of Californians," in part, by taking drastic action against Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and agents who wear masks."They're going to lose their immunity. They're not going to be able to drive. I will take your driver's license. Good luck walking to work, a**holes," Swalwell stated, referring to ICE officers. "Also I will direct law enforcement to use every power to prosecute them for battery, false imprisonment, and murder."Swalwell shared a clip of his comments on X, writing, "ICE, do I have your attention yet?"“Rep. Eric Swalwell’s vowing to strip ICE law enforcement officers of their driver’s licenses for wearing masks is disgusting,” Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told the Daily Caller News Foundation. “Our officers wear masks to protect themselves from being doxxed and targeted by known and suspected terrorist sympathizers. Not only is ICE law enforcement facing a more than 1,300% increase in assaults against them, but we’ve also seen thugs launch websites to reveal officers’ identity.”RELATED: Eric Swalwell sues Trump administration over alleged privacy violations Photo by Mario Tama/Getty ImagesWhile Swalwell promised to pull driver's licenses from American federal law enforcement agents, the state's laws allow for illegal aliens to obtain driver's licenses. Earlier this month, the Department of Transportation announced that it would withhold $160 million from California for failing to cancel more than 17,000 allegedly illegally issued non-domiciled commercial driver's licenses to foreign nationals.Meanwhile Swalwell's eligibility to run for California governor is facing scrutiny.Journalist and filmmaker Joel Gilbert filed a complaint claiming that Swalwell lives in Washington, D.C., thereby prohibiting him from running for governor in California. "Public records searches reveal no current ownership or leasehold interest held by Eric Swalwell in California, nor any history of any ownership of leasehold interest based on available public records," Gilbert's court complaint read. "Swalwell's congressional financial [disclosures] from 2011 to 2024 list no California real estate ownership."RELATED: Eric Swalwell launches anti-Trump gubernatorial campaign amid criminal referral to DOJ Eric Swalwell. Photo by ETIENNE LAURENT / AFP via Getty ImagesGilbert accused Swalwell of listing the office of his California-based lawyer as his residence in his campaign filing. "Either he's guilty of mortgage fraud in Washington, D.C., or he's ineligible to run for governor of California," Gilbert told the Daily Mail. "He can't have it both ways.""This made me laugh," Swalwell replied. "Like all Congressmen from CA, I live in CA & DC." Swalwell described Gilbert as a "MAGA idiot," adding that he plans to "beat him in court."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Critics of President Donald Trump’s administration accused Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers of dragging an American citizen with no criminal history from his home over the weekend.Videos circulated on social media of a raid in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Sunday, appearing to show federal agents escorting an elderly man from his home, through the snow, and into a federal vehicle. The handcuffed man was wearing only shorts and Crocs, with a blanket draped over his shoulders.'Both of these sexual predators remain AT LARGE in St. Paul.'Reuters reported that his family requested a Hmong interpreter.“Marching half-naked elderly people out into the snow, your tax dollars at work,” columnist Jill Filipovic wrote. Political commentator Ed Krassenstein called the Trump administration “disgusting,” adding that the man detained by federal agents was a “U.S. citizen with no criminal record.”RELATED: 'Ripped the camera out of my hand': Minneapolis cops shrug after Nick Sortor claims 'Somali thugs' rob him, drag him by car Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images“Armed ICE agents broke down the door without presenting a valid warrant, entered with guns drawn, and handcuffed him in front of his 5-year-old grandson, who was left crying and traumatized,” Krassenstein said. “ICE then drove him around for nearly an hour, questioned and fingerprinted him, confirmed he was a citizen and not the person they were looking for… and dropped him back at home. No apology. No explanation. No accountability.”DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin described Krassenstein’s post as “fear mongering,” explaining that ICE was attempting to arrest two convicted sex offenders.RELATED: 'There will be charges': Harmeet Dhillon assures Glenn Beck church-stormers will face justice as Minnesota lets chaos reign Photo by Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu via Getty Images“One of the criminal targets had convictions for sex with a minor and sexual assault. The other target had convictions for sex assault with penetration in the first degree, domestic violence, and violating a protective order. Both also have convictions for failure to register as sex offenders. They both have final orders of removal from an immigration judge,” McLaughlin wrote.“The US citizen,” McLaughlin continued, presumably referring to the man detained in the video, “lives with these two convicted sex offenders at the site of the operation.”“The individual refused to be fingerprinted or facially ID’d. He matched the description of the targets. As with any law enforcement agency, it is standard protocol to hold all individuals in a house of an operation for safety of the public and law enforcement,” McLaughlin added. “Both of these sexual predators remain AT LARGE in St. Paul. We will be providing the public with photos and descriptors to help us locate and apprehend these public safety threats.”Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!