MRC Watchdogs churn out breaking news on a daily basis. Don't miss Today's Highlights, where you can keep up with the top MRC content, whether it's the latest study on media bias, a glaring omission from the elitist media, or how the Big Tech companies are serving up the same leftist spin as the media.  Top Stories: TV News Hammers ICE Border Enforcement With 93% Negative Coverage ABC, CBS REFUSE to Cover Anti-ICE Mob Harassing Christians at Minneapolis Church How the Big Four News Apps Are Manipulating the Masses ‘We Don’t Want to Be Like Minneapolis,’ Other Minnesota Cities Say, Supporting ICE   TV News Hammers ICE Border Enforcement With 93% Negative Coverage Extreme Media Skew Broadcast networks displayed a near-total bias, with 93% of coverage being negative toward ICE. CBS hit a peak of 96% negative coverage On CBS, 26 of 27 sound bites were hostile toward federal agents, effectively silencing the law enforcement perspective. Suppression of Evidence Major networks framed documented facts—like an officer being struck by a vehicle—as mere "claims.” Evidence Ignored: Despite video footage of the car impact, CBS refused to state it as a fact. Injuries Minimized: Reports that the agent was hospitalized with internal bleeding were mentioned only once and then buried. Censoring Criminal Context The media largely ignored the violent backgrounds of the illegal aliens ICE was attempting to apprehend. Only 1.6% of airtime mentioned the detainees' crimes. Networks spent as little as 12 seconds discussing the rap sheets, which included convictions for homicide and child sexual assault. ABC, CBS REFUSE to Cover Anti-ICE Mob Harassing Christians at Minneapolis Church ABC and CBS Ignored Violent Mob Storming Church Service On Sunday (January 18, 2026), an anti-ICE mob — including former CNN anchor Don Lemon — stormed Cities Church (a Southern Baptist affiliate) in Minneapolis/St. Paul during worship, disrupting services and harassing congregants (including terrifying children) over a false claim that the pastor was an ICE agent tied to Renee Good's death. ABC's Good Morning America and World News Tonight, plus CBS's CBS Mornings and Weekend News, completely omitted this incident from their coverage. Networks Prioritized Anti-ICE Sympathy Over Christian Harassment Instead of reporting the church disruption, ABC focused on potential U.S. troop/FBI deployment, DOJ probes into Mayor Frey and Gov. Walz for obstructing enforcement, and detainee access concerns; CBS highlighted "far-right provocateurs," postal workers protesting ICE, unionized liberal organizers aiding immigrants, and polls showing growing views that ICE is "too tough." This selective framing downplayed protester aggression while amplifying federal overreach narratives. Clear Bias by Omission in Covering Minneapolis Unrest Amid over 10 days of protests following Renee Good's shooting, only NBC's Today gave the church incident a brief, vague mention (no details on Lemon or the mob). ABC and CBS's silence exposes media hypocrisy: they eagerly cover ICE actions as creating a "tinderbox" but refuse to report when anti-ICE activists target and intimidate Christians in a house of worship. How the Big Four News Apps Are Manipulating the Masses The "Big Four" news apps utilize opaque and unvetted algorithms to curate news feeds, effectively acting as digital gatekeepers that determine which stories reach the American public and which are suppressed. This centralized control allows a handful of Big Tech executives to shape the national narrative by prioritizing specific viewpoints while burying dissenting or conservative perspectives, thereby undermining the diversity of thought necessary for a healthy democracy. Data from MRC Free Speech America suggests a systemic pattern of "algorithmic bias" where mainstream and left-leaning media outlets are consistently amplified at the expense of independent and conservative sources. By funneling the majority of news traffic toward a narrow set of preferred publishers, these platforms create an "echo chamber" effect that limits the public's exposure to alternative facts or critical reporting on government and corporate actions. The manipulation of news apps serves as a powerful tool for election interference and social engineering by controlling the information flow during critical political moments. When these platforms elevate specific narratives while labeling others as "misinformation" or "harmful" based on subjective criteria, they do not just report the news; they actively engineer public opinion and influence the democratic process without any public accountability or transparency. ‘We Don’t Want to Be Like Minneapolis,’ Other Minnesota Cities Say, Supporting ICE A Tale of Two Minnesotas: Local Communities Reject Minneapolis-Style Chaos There is a sharp divide between metropolitan activists and the rest of the state. While Minneapolis leadership and protesters fight ICE enforcement, residents and officials from St. Cloud to the Iron Range are making it clear they "don’t want to be like Minneapolis." For these communities, supporting ICE is a matter of preventing the crime and instability they see unfolding in the Twin Cities. Law Enforcement Support is a Matter of Public Safety, Not Politics For many local leaders, such as the Mayor of Cold Spring, welcoming ICE operations is about protecting their own constituents and workers. They view ICE as a necessary tool to remove violent criminals from the community. The prevailing sentiment in these areas is simple: if you let law enforcement do their jobs, the community remains safe. Restoring the Rule of Law and Respect for Authority Outside of the "anti-ICE" zones, there is a strong emphasis on the basic principle of following the law and respecting officers. Local officials and business owners note that while metropolitan "agitators" interfere with federal agents, smaller communities still value the system and believe that when an agent gives a lawful order, it should be followed. They see the erosion of this respect in Minneapolis as a "disturbing" trend they wish to avoid.      

Leftist media outlets take an extremely opportunistic approach to covering the intersection of religion and politics. They’re appalled at religion when it impedes their agenda, but gush over religious figures when they align with their talking points. On January 19, New York Times religion reporter Ruth Graham penned a story headlined “Top Catholic Clerics Denounce U.S. Foreign Policy.” Three Catholic cardinals – Blase Cupich of Chicago, Joseph Tobin of Newark, and Robert McElroy of D.C. -- put out a statement critical of President Trump’s international policies. “Our country’s moral role in confronting evil around the world, sustaining the right to life and human dignity, and supporting religious liberty are all under examination,” the cardinals contended. “And the building of just and sustainable peace, so crucial to humanity’s well-being now and in the future, is being reduced to partisan categories that encourage polarization and destructive policies.” The line about “partisan categories” is amusing, since The Times and Rachel Maddow and the rest are delighting in how this statement fits their category. It’s puzzling to argue that Trump messing with tyrants in Venezuela and Iran is somehow not taking on “evil.” Opposition to any military action is at the forefront of their message, and religious liberty and the right to life are subordinated. The Times never used words like “liberal” or “leftist” or “progressive” to describe these three prelates, or for Pope Leo, whom they cite as their inspiration. But go back four years, and Ruth Graham and The Times took an entirely different approach. On June 20, 2021, the labels were flying. The headline was “In Rift With Biden, a Dramatic Show of Force by a Conservative Catholic Movement.” Graham and her colleague Elisabeth Dias began by asserting “Pope Francis and President Biden, both liberals, are the two most high-profile Roman Catholics in the world.” But forget the pope, it’s “now a conservative movement that decides how the Catholic Church asserts its power in America.” Including headlines, the word “conservative” appeared 15 times. In this story, they mourned their heroes Cardinal Cupich and Cardinal Tobin – “leading U.S. allies of Pope Francis” -- were “ultimately drowned out” as the bishops voted to draft a policy that could restrain the offering of the Eucharist to Catholic politicians like Biden, who energetically opposed church teaching on abortion and other moral issues. This was lamented as “polarizing the Catholic faithful,” something The Times did not say about the Trump-bashing statement.   On Inauguration Day 2021, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Archbishop Jose Gomez of Los Angeles, put out a welcoming statement to Biden, but underlined “our new President has pledged to pursue certain policies that would advance moral evils and threaten human life and dignity, most seriously in the areas of abortion, contraception, marriage, and gender.” At the time, the Catholic News Agency reported Cardinal Cupich wanted “a more supportive, clearly pro-Biden statement, and that he spent most of Wednesday trying to get the support of other bishops to come up with an alternative statement.” In other words, he was “polarizing the Catholic faithful” on Biden’s behalf. Cardinal Cupich put out a four-tweet attack on Gomez for an “ill-considered statement” that didn’t seek enough “collegial consultation,” leading to “internal institutional failures” when the bishops should “take up the work of healing our nation in this moment of crisis.” In other words, it’s impolite and divisive to confront a pro-abortion, pro-transgender Catholic president, but years later, church leaders can attack non-Catholic President Trump while claiming they’re against “partisan categories.” This is blatantly partisan advocacy, which is why the leftist media applaud it so enthusiastically. 

Minnesota-based special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro was the point man for PBS News Hour’s coverage on the ongoing confrontations in far-left Minneapolis between U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and mobs of activists obstructing their legal duties. Monday evening’s News Hour devoted a piddling 15 seconds to a despicable mob protest during Sunday services at a church in which the associate pastor was employed as an ICE officer, matching the downplaying of the incident by the major networks. There was typically hostile framing of ICE and no discussion of possible civil rights violations incurred including the FACE ACT, while former CNN journalist Don Lemon’s presence -- not to mention his live recording, his cheerleading involvement, and his boasting of the trauma he caused church parishioners -- went unmentioned. Fred de Sam Lazaro: Another weekend and another intense wave of immigration enforcement in the Twin Cities, as more than 2,000 federal officers continue a crackdown characterized by aggressive force and unyielding protests. It comes as weary residents brace for the potential deployment of active duty troops after President Trump threatened late last week to invoke the Insurrection Act, something Mayor Jacob Frey said Sunday would be -- quote -- "shocking.” Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey: You got to understand how wild this is right now. In Minneapolis, crime is dramatically down. We don't need more federal agents to keep people safe. We are safe. de Sam Lazaro: Frey himself, along with Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, are now reportedly under investigation by the Department of Justice for allegedly impeding federal law enforcement officers. Yesterday, the Justice Department announced a separate investigation into protesters who disrupted a church service where they believed a local pastor was also an ICE official from the St. Paul…. Thursday’s News Hour did manage a 40-second bite about protesters hurling rocks and fireworks at ICE officers, but even that brief admission was divided by including a clip from Minneapolis’s mayor pleading with the local mob not to match Trump’s “chaos.” (Friday’s newscast skipped news coverage from Minneapolis, and PBS’s weekend news show is kaput.) de Sam Lazaro: This morning, new threats from President Trump of heavier intervention, this after protests broke out in Minneapolis again overnight. On social media, Trump warned he'd use the Insurrection Act….Crowds gathered after an ICE agent shot of Venezuelan national in the leg during a targeted traffic stop. Administration officials alleged the man and two others attacked the agent with a shovel and a broom handle -- in the biting Minnesota cold, it is one thing that is dialing up the temperature -- after the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Renee Goode one week ago. Brian O'Hara, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Police Chief: The crowd is engaging in unlawful acts. de Sam Lazaro: At a late-night press conference, the city's police chief said yesterday went too far when protesters hurled rocks and fireworks at law enforcement. Mayor Jacob Frey called for calm. Jacob Frey: And for anyone that is taking the bait tonight, stop. That is not helpful. Go home. We cannot counter Donald Trump's chaos with our own brand of chaos. PBS’s reporter rode the wave of anti-government paranoia. de Sam Lazaro: ….For many, it's as if ICE is around every corner. Locals have spotted arrests as their kids board the bus to school and in random I.D. checks…. Transcripts are available, click “Expand.” PBS News Hour 1/19/26 7:13:25 p.m. (ET) Fred de Sam Lazaro: Another weekend and another intense wave of immigration enforcement in the Twin Cities, as more than 2,000 federal officers continue a crackdown characterized by aggressive force and unyielding protests. It comes as weary residents brace for the potential deployment of active duty troops after President Trump threatened late last week to invoke the Insurrection Act, something Mayor Jacob Frey said Sunday would be -- quote -- "shocking. Jacob Frey: You got to understand how wild this is right now. In Minneapolis, crime is dramatically down. We don't need more federal agents to keep people safe. We are safe. Fred de Sam Lazaro: Frey himself, along with Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, are now reportedly under investigation by the Department of Justice for allegedly impeding federal law enforcement officers. Yesterday, the Justice Department announced a separate investigation into protesters who disrupted a church service where they believed a local pastor was also an ICE official from the St. Paul office. That same day, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche again confirmed there would be no investigation into the altercation that has most roiled the city, the fatal shooting of Renee Good, killed by an ICE agent in her car on January 7. Todd Blanche, U.S. Deputy Attorney General: We investigate when it's appropriate to investigate. And that is not the case here, it wasn't the case when it happened and it's not the case today. Fred de Sam Lazaro: The Department of Homeland Security said its agents are facing -- quote -- "rampant violence" and have made 3,000 arrests in the last six weeks. The "News Hour" could not independently verify that number. It all comes after a federal judge in Minnesota ruled agents could not arrest or pepper spray peaceful demonstrators, including those monitoring ICE operations. Kristi Noem, DHS secretary, said on CBS' Face the Nation yesterday that the judge's ruling -- quote -- "didn't change anything." Kristi Noem, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary: That federal order was a little ridiculous, because that federal judge came down and told us we couldn't do what we already aren't doing. We -- we are -- have not engaged in... Margaret Brennan, Host, "Face the Nation": Well, we just saw video of chemical agents being used. Kristi Noem: ... any -- we only use those chemical agents when there's violence happening and perpetuating and you need to be able to establish law in order to keep people safe. Fred de Sam Lazaro: Nonetheless, the Justice Department said today it would appeal the court ruling. This weekend, a planned anti-Islam pro-ICE rally, which was set to feature a Koran burning, drew few supporters. But its organizer, far right activist Jake Lang, had to be escorted from the scene, ironically by counterprotesters themselves, after he was swarmed and pelted with water balloons. Lang could be seen bleeding from his head and later claimed he had been stabbed, but Minneapolis police said no report had been filed. Even for Minnesota, weather here in recent days has been unusually cold, about the only indication that temperatures are turning down here. For the "PBS News Hour," I'm Fred de Sam Lazaro in Minneapolis. PBS News Hour 1/15/26 7:03:06 p.m. (ET) Fred de Sam Lazaro: This morning, new threats from President Trump of heavier intervention, this after protests broke out in Minneapolis again overnight. On social media, Trump warned he'd use the Insurrection Act. That's the 18th century power of the president to deploy the U.S. military if the president decides local authorities cannot maintain order. It was last used in 1992 during the Rodney King riots in Los Angeles. Minnesota's Attorney General Keith Ellison said he's ready to go to court if it's invoked. It all came just after the dust settled from overnight scenes like this. Crowds gathered after an ICE agent shot of Venezuelan national in the leg during a targeted traffic stop. Administration officials alleged the man and two others attacked the agent with a shovel and a broom handle -- is dialing up the temperature after the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Renee Goode one week ago. Brian O'Hara, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Police Chief: The crowd is engaging in unlawful acts. Fred de Sam Lazaro: At a late-night press conference, the city's police chief said yesterday went too far when protesters hurled rocks and fireworks at law enforcement. Mayor Jacob Frey called for calm. Jacob Frey: And for anyone that is taking the bait tonight, stop. That is not helpful. Go home. We cannot counter Donald Trump's chaos with our own brand of chaos. Fred de Sam Lazaro: Minnesota Governor Tim Walz: Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN): As hard as we will fight in the courts and at the ballot box, we cannot and will not let violence prevail. Fred de Sam Lazaro: In Washington today, PBS News' Liz Landers asked the White House if President Trump is working with the governor to de-escalate. Liz Landers: Governor Walz's office is saying today that he's trying to get ahold directly with the president. Have you spoken? Karoline Leavitt, White House Press Secretary: Look, the president is always willing to answer the phone when people pick up and call. But I would ask that the governor stops inciting the harassment and illegal obstruction of law enforcement in his state. Fred de Sam Lazaro: Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said, Insurrection Act or not, ICE isn't going anywhere. Kristi Noem, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary: Remember, we are there in surged operations because of the largest fraud scheme in American history. Fred de Sam Lazaro: Trying to tie the crackdown to Minnesota's welfare fraud scandal. Separately, the president himself has threatened to defund states with so-called sanctuary cities that include the Twin Cities. For many, it's as if ICE is around every corner. Locals have spotted arrests as their kids board the bus to school and in random I.D. checks. Secretary Noem today said people should carry I.D. to confirm their legal status, something not legally required of U.S. citizens except in circumstances like travel. Question, are you OK with federal agents and officers violating people's Fourth Amendment rights by asking for papers without reasonable suspicion? Kristi Noem: Every single action that our ICE officers take is according to the law and following protocols that we have used for years. Fred de Sam Lazaro: Meantime, schools in the area are reporting a sharp drop in attendance and several districts will soon offer students the option to attend online. For the "PBS News Hour," I'm Fred de Sam Lazaro in Minneapolis.

With the World Economic Forum underway and President Trump about to join his economic team there, ABC made sure to slather on the partisan rhetoric and do everything possible to shape perceptions on the administration’s economic success. This includes a particularly nasty item from Mary Bruce on World News Tonight. Watch the aforementioned report in its entirety, as aired on ABC World News Tonight on Tuesday, January 20th, 2026: DAVID MUIR: Now to President Trump's plan to take Greenland, President Trump saying, quote: “there is no going back.” The stock market plunging 870 points today over the president’s insistence that he will take Greenland and will impose tariffs against NATO allies who don't support him. The president later today asked “how far you are you willing to go on this?" He said: "you'll find out.” Mary Bruce at The White House. MARY BRUCE: Tonight, as Wall Street plunges under President Trump's threat to impose new tariffs on NATO allies, the president doubling down on his quest to own Greenland. Declaring, quote: “there can be no going back.” REPORTER: How far are you willing to go to acquire Greenland? DONALD TRUMP: You'll find out. BRUCE: America’s NATO allies, beyond frustrated. Trump releasing a text from French President Emmanuel Macron, who told him “I do not understand what you are doing on Greenland.” Today at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Macron with this veiled shot. EMMANUEL MACRON: We need more stability in this world. But we do prefer respect to bullies. BRUCE: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke of a rupture in the world order. MARK CARNEY: Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition. BRUCE: President Trump, who is heading to Davos tonight, downplaying tensions with Macron and other leaders. TRUMP: I think I get along very well with them. I mean, they always treat me well. They get a little bit rough when they’re- you know, when I'm not around. But when I'm around they treat me very nicely. BRUCE: But in Europe, the anger is palpable. Thousands taking to the streets of Copenhagen, wearing Trump’s signature red hats, these saying: “Make America Go Away.”  Greenlanders have made it clear they don’t want to be part of the U.S. What gives the U.S. the right to take away that self-determination? TRUMP: Well, I haven’t- I haven’t- I haven’t spoken to them. If I speak to them, I’m sure they’ll be thrilled. BRUCE: Trump insisting there’s a deal to be made. TRUMP: I think that we will work something out where NATO’s going to be very happy. And where we’re going to be very happy. BRUCE: The president speaking today for an hour and 45 minutes in that a rambling press conference marking the one-year anniversary of his inauguration, listing off his accomplishments. But the president also keenly aware of the polls. New CNN data shows a majority of Americans think Trump’s first year is a failure, and that he hasn’t gone far enough to reduce prices. But Trump insists he’s turned things around. David. MUIR: Mary Bruce at The White House today. Mary, thank you.  David Muir’s introduction was only slightly less overwrought than normal, making reference to a stock market drop fueled by hysteria over what President Trump might do to annex Greenland. Muir then tosses to Mary Bruce, who appears to be approaching midterm form and is already sharply echoing partisan narrative. Bruce then proceeds to repeat Muir’s points on the stock market, even going so far to use the same opinionated “plunged” descriptor of the markets. Bruce then proceeds to bemoan Trump’s play for Greenland, bolstering her argument by citing two foreign leaders. In the case of French President Emmanuel Macron, Bruce used a “standing up to bullies” line. She left out the part about the Chinese needing to come in and invest more directly in Europe. Bruce then used the “rupture” quote from Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. Here again, no mention of Carney’s recent visit to China, where he declared the New World Order, Mentioning those things might bolster Trump’s claim to Greenland, thus they were omitted from the newscast and report. The report then switches to protests in Europe and to the people weathering red “Make America Go Away” hat. The report closes out on with another rant from Mary Bruce, wherein she cites a poll in order to call Trump “ a failure.” Four years ago Joe Biden would have been hailed for similar numbers to these- but things are now (D)ifferent.  

On January 14, MS NOW host Katy Tur pushed the latest claims of ICE "terrorizing" people as she also compared ICE agents to "jerks" who believe everyone else is a jerk. Shortly after 2:00 p.m. Eastern, she began the segment: People in Minneapolis say they are being terrorized by the federal government. In video after video posted online, you can see ICE or immigration officers grabbing people off the street, clashing with protesters, telling demonstrators to learn a lesson from the shooting of Renee Good, and even getting into it with people who say they're just trying to travel through their community. She continued: "They break windows, knock down doors, physically drag people away. And the administration says all of this is justified, that it isn't federal law enforcement escalating the tensions. It's the community who won't leave them alone." After three video clips of federal agents having to aggressively react to left-wing activists, The MS NOW host commented: It's hard to definitively determine what is going on in each of those videos, because we don't know the full context. We don't know identities. We don't know much beyond what you see for yourself. What we do know, though, is that confrontations like that are happening over and over and over again. And in each one we see a pattern of aggressive behavior from the feds and operations that have only intensified since that ICE officer shot and killed Renee Nicole Good. A bit later, as MS NOW senior investigative reporter Carol Leonnig appeared for the segment, Tur further excoriated immigration enforcement agents: There's this rule, this common saying that -- and it uses an expletive that I won't use, but I'll replace it -- that if you encounter one jerk, that's -- that's too bad. If you encounter two jerks, bad luck. Three jerks, you're the jerk. Is that what we're seeing with this pattern of these ICE interactions, these ICE confrontations? Because I know ICE keeps saying and immigration keeps saying it's all the demonstrators. But the videos all follow a very similar script. Leonnig, who used to work for the Washington Post, began by expressing her approval for Tur's choice of words: "Katy, I think it's so smart for you to focus on exactly that question, and we can't know the answer definitively." She soon fretted that the Trump administration for the ICE officer who shot Renee Good was emboldening similar actions by other agents: But that pressure to do something is causing a lot of tension in the streets. And the shooting of Renee Good, which the President of the United States and the Vice President both declared as justified prior to any investigative work being done. In fact, some sources say when evidence was ignored of a potentially -- that this shooting was illegal and unjustified, their declaration has emboldened a certain element of enforcement on the streets who might believe they're under attack from residents who are angry about this -- this surge in their communities. Transcript follows: MS NOW's Katy Tur Reports January 14, 2026 2:00 p.m. Eastern KATY TUR: People in Minneapolis say they are being terrorized by the federal government. In video after video posted online, you can see ICE or immigration officers grabbing people off the street, clashing with protesters, telling demonstrators to learn a lesson from the shooting of Renee Good, and even getting into it with people who say they're just trying to travel through their community. They break windows, knock down doors, physically drag people away. And the administration says all of this is justified, that it isn't federal law enforcement escalating the tensions. It's the community who won't leave them alone. Here are three videos -- we'll let you decide for yourself. (...) It's hard to definitively determine what is going on in each of those videos, because we don't know the full context. We don't know identities. We don't know much beyond what you see for yourself. What we do know, though, is that confrontations like that are happening over and over and over again. And in each one we see a pattern of aggressive behavior from the feds and operations that have only intensified since that ICE officer shot and killed Renee Nicole Good. (...) There's this rule, this common saying that -- and it uses an expletive that I won't use, but I'll replace it -- that if you encounter one jerk, that's -- that's too bad. If you encounter two jerks, bad luck. Three jerks, you're the jerk. Is that what we're seeing with this pattern of these ICE interactions, these ICE confrontations? Because I know ICE keeps saying and immigration keeps saying it's all the demonstrators. But the videos all follow a very similar script. CAROL LEONNIG, MS NOW SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER: Katy, I think it's so smart for you to focus on exactly that question, and we can't know the answer definitively. But let me tell you what I'm hearing from law enforcement sources. One, the ICE officers from various elements, by the way, of the Department of Homeland Security -- they may be TSA employees who got drafted into this immigration work. They may be FBI agents who were also pulled, as you remember, into immigration raids. They may be other components of the Department of Homeland Security, in which obviously FBI is not. But all of these officers are being ordered to meet a quota of arresting and deporting illegal or undocumented immigrants, and that oftentimes they're arresting and detaining people that are legally here or have not been involved in any crime or are complying with their asylum requirements  But that pressure to do something is causing a lot of tension in the streets. And the shooting of Renee Good, which the President of the United States and the Vice President both declared as justified prior to any investigative work being done. In fact, some sources say when evidence was ignored of a potentially -- that this shooting was illegal and unjustified, their declaration has emboldened a certain element of enforcement on the streets who might believe they're under attack from residents who are angry about this -- this surge in their communities. But also, Katy, so important if I can just defend law enforcement officers who have the right intentions and the right motives. Here they are saying this is a recipe for disaster, to send thousands of officers into the street and urge them to crack down on immigration and crack down on civil protests, which are all apparently right now legal, that this creates a tinder keg. This creates a situation that is going to explode again and again.