Whistleblower suit alleges Trump ordered FBI investigation on LA anti-ICE protesters

White House denies the allegations as ‘false’ and says ‘first amendment does not protect violent rioting’…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/06/trump-fbi-ice-la-protesters 

 

US conducted ‘mass spying campaign’ against leftwing groups and anti-ICE protesters, records reveal

DHS sent undercover agents to meetings and infiltrated chats of groups opposing Trump’s immigration crackdown…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/13/us-government-spied-anti-ice-protesters

 

US law enforcement gave false information in case against woman charged in anti-ICE protest

In at least 15 applications for search warrants, an investigator with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) said Fort had been chanting with protesters when they entered the church, her lawyers said. The justice department later conceded the claim was false. The error was insignificant, justice department lawyers later argued, because it ultimately didn’t make it into the indictment that they filed...

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/06/law-enforcement-false-information-anti-ice-protest

 

Texas anti-ICE protesters convicted of terrorism charges sentenced to at least 50 years in prison

The defendants in the case are a collection of activists who were loosely affiliated with one another through a local leftwing book club and gun group. During the trial, prosecutors highlighted many of the zines that the book club read as evidence of the conspiracy and ideology that linked the demonstrators. That evidence was met with widespread criticism from legal observers who said that it amounted to criminalizing freedom of speech...

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/23/prairieland-ice-protesters-texas-sentenced

 

Anti-ICE protests to be held across US as organizers urge national strike

"We are calling for this strike because we believe what we have been doing in Minnesota should go national," said Kidus Yeshidagna, president of the Ethiopian Students Union at the University of Minnesota and one of the students organizing the strike. 

"We need more people and lawmakers across the country to wake up."…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/30/ice-protests-friday-strike

 

FBI opened domestic terrorism investigations into anti-ICE activity across US

"[The FBI document] is infused with vague and overbroad language, which was exactly our concern about NSPM-7 in the first place. It invites law enforcement suspicion and investigation based on purely first amendment-protected beliefs and activities," said Hina Shamsi, director of the ACLU National Security Project. "People who are entirely innocent of any wrongdoing can be subjected to surveillance or investigation. That imposes stigma. It can wrongly immesh people in the criminal legal system."…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/19/fbi-terrorism-investigations-anti-ice-activity

 

Trump administration sues California over anti-ICE laws - POLITICO

"If the Trump administration cared half as much about public safety as it does about pardoning cop-beaters, violating people's rights, and detaining U.S. citizens and their kids, our communities would be much safer," a spokesperson for Newsom said. "We'll see the U.S. Department of Justice in court."…

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/17/trump-lawsuit-california-anti-ice-laws-00655339 

 

Clearly false: Joe pushes back against VP Vance for singling out just Democrats for acts of violence

During an event in North Carolina, Vice President JD Vance addressed the shooting at an ICE field office in Dallas, calling the shooter a "violent left-wing extremist", and he blamed rhetoric from Democrats' for the shooting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95qr-ySL2ZI