Federal immigration agents captured the leader of two foreign terrorist organizations, who is accused of holding his own wife hostage after a chaotic car chase.
Felipe Linares De Oliveira Dell Aquilla, who goes by the moniker “Don,” led Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents on a chase through Mooresville, North Carolina, on June 5 before he crashed into stopped traffic and took off on foot, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/06/15/ice-arrests-illegal-alien-commander-foreign-terrorist-organization-who-held-his-own" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Monday.
The agents eventually caught up to Aquilla, who was swiftly taken into custody. Aquilla, who hails from Brazil and is in the United States <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-ice-arrests-over-100-illegal-immigrants-in-weeklong-operation?author=Jennie+Taer&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=EXCLUSIVE%3A+ICE+Arrests+Over+100+Illegal+Immigrants+In+Weeklong+Operation">illegally</a>, is wanted in his home country for criminal association and extortion charges.
Aquilla previously served as the commander of two U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organizations, Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC) and Comando Vermelho (CV), according to DHS. The State Department <a href="https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/05/terrorist-designation-of-comando-vermelho-and-primeiro-comando-da-capital" target="_blank" rel="noopener">classifies</a> the groups as &#8220;two of the most violent criminal organizations in Brazil,&#8221; saying they&#8217;ve &#8220;orchestrated brutal attacks against Brazilian police officers, public officials, and civilians.&#8221;
Law enforcement intelligence indicated that Aquilla was holding his own wife hostage as he was preparing to flee to Mexico, DHS said. During an interview with authorities, Aquilla&#8217;s wife confirmed that she had been held against her will.
Agents found numerous cell phones, laptops, money, and a 9mm handgun while searching Aquilla&#8217;s car.
“This arrest demonstrates the unwavering commitment of HSI to protect our communities from dangerous international criminals,&#8221; Mark M. Zito, Special Agent in Charge of HSI in North and South Carolina, said in a statement. &#8220;By removing a known leader of violent foreign terrorist organizations—wanted for serious crimes including criminal association and extortion—we have prevented further harm to innocent people here and abroad.&#8221;
&#8220;Our agents, working alongside dedicated state and local law enforcement partners, acted swiftly and decisively to ensure this individual will no longer threaten the safety of our neighborhoods. HSI will continue to pursue those who endanger our communities and bring them to justice,&#8221; Zito added.
Aquilla snuck across the border at an unknown time when he entered the United States.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/illegal-immigrant-on-the-run-after-ramming-car-into-ice-agent?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Jennie+Taer&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=1&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=Illegal+Immigrant+On+The+Run+After+Ramming+Car+Into+ICE+Agent">illegal immigrant</a> faces state felony charges of fleeing to elude arrest. Federal authorities are also hoping to hit him with federal charges of alien in possession of a firearm and kidnapping.
ICE has lodged a detainer with the county jail holding Aquilla, asking them to eventually hand him over for deportation proceedings.

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The White House issued a response to pop singer Ariana Grande on Thursday after she slammed the Trump administration for using one of her songs in a social media video about ICE arrests.
&#8220;We’ll say this one last time: what’s actually barbaric, inhumane, and heinous are the criminal illegal aliens who have injured and murdered innocent American citizens,&#8221; White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/white-house-fires-back-ariana-grande-told-never-use-music-ice-deportation-video">told</a> Fox News Digital in a statement. 
This was in response to the “Wicked” actress commenting on a TikTok video put out by the White House by saying, &#8220;please do not ever use my music in relation to this barbaric, inhumane, heinous nonsense. f*ck ice.&#8221;
The music appears to be removed from the video as of Thursday, as the outlet noted.
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Like many other celebrities, Grande has made anti-ICE statements in the past. She conflated illegal immigration with lawfare attacks against President Donald Trump to her more than 270 million Instagram followers last summer.
“Could someone explain which crimes get you deported and which ones get you elected president? It’s so confusing,” she wrote at the time, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-ice-men-cometh-and-hollywood-comes-unglued">reported</a>.
Then last September, the “Thank U, Next” singer shared an Instagram post that said, &#8220;immigrants have been violently torn from their families and communities have been destroyed.&#8221;
The same month, she called out Trump voters with a snarky, sarcastic post on Instagram, asking if they were happy with their decision to select the Republican candidate to lead the country.
“I want to check in with trump voters. I have one very genuine question: it’s been 250 days. Now that immigrants have been violently torn from their families and communities have been destroyed, now that trans people have been blamed for virtually everything and live in fear, now that free speech is on the brink of collapse for us all — has your life gotten better?” the singer’s Instagram story said. 
Grande publicly endorsed Kamala Harris ahead of the 2024 election and subtly mocked fellow recording artist Carrie Underwood for performing at Trump’s presidential inauguration in January.

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Popular kids content creator Ms. Rachel visited an anti-ICE protest this week, where she sang a song with children about bringing &#8220;down the walls everywhere &#8230; until everyone&#8217;s free&#8221; outside of a detention facility that holds illegal immigrants.
In a video posted on social media, Ms. Rachel was seen outside Delaney Hall in New Jersey, where she joined children in the apparent anti-ICE protest.
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Ms. Rachel&#8217;s anti-ICE protest is one of the furthest steps she has taken in explicitly expressing her political views as the character Ms. Rachel, but it&#8217;s not the first time she has been outspoken about her leftist views. Ms. Rachel has also pushed LGBT talking points and even told trans-identifying man Dylan Mulvaney in 2023 that she would like him to “be on our show, Songs For Littles!&#8221;
She has partnered with people like Jules Hoffman, an androgynous-looking character whose pronouns are “they/them/theirs” on her Instagram profile. Hoffman invited children to an event called “Queer Fam Pride Jam,” where a man dressed in a skin-tight leopard-print outfit danced provocatively in front of the kids as they handed him money. At the beginning of &#8220;Pride Month&#8221; in 2024, Ms. Rachel also released a video celebrating it and expressing her love for the LGBT community.
Ms. Rachel&#8217;s YouTube series &#8220;Songs For Littles&#8221; has grown rapidly in recent years, and her YouTube channel has reached 20.2 million subscribers. She receives over 400 million views each month, with her most popular video receiving over a billion views.
Ms. Rachel has gained massive popularity largely due to her uncanny ability to “entrance” and entertain babies and toddlers. She has even been called the “world’s babysitter.”
Ms. Rachel has also recently partnered with New York City Democratic-Socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

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The House passed the Secure America Act on Tuesday in a razor-thin 214–212 vote that delivers a whopping $70 billion immigration enforcement package — including $38 billion for ICE and $26 billion for Customs and Border Protection.
Not one Democrat voted yes.
Republicans wasted zero time going for the jugular.
&#8220;House Democrats&#8217; main constituency is illegal immigrants and criminals,&#8221; blasted RNC Chairman Joe Gruters. &#8220;Democrats have now voted dozens of times against funding ICE, Border Patrol, and DHS, repeatedly siding with open borders over law and order.&#8221;
House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) was equally scorching. &#8220;For 76 days, Democrats held the Department of Homeland Security hostage,&#8221; he fumed. &#8220;They walked away from the appropriations process, shut down Homeland Security operations, and used the safety of the American people as political leverage. Even today, every single House Democrat voted to defund ICE and Border Patrol.&#8221;
The GOP framed the Democratic no-votes as the latest chapter in what they called a relentless, systematic effort to kneecap President Donald Trump&#8217;s border security agenda. Republicans noted it marked the 37th time Senate and House Democrats have voted against border security measures — a stat they are clearly planning to weaponize heading into the midterms.
National Republican Congressional Committee spokesman Mike Marinella didn&#8217;t exactly reach for diplomatic language either. &#8220;House Democrats just told every cop, every border agent, and every American family to drop dead,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Their soft-on-crime, open-border agenda has already devastated communities across the country, and they just proved they still haven&#8217;t learned a thing.&#8221;
Democrats tried to spin their unanimous &#8220;no&#8221; votes as something other than opposing immigration enforcement. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) argued the bill handed ICE a &#8220;blank check&#8221; with no &#8220;guardrails, oversight, or accountability.&#8221; One independent member also voted against the bill.
Republicans weren&#8217;t buying it for a second.
Arrington framed the bill&#8217;s passage as a direct mandate from voters. &#8220;The American people fundamentally rejected the chaos of the last four years,&#8221; he said. &#8220;They elected Republicans for the promise of secure borders, safer communities, and restoring rule of law. The Secure America Act makes good on that promise.&#8221;
The legislation now heads to President Trump&#8217;s desk, locking in ICE and Border Patrol funding through 2029 — a major win for a White House that has made border enforcement the centerpiece of its domestic agenda.
Democrats handed Republicans a gift-wrapped attack ad.
And the GOP is already running with it.

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Facing increasing questions about his personal character, embattled Maine Democrat Senate candidate Graham Platner is ramping up the leftist rhetoric. 
Platner posted a video on Thursday showing clips from a recent speech where he called for the abolition of ICE, claiming that the agency has been used to “terrorize&#8221; and &#8220;murder&#8221; Americans. The video comes after reports revealed that Platner sent sexually explicit messages to multiple women while married. He also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/see-it-graham-platner-has-active-profile-on-predators-paradise-messaging-app">maintained</a> an account on a platform frequently criticized by child-safety advocates, as first reported by The Daily Wire. 
“We do not need ICE. It is an agency that has been turned into a political weapon by the Trump administration to terrorize communities, and, quite frankly, murder American citizens in the streets,” Platner said. 
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“It has been turned into a tool, not to enforce immigration law, but merely as a tool of political coercion. And an agency that&#8217;s been doing that, in my opinion, does not deserve to exist in the future,” Platner added. 
While some Democrats have attempted to distance themselves from complete opposition to ICE, the agency in charge of arresting illegal immigrants who have committed crimes against Americans, Platner has doubled down on his calls to get rid of the agency. 
Platner is looking to be the Democrat nominee for Maine to take on Republican Senator Susan Collins. If elected, Platner said he would never vote to fund the agency and work to “get rid of it entirely.” 
“If an agency has a culture in which it has no accountability, and people are essentially incentivized to go out of their way and break the rules, you can&#8217;t reform that,” he said. “There&#8217;s no amount of body cams or extra training that&#8217;s going to fix that. You need to get rid of it all and you just start over entirely.”
In recent days, Platner’s campaign has been rocked by reports of his previous sexual escapades. On Tuesday, Platner <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/platner-promises-dem-senators-there-will-be-no-new-accusations">met</a> with top Senate Democrats who asked him if there would be any more serious allegations against him they needed to know about. He insisted that no credible allegations of sexual assault were forthcoming.
“It’s not a secret I’ve had a messy, complicated life,” he told senators. “The worst of the rumors we’ve all heard are not true.”

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers successfully hunted down an illegal immigrant convicted of attempted murder who had been roaming the country for years despite having a deportation order and a lengthy rap sheet, The Daily Wire has learned.
Dramatic footage of the May 5 raid showed ICE officers knocking on the door of Sudanese illegal immigrant Gabriel Maror Ayuel&#8217;s Nashville apartment before a man appeared at the door. The officers appeared to have a calm interaction with Ayuel before they took him away in handcuffs.
Ayuel received a conviction for first-degree attempted murder in Davidson County in 2003 and was sentenced to 20 years in prison, according to ICE.
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He only served about nine years of his sentence, according to law enforcement sources. The reasoning for his shortened stint behind bars is not clear.
For months, ICE officers investigated his whereabouts and found him at his apartment in South Nashville. He later told the officers that he had just moved into the building the week before his arrest.
&#8220;The subject that we just arrested received a removal order about 20 years ago, continued to just remain here in the United States while he was committing those crimes,&#8221; one of the officers could be heard saying in the video of the raid as he sat in the driver&#8217;s seat.
Ayuel arrived in the United States in 1995 as a refugee, ICE said. While in the United States, he received his attempted murder conviction, and was also arrested for driving under the influence and failure to appear in Georgia, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, felony possession of a prohibited weapon and felony flight to avoid prosecution in Tennessee.
While he was behind bars in July 2008, Ayuel received a deportation order, according to ICE. Despite that, he never left the country, which is considered a felony offense.
“Removing illegal aliens with serious criminal convictions from our communities is essential to protecting public safety,” ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations New Orleans acting Field Office Director Brian Acuna said in a statement shared with The Daily Wire.
“We are committed to enforcing immigration laws and prioritizing cases that pose a threat to our neighborhoods,&#8221; he added.
The Trump administration&#8217;s mass deportation effort has resulted in more than 641,000 arrests and over 800,000 deportations, White House border czar Tom Homan recently told the Washington Examiner.
ICE sources told The Daily Wire that there is a renewed pressure on the force to increase arrest numbers and work longer hours.

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The FBI arrested a man caught on video saying he would kill an ICE officer&#8217;s &#8220;whole f*cking family&#8221; during a riot outside a detention facility in New Jersey. 
The Justice Department <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/pr/brooklyn-man-charged-threatening-assault-and-murder-ice-officer-and-his-family">identified</a> 27-year-old Nicholas Matthew Scelfo on Monday as the man <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ill-kill-your-whole-fcking-family-leftist-rioters-arrested-during-wild-clash-with-ice?author=Blake+Schaper&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=3&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=‘I’ll+Kill+Your+Whole+F*cking+Family’%3A+Leftist+Rioters+Arrested+During+Wild+Clash+With+ICE">seen</a> in a <a href="https://x.com/nicksortor/status/2060016960243425647?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2060016960243425647%7Ctwgr%5E184e6d1b24ccfd76950e630412f3ef094389364b%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailywire.com%2Fnews%2Fill-kill-your-whole-fcking-family-leftist-rioters-arrested-during-wild-clash-with-ice">video</a> taken on May 27 by independent journalist Nick Sortor. In the video, Scelfo threatend violence against an ICE officer protecting the Delaney Hall detention facility in Newark. Scelfo, of Brooklyn, New York, was charged with influencing, impeding, and retaliating against a federal officer by threat. 
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In Sortor’s video, a man wearing clear goggles identified as Scelfo tells an ICE agent, “I’ll kill your whole f*cking family! Your whole f*cking family is dead! Your children, your wife, all dead! I have your face, motherf*cker! You’re dead! Dead!”
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That came after Scelfo and an ICE deportation officer got into a &#8220;physical confrontation&#8221; involving the officer hitting him twice in the leg with a baton, according to the criminal complaint. 
The FBI said that it tracked down Scelfo based on witness interviews, records, video footage, and physical evidence. FBI Director Kash Patel said that facial recognition technology was used to identify Scelfo. 
After being arrested and interviewed by the FBI, Scelfo “admitted that he had been at the demonstration, had in fact made statements toward an officer including a threat to kill him and his family, and had later seen himself in a video that was in the media depicting him at that demonstration making statements toward law enforcement” according to the complaint. 
A lawyer for Scelfo is not listed in court documents. He faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine if convicted. 
“Federal law enforcement officers face danger with great courage, and they should be able to do their jobs without being threatened and fearing for their families’ lives,” said Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. “We take such threats very seriously and will prosecute those who make them to the fullest extent of the law.”
Dozens of agitators have been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kill-ice-rioters-came-prepared-so-did-police?author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=3&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=‘Kill+ICE’+Rioters+Came+Prepared.+So+Did+Police.">arrested</a> outside Delaney Hall as leftist activists and Democrat politicians claim that the illegal immigrants detained there face poor conditions. Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is expected to file a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to shut down the facility. 
Federal officials and Republicans have pushed back on those claims. 
Republican Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ) toured the facility on Monday and <a href="https://x.com/Congressman_JVD/status/2061558185073271026">said</a> he found it “clean, organized, and well-run.”
“Clean dorms. On-site doctors, nurses, and dentists. A law library. A regular library. A gym. A soccer field. Meals for allergies, kosher requirements, religious needs, and medical restrictions,” he <a href="https://x.com/Congressman_JVD/status/2061558185073271026">said</a>. “So let’s stop pretending this is about conditions.”

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Police arrested over 20 people Sunday night outside a New Jersey ICE detention center that has been the target of violent protests. 
The arrests came after nearly a hundred people armed with helmets, gas masks, and shields broke curfew outside the Delaney Hall detention facility, The New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/06/01/us-news/at-least-20-protesters-arrested-at-ice-detention-center-delaney-hall-as-dhs-vows-zero-tolerance-for-rioters/">reported</a>. One person scrawled “Kill ICE” on a wall in spray paint while crowds chanted leftist slogans like “Give Peace a Chance” and “No Trump, no KKK, no fascist USA.”
Local authorities imposed a 9:00 p.m. curfew after riots broke out at Delaney Hall on Saturday evening as tires were burned and objects thrown at police officers. Activists have alleged that illegal immigrants detained at the facility have faced poor conditions. 
New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport said that those arrested included a group who came to “protest armed with helmets, shields, or gas masks” and that they “deliberately refused to comply with repeated orders to leave the area.” 
“Their actions put the public at risk, and I am grateful to law enforcement for de-escalating the situation,” she said. 
The Department of Homeland Security posted several videos on social media on Sunday night showing protesters being arrested. “If you riot, you will face the consequences. Law and order prevails,” the department said. 
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In other posts, the department said it would have “ZERO tolerance for rioters” and that “lawlessness, rioting, and obstruction of law enforcement will NOT be tolerated.”
Top New Jersey Democrats have continued attacks on ICE despite the violent protests over the weekend. 
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka used most of his <a href="https://x.com/CityofNewarkNJ/status/2061223246435963170">statement</a> on the unrest to condemn ICE, adding at the end that “it is also important to note that burning tires in the street, throwing bottles or bricks, and bringing weapons to protest have made this situation more dangerous” and “detracts” from the protests “original premise.” 
Commenting on the protests from Saturday night, Democrat Governor Mikie Sherrill <a href="https://x.com/GovSherrillNJ/status/2061042802285240365">said</a> that her “number one priority will always be public safety, and I remain dedicated to protecting constitutional rights. We simply cannot let ICE surge into our community.”
The unrest comes as detainees at Delaney Hall engage in a purported “hunger strike.” A source <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-hunger-striking-ice-detainees-are-secretly-pounding-doritos-and-honey-buns">told</a> The Daily Wire last week that detainees are opting to not eat their regular meals while going to the commissary to purchase snacks instead. Meanwhile, activist groups are <a href="https://abc7ny.com/post/protesters-clash-ice-agents-during-protest-delaney-hall-newark-amid-hunger-strike-inside/19179424/">claiming</a> that detainees are being fed spoiled food and meals contaminated with worms.
Under President Donald Trump, ICE facilities and officers have faced an increase in protests and attacks. Earlier this year, Homeland Security reported an 8,000% increase in death threats against ICE officers and their families. Earlier this year, conservative commentator Ben Ferguson noted that ICE did not face similar pressure from the legacy media and the Left under former President Barack Obama.
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CNN&#8217;s Abby Phillip: ICE raids? Controversial. Always have been, always will be.<a href="https://x.com/benfergusonshow?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@benfergusonshow</a>: Not really! When Obama was doing them it wasn&#8217;t controversial! You guys [CNN] did ride alongs! <a href="https://t.co/AeJ1IsVlk8">pic.twitter.com/AeJ1IsVlk8</a>
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CNN host Abby Phillip said that ICE raids were &#8220;controversial&#8221; and &#8220;always have been, always will be.&#8221;
&#8220;Not really,&#8221; Ferguson replied. &#8220;When Obama was doing them it wasn&#8217;t controversial. You guys did ride alongs.&#8221;
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‘Kill ICE’ Rioters Came Prepared. So Did Police.

Anti-ICE

mikie sherrill

Police

Riots

The Democratic Socialist candidate for Wisconsin governor, who is currently leading the Democratic primary, advocated for using American troops to round up Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents operating in the Badger State.
Wisconsin State Rep. Francesca Hong made the remarks during an October appearance on Resistance Radio, when host Dane Snudden asked about the importance of having &#8220;a leader that is going to stand up to Trump.&#8221;
&#8220;I don&#8217;t want us to continue to rely on law enforcement, but if the National Guard has to be out here arresting ICE agents, you have to meet state-sanctioned violence with parts of the state sometimes,&#8221; Hong said during the October 31 podcast episode.
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EXCLUSIVE: Francesca Hong, the leading Democratic candidate for Governor of Wisconsin, said that, if elected, she would deploy the National Guard to arrest ICE agents in the state. <a href="https://t.co/GbftCCSG6L">pic.twitter.com/GbftCCSG6L</a>
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Hong has previously espoused an anti-ICE stance, saying that &#8220;dismantling ICE is the bare minimum.&#8221;
&#8220;Merely removing enforcers of fascism is not enough. We need investments in community care not state sanctioned violence,&#8221; Hong said.
She also accused ICE of &#8220;tearing apart families and our communities with unconstitutional practices that threaten public safety.&#8221;
Last year, Hong introduced a series of bills to ban ICE agents from wearing masks and end state and local cooperation with the agency.
Hong has also presented an anti-police stance more broadly.
In a 2020 X post, Hong wrote that she supports &#8220;defunding the police as a first step towards abolishing the police.&#8221; Months later, she argued that &#8220;police exist to uphold white supremacy,&#8221; before saying, &#8220;defund then abolish,&#8221; and that &#8220;reform can&#8217;t be an option.&#8221;
When asked recently by <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/22/politics/kfile-francesca-hong-wisconsin-governor-race-defund-police" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN</a> about her past advocacy for abolishing the police, Hong called it part of a “wider conversation around police abolition” since “the current system is not working.”
Hong added that she wouldn&#8217;t make &#8220;arbitrary cuts&#8221; to public safety budgets as governor.
“While I envision a world where public safety is not synonymous with law enforcement, I recognize that this paradigm shift is a very long-term vision and my focus is building systems of care for now and for our future,&#8221; she said.
With Wisconsin&#8217;s Democratic gubernatorial primary set for August 11, Hong is currently the leading candidate in the field, which includes Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez, former Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, and state Sen. Kelda Roys. The eventual Democratic opponent will face Republican Wisconsin Rep. Tom Tiffany in November&#8217;s general election.
A Marquette Law School <a href="https://today.marquette.edu/2026/03/new-marquette-law-school-poll-finds-majorities-of-registered-voters-still-undecided-in-wisconsin-supreme-court-race-with-taylor-leading-lazar-among-likely-voters/?utm_source=chatgpt.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">poll</a> released in March found Hong leading her Democrat opponents with 14% support, with Barnes polling at 11%. Roughly 65% of the Democratic primary voters were still undecided.

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Dem Socialist Candidate Wants To Use The Troops Against ICE

Democratic Socialism

National Guard

Wisconsin

The Justice Department filed lawsuits against sanctuary states Maine, Massachusetts, Oregon, and Washington on Wednesday over their refusal to grant undercover license plates to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers.
ICE uses the license plates to arrest fugitives, conduct surveillance, investigate missing persons and missing child cases, and carry out abduction investigations involving dangerous actors, according to the lawsuits. If they don&#8217;t have the license plates, it compromises their arrests and the safety of the federal officers, who continue to face significant threats.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a statement, &#8220;By denying undercover license plates to DHS [Department of Homeland Security] components, including ICE, while issuing them to their own state agencies, these governors are pursuing discriminatory and obstructionist policies against federal law enforcement.&#8221;
&#8220;These actions undermine federal immigration enforcement, allow dangerous criminals to escape justice, and terrorize American communities,&#8221; he added.
In Washington, the state&#8217;s Department of Licensing &#8220;began affirmatively denying requests by DHS to obtain and renew undercover license plates and registrations&#8221; around October 2025, according to the federal lawsuit. When the state agency received a request for undercover license plates from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), officials responded in January 2026 by &#8220;suspending the issuance and renewal of undercover license plates for DHS-affiliated entities for an indeterminate period.&#8221;
Washington Attorney General Nicholas Brown wrote to the Department of Justice in May that “[t]he Washington State Department of Licensing voluntarily provides hundreds of undercover plates to federal agencies each year,&#8221; listing the FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the U.S. Marshals, and the Secret Service while failing to include ICE and Customs and Border Protection (CBP), according to the lawsuit. 

Now, the state is &#8220;reviewing DHS&#8217;s activities&#8221; and asking that the agency hand in &#8220;all current undercover plates and obtain new registrations for each vehicle,&#8221; the lawsuit states. Further, the state is &#8220;not permitting renewals of existing undercover plates for any DHS subcomponents.&#8221;
State officials are also determining whether DHS is in compliance with the “Keep Washington Working Act,&#8221; which states that “no state agency, including law enforcement, may use agency funds, facilities, property, equipment, or personnel to investigate, enforce, cooperate with, or assist in the investigation or enforcement of any federal registration or surveillance programs or any other laws, rules, or policies that target Washington residents solely on the basis of race, religion, immigration, or citizenship status, or national or ethnic origin,&#8221; according to the lawsuit.
Former ICE New York field office deputy director Scott Mechkowski called the Democrat-run state&#8217;s actions &#8220;a deliberate decision to endanger federal officers and another tactic to doxx ICE.&#8221;
&#8220;Every law enforcement officer in America, DEA, FBI, ATF, U.S. Marshals, state and local are entitled to undercover capacity for their safety. No one debates that,&#8221; Mechkowski said.
He continued: &#8220;So explain to me why ICE agents are the only federal law enforcement officers these governors think deserve to be exposed?&#8221;
The Massachusetts Attorney General&#8217;s office told The Daily Wire that it is &#8220;reviewing the complaint and will defend the RMV [Registry of Motor Vehicles] policy to the greatest extent possible.&#8221;
The other accused states didn&#8217;t respond to The Daily Wire&#8217;s requests for comment.

Acting Attorney General Blanche Testifies Before Senate Appropriations Subcommittee

Trump DOJ Launches New Battle Against Sanctuary States Over ICE Measures

Trump Admin Sues Sanctuary States For Refusing To Grant Critical Law Enforcement Tool To ICE

Lawsuit

Sanctuary Cities

Todd Blanche

An arrest warrant has been issued for an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer accused of shooting a Venezuelan migrant and lying about the circumstances surrounding the incident.
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty announced Monday that ICE officer Christian Castro has been charged with four counts of second-degree assault and one count of falsely reporting a crime involving an attempted arrest in January, <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ice-agent-charged-four-counts-assault-minnesota-shooting-venezuelan-im-rcna345732" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to NBC News.
Castro is accused of firing his weapon at the front door of a Minneapolis home “with the intent to cause fear of immediate bodily harm or death to the four adults who were just inside the door,” Moriarty said during a Monday news conference.
“Mr. Castro fired his service weapon at the front door of the home, knowing there were people who had just run inside that presented absolutely no threat to him or anyone else,” Moriarty said.
According to Moriarty, the bullet pierced the front door and struck Venezuelan migrant Jose Sosa-Celis in the leg before traveling through a closet and lodging in the wall of a child’s bedroom.
At the time of the shooting, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/01/15/dhs-releases-more-details-about-three-violent-criminal-illegal-aliens-who-violently" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claimed</a> that Sosa-Celis tried to &#8220;evade arrest&#8221; before he &#8220;began to resist and violently assault&#8221; a federal officer.
DHS said two other individuals came out of a nearby apartment and began attacking the officer &#8220;with a snow shovel and broom handle.&#8221; Sosa-Celis then &#8220;got loose and began striking the officer with a shovel or broomstick.&#8221;
The officer &#8220;fired a defensive shot&#8221; after &#8220;fearing for his life and safety,&#8221; hitting Sosa-Celis in the leg, DHS said. Sosa-Celis and the two others &#8220;ran back into the apartment and barricaded themselves inside&#8221; before ICE arrested the trio.
Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons announced in February the opening of a federal investigation after video footage showed that “sworn testimony provided by two separate officers appears to have made untruthful statements.&#8221; The officers were also placed on administrative leave.
“Lying under oath is a serious federal offense,” Lyons said.
“The men and women of ICE are entrusted with upholding the rule of law and are held to the highest standards of professionalism, integrity, and ethical conduct,” he said. “Violations of this sacred sworn oath will not be tolerated. ICE remains fully committed to transparency, accountability, and the fair enforcement of our nation’s immigration laws.”
A federal judge dismissed charges against the two migrants in February after the U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota filed a motion to dismiss, citing “newly discovered evidence” that was “materially inconsistent with the allegations” made against the pair, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/immigration-prosecutors-assault-shooting-minneapolis-charges-d713836a06471af9f38ee6ee8976a20c" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Associated Press.
During Monday&#8217;s press conference, Moriarty said Castro “was not under any physical threat when he fired his weapon, or even beforehand,&#8221; according to NBC News.
“He was not hit by a shovel or a broom. In fact, he was not hit at all,” she said.
The latest charges come a month after Moriarty issued a separate <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/blue-state-prosecutor-issues-arrest-warrant-for-ice-agent">arrest warrant</a> for another ICE officer accused of flashing a gun at motorists while passing them on a highway.
The Minnesota State Patrol received a 911 call in February from the alleged victims who said a driver pulled up next to them on the shoulder of a highway and pointed a gun at them, Moriarty said at an earlier press conference.
The Trump administration pulled back its deployment of hundreds of federal agents to the Twin Cities after the deadly, immigration officer-involved shootings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
President Donald Trump also sent his border czar, Tom Homan, to quell the chaos and broker agreements between ICE and local authorities.
Trump subsequently fired then-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in the wake of the two fatal shootings.

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Minneapolis

Shooting

Actress Margaret Cho said she turned down a role in the popular gay hockey drama “Heated Rivalry” because it was filming in Canada and she was afraid of being “detained at the border.”
The 57-year-old comedian and outspoken Trump critic made the comments during a recent appearance on the “I Never Liked You” podcast.
“Last year, I got a pilot script for a show that I really loved, but it shot in Canada. I was, like, so scared because I’m so vocal about hating ICE and hating this administration,” she said. “I was like, I will get detained at the border and I will be put in ICE detention if I go. And I was like struggling over it, and I had to talk to all these people about it, and I was super upset, and I said no. And it was ‘Heated Rivalry.’”
“Like, it kills me,” Cho added. “And it’s all because of Trump.”
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She further stated that she asked showrunners about being involved in season two, which is currently in development. “I asked them, we’ll see,” Cho said.
The stand-up comedian <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disney-actress-says-its-time-for-a-trans-disney-prince-princess">made headlines</a> in 2023 for advocating for trans characters in Disney projects. Cho said as much after playing an LGBTQ guidance counselor in the made-for-TV Disney+ movie, “Prom Pact.”
“I would love to see them everywhere,” Cho said of “queer characters” in kids&#8217; films. “I would love to see trans characters and different types of people in roles of, like, Disney princess, Disney prince, and Disney everything.”
“I think this would be really important and it’s a move towards the future,” she added. “It’s a move towards who we are. I think it’s really admirable and really exciting.”
“Heated Rivalry,” which became a breakout hit in 2025, follows two closeted hockey players who engage in a romantic relationship. It’s been criticized for featuring graphic sexual content. Despite that, it has been especially popular with heterosexual women.
Former first lady Jill Biden was fully prepared to shell out $35,000 for a chance to appear in an upcoming season of the show after <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jill-biden-paid-how-much-for-a-chance-to-appear-in-gay-hockey-show">bidding on the prize</a> during an LGBT charity auction last month.

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