Judge blocks Trump admin from ending protected status for Venezuelans: 'Smacks of racism'



United States District Judge Edward Chen in San Francisco on Monday blocked the Trump administration from ending Temporary Protected Status for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan nationals living in the U.S.

Under the Biden administration, TPS eligibility was drastically expanded to foreign nationals from several countries, including Afghanistan, El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, and Ukraine.

'We need to follow the rule of law and not some advice from an activist judge who makes a foolish ruling.'

Through two separate designations in 2021 and 2023, the Biden administration granted TPS to roughly 600,000 Venezuelan nationals in the U.S., allowing them to apply for work authorizations and avoid deportation. Those designations were set to expire on April 7 and September 10, according to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

On his way out of office, Biden extended TPS expiration dates for nearly 1 million foreign nationals, including Venezuelans.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem moved to undo those last-minute extensions, reversing protections for the 350,000 Venezuelans whose status is scheduled to expire in April. She also announced a reversal for another 250,000 Venezuelans whose TPS will end in September.

The move sparked a legal challenge brought by the National TPS Alliance. On Monday, Chen blocked Trump's DHS from stripping the protections, claiming it "smacks of racism."

The Barack Obama-appointed judge wrote, "The Secretary made sweeping negative generalizations about Venezuelan TPS beneficiaries."

"Acting on the basis of a negative group stereotype and generalizing such stereotype to the entire group is the classic example of racism," Chen stated.

"The Secretary's rationale is entirely lacking in evidentiary support," Chen claimed. "There is no evidence that Venezuelan TPS holders are members of the [Tren de Aragua] gang, have connections to the gang, and/or commit crimes. Venezuelan TPS holders have lower rates of criminality than the general population. Generalization of criminality to the Venezuelan TPS population as a whole is baseless and smacks of racism predicated on generalized false stereotypes."

Chen argued that the removal of TPS would "inflict irreparable harm" to the Venezuelan nationals, the U.S. economy, and community stability. He has postponed the Trump administration's attempt to revoke TPS until he rules on the merits of the case.

Border czar Tom Homan responded to Chen's ruling.

"It's another activist judge making a stupid ruling," he told Fox News.

Homan emphasized that TPS was intended to be used for a limited period of time to protect foreign nationals from conditions in their home countries, including armed conflict, natural disasters, or other extraordinary temporary conditions.

"TPS isn't meant to be decades long," Homan continued. "TPS needs to be temporary in nature. We need to follow the rule of law and not some advice from an activist judge who makes a foolish ruling."

Homan contended that Chen's decision was based on his "opinion" and not the rule of law. He noted that the administration will appeal the ruling.

Chen is the latest district judge to attempt to block Trump's agenda. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg issued an emergency pause on the administration's deportation flights.

The DHS did not respond to a request for comment from CBS News.

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'Shoot them on sight': TikToker apparently urges violence against ICE agents. Noem issues stern warning.



A TikTok user, belal_donq, posted a video apparently advocating for noncitizens and illegal aliens to shoot Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers "on sight."

Libs of TikTok shared the disturbing video on Sunday morning.

'This kind of rhetoric is not only dangerous, it incites real-world violence and undermines the rule of law.'

The social media user started his one-minute clip by stating, "Shoot at ICE agents on sight. That's right. If ICE agents are trying to take you or a loved one, shoot them on sight."

The TikToker claimed that officers have been conducting operations while wearing masks, having no badge, and driving in unmarked vehicles.

"It could be anybody," he argued. "It could be gang members. You have every right to shoot at them."

"This would be the best self-defense case," he declared. "You're just in fear for your life. You don't know who's behind that unmarked vehicle or who's behind that mask."

He called it "ridiculous," stating that ICE officers were conducting raids "like gang members" and "the Mafia."

"Why would you wanna be an ICE agent anyway?" the TikToker continued. "You like separating kids from their parents? Do you like deporting students that are studying?"

The social media user stated that he understands efforts to deport "gang members or criminals" but claimed that ICE was targeting "innocent people."

"You might as well shoot them on site and have your day in court," he concluded.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem responded to the video, issuing a stern warning to those who choose to take the TikToker's advice.

"If you threaten or attempt to harm a law enforcement officer we will find you and prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law," Noem stated.

As of Monday afternoon, his account appeared to be removed from the platform.

National Border Patrol Council Vice President Hector Garza told the news outlet that the man's post could provoke acts of violence.

"This kind of rhetoric is not only dangerous, it incites real-world violence and undermines the rule of law. Our agents risk their lives every day to protect this country, and they deserve to do their jobs without fear of being targeted simply for wearing the uniform," Garza stated. "The National Border Patrol Council unequivocally condemns any form of violence or threats directed at federal law enforcement officers, including our colleagues at ICE."

Garza also urged social media platforms to remove any content promoting violence.

"Free speech does not extend to inciting criminal acts, and allowing such content to remain online puts lives at risk," he noted.

The TikToker, TikTok, and ICE did not respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.

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Sheriff shares with Glenn Beck frightening details about swatting attacks



A sheriff in Texas sat down with Glenn Beck and discussed the "swatting" phenomenon that has recently left conservative influencers and their families terrified in their own homes.

Swatting occurs when a person falsely reports a crime in progress or recently committed at someone else's home or place of business, compelling cops to race to the location and investigate and putting the lives of the officers and those inside the building in imminent danger.

'This could have gone horribly wrong.'

In just the last few weeks, conservative influencers — including comedian Shawn Farash, alleged Bill Clinton rape victim Juanita Broaddrick, and Matt Von Swol, an advocate for those affected by Hurricane Helene — have claimed to have been the victims of swatting schemes.

Von Swol posted doorcam footage of the police who arrived at his home in the middle of the night Sunday. Thankfully, no one was hurt physically, though many were frightened.

"Please watch and understand how this could have gone horribly wrong if this was you and your home," Von Swol wrote.

"This is not a joke. This is domestic terrorism."

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Blaze Media co-founder Glenn Beck apparently agrees, telling Tarrant County, Texas, Sheriff Bill Waybourn on the Friday episode of "The Glenn Beck Program," "This is terrorism, and those people who are making these calls should go to prison for a very, very, very long time."

Sheriff Waybourn, who protects the county where Beck and his family live, then shared some horrifying details about the swatting-related calls that come into his department. For one thing, he said that swatting has become rather commonplace in Tarrant County lately.

"In this area, over the last year, there's probably been 15 or 16 cases," he told an astonished Beck.

'It's all happening through the gaming systems.'

Moreover, at least some of the calls do not originate in Tarrant County, the state of Texas, or even the U.S. "We're finding some of these people are overseas. They're not even here in the United States," Waybourn explained.

Beck then warned that online gaming systems can also be a possible Trojan horse, giving swatters and other predators a means of entering homes virtually and perhaps gleaning private information about residents there. He even shared that his son had been "groomed" by a "pedophile" through the young man's gaming system.

"Luckily, we found out about it, and the FBI came into the house," Beck claimed. "They took the gaming system, and they said, 'It's all happening through the gaming systems.'"

Waybourn assured Beck and his listeners that law enforcement is well aware of the swatting scheme, but he noted that officers still have to be prepared to investigate every report.

"When they get their these urgent calls, they have got to respond. They got to be ready to go, as far as law enforcement, in case it is real," Waybourn said.

Waybourn also claimed that federal law enforcement stands ready to prosecute those who make false reports that lead to swatting. Attorney General Pam Bondi "is absolutely on board of prosecuting people federally, if at all possible," Waybourn asserted. "That's just the temperament of who our attorney general is."

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and FBI Director Kash Patel have already pledged to hunt down the swatting perpetrators.

"This is an attack on our law enforcement and innocent families, and we will prosecute it as such," Noem posted to X on Wednesday.

The conversation between Beck and Sheriff Waybourn can be seen in the video below:

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Because the officers who respond to the swatting calls are armed and often surprise unsuspecting homeowners who likewise carry firearms, swatting poses a risk to officers and building residents alike. For this reason, Von Swol told Blaze News that those who call in false crime reports to initiate swatting have one main goal: to get somebody "killed."

"Whoever is swatting people is absolutely attempting to get them killed," Von Swol insisted. "If you read the police notes from the incidents, it’s clear the caller is attempting to get the police to rush into a situation that isn’t real with serious force."

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Trump wins again: Illegal immigrants begin to self-deport



The CBP One app was previously used during the Joe Biden administration to streamline and facilitate illegal immigration — but President Donald Trump has flipped the entire thing on its head.

After hijacking and repurposing the app, Trump and border czar Tom Homan have made sure it now only helps illegal immigrants to self-deport rather than self-import.

“It was so easy,” Sara Gonzales of “Sara Gonzales Unfiltered” comments. “They could just go on to these phones that were provided to them by the United States government and just set up a time to just check in with them so that they could just illegally cross in easier.”


“And then, at the very end, they didn’t even have to physically do it face to face, they could actually just tell them on the CBP One app, ‘I promise it’s me, I’m here, just go ahead and mark me as present,’” she explains.

Under the Trump administration, the app is now called the “CBP Home app” and now has been redesigned to facilitate the self-deportation of illegal immigrants rather than bringing them in.

“The Biden Administration exploited the CBP One app to allow more than 1 million aliens to illegally enter the United States. With the launching of the CBP Home app, we are restoring integrity to our immigration system,” DHS secretary Kristi Noem said in a statement.

“The CBP Home app gives aliens the option to leave now and self-deport, so they may still have the opportunity to return legally in the future and live the American dream. If they don’t, we will find them, we will deport them, and they will never return,” she added.

And it’s already working.

“There are record amounts of people just self-deporting,” Gonzales says. “They’re like, ‘We don’t want to go that way, we will just go out on our own terms.’”

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ICE rounds up over 600 illegal aliens, most with criminal histories



Immigration and Customs Enforcement rounded up over 600 illegal aliens, most with a criminal history, as part of a multi-agency raid from February 23 to March 2.

ICE, in partnership with other federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies, conducted a weeklong operation in the Houston, Texas, area.

'Many of these criminal aliens have gone on to commit violent crime and [rain] terror on law-abiding residents.'

According to an ICE press release, the agencies captured 646 illegal aliens, including 543 who had been previously "charged or convicted of a criminal offense while they were illegally present in the U.S." The raid also resulted in the arrest of seven illegal alien gang members.

The federal immigration agency noted that 140 of those arrested faced charges or convictions for violent offenses, including aggravated felony, homicide, aggravated assault, or domestic violence. Over 30 detained illegal aliens were accused or convicted of sexual crimes, such as aggravated sexual assault of a minor, possession of child pornography, or rape. Other offenses included illegal firearms, drug crimes, property violations, and drunk driving.

Bret Bradford, the director of ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations Houston Field Office, stated, "In recent years, some of the world's most dangerous fugitives, transnational gang members and criminal aliens have taken advantage of the crisis at our nation's southern border to illegally enter the U.S."

"After illegally entering the country, many of these criminal aliens have gone on to commit violent crime and [rain] terror on law-abiding residents," Bradford continued. "Fueled by our unwavering commitment to protect the public from harm, and united in our determination to restore integrity to our nation's system of laws, ICE and our law enforcement partners in Southeast Texas have banded together to remove these dangerous criminal aliens from our local communities and put an end to the lawlessness that they spread."

ICE Homeland Security Investigations Houston Special Agent in Charge Chad Plantz applauded the agencies' efforts to make the community safer.

"As a result, we've sent a resounding message to transnational criminal organizations everywhere that the law enforcement community in the Texas Gulf Coast is more united than ever and will not rest until we've eradicated these criminal elements from the country," Plantz said.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem named two new ICE leaders on Sunday. She tapped Todd Lyons, a former assistant director of field operations for ICE's ERO, as the acting director for the federal immigration agency. Madison Sheahan, Noem's former aide as South Dakota governor, was selected as ICE's deputy director.

"Todd Lyons and Madison Sheahan are workhorses, strong executors, and accountable leaders who will lead the men and women of ICE to achieve the American people's mandate to target, arrest, and deport illegal aliens," Noem stated.

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Trump Admin Replaces Biden's Migrant Entry App With a Migrant Self-Deportation App

The Trump administration has transformed the Biden-era "CBP One" app, which allowed migrants to apply for asylum in the United States from their home countries, into "CBP Home," a platform aimed at streamlining the self-deportation of illegal immigrants.

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Trump admin cuts TSA union deal to remove 'bureaucratic hurdles'



President Donald Trump's Department of Homeland Security announced Friday that it has terminated its collective bargaining agreement with the Transportation Security Administration's more than 50,000 security officers.

According to a DHS press release, the administration hopes the move will remove "bureaucratic hurdles that will strengthen workforce agility [and] enhance productivity and resiliency, while also jumpstarting innovation."

'Removing the constraints of collective bargaining.'

The department argued that "gaps in benefit programs" had been exploited by some, including one instance where a transportation security officer requested sick leave more than half a year in advance.

"TSA has more people doing full-time union work than we have performing screening functions at 86% of our airports. Of the 432 federalized airports, 374 airports have fewer than 200 TSA Officers to [perform] screening functions," the DHS contended.

It noted that nearly 200 employees receiving government pay work "full-time on union matters."

The Trump administration's DHS slammed the TSA's unionization for allowing "poor performers" to remain on the job and forcing "merit-based performance" to take a back seat.

"By eliminating the collective bargaining agreement, Transportation Security Officers will now have opportunities based on their performance, not longevity or union membership," the DHS declared.

A department spokesperson stated that the union has failed to represent its workers or their interests.

"The Trump Administration is committed [to] returning to merit-based hiring and firing policies," the spokesperson said. "This action will ensure Americans will have a more effective and modernized workforce[] across the nation's transportation networks. TSA is renewing its commitment to providing a quick and secure travel process for Americans."

TSA Administrator Adam Stahl applauded DHS Secretary Kristi Noem for "removing the constraints of collective bargaining."

The American Federation of Government Employees, a union representing more than 80,000 federal government workers, called the DHS' decision an "unprovoked attack" and a "clear retaliation."

AFGE National President Everett Kelley stated, "47,000 Transportation Security Officers show up at over 400 airports across the country every single day to make sure our skies are safe for air travel. Many of them are veterans who went from serving their country in the armed forces to wearing a second uniform protecting the homeland and ensuring another terrorist attack like Sept. 11 never happens again."

Kelley accused Trump's administration and Noem of violating the workers' "right to join a union."

"They gave as a justification a completely fabricated claim about union officials — making clear this action has nothing to do with efficiency, safety, or homeland security. This is merely a pretext for attacking the rights of regular working Americans across the country because they happen to belong to a union," Kelley continued. "Our union has been out in front challenging this administration's unlawful actions targeting federal workers, both in the legal courts and in the court of public opinion. Now our TSA officers are paying the price with this clearly retaliatory action."

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ICE raid leaks persist despite DHS identifying moles: Noem



Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem stated on Tuesday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids continue to be sabotaged by leaks.

Last week, Noem declared that the DHS had identified some of the individuals who had reportedly spilled the planned operations to the public.

'We will not be deterred by leaks.'

So far, the leakers have undermined a raid in Aurora, Colorado, and an operation involving ICE in Los Angeles, California.

Noem previously stated that she had reason to believe the individuals responsible were with the FBI, calling the agency "corrupt."

She told Fox News' Sean Hannity last week, "I have found some leakers. We are continuing to get more. They will be fired. There will be consequences. And remember, when they leak information to the press in order to blow an op, they are putting law enforcement lives in jeopardy."

It was unclear whether the identified individuals were with the FBI.

Noem provided an update on Tuesday, applauding law enforcement officers for their work in a recent operation in Northern Virginia.

She wrote, "We will not be deterred by leaks. If you come to this country and break our laws, we will hunt you down."

"Successful enforcement operation this morning — getting MS-13 members, 18th Street gang members and perpetrators of sexual crimes off our streets," Noem added.

Over the weekend, the Migrant Insider published a report stating that ICE was planning raids on Monday and Tuesday in the area, noting that the agency had secured up to 100 warrants.

Pablo Manriquez, the news outlet's editor, wrote in a post on X, "Judicial warrants mean ICE can go into your homes, so plan accordingly."

Manriquez stated that the information was based on "multiple sources."

In a separate post, he wrote, "ICE has been spotted in Buchanan, Buckingham, Ft. Myers [sic], Ballston, Arlington, Rosslyn, Manases [sic], and on the Little River Turnpike — all in Northern Virginia."

Manriquez told Fox News Digital that he was "just breaking news" when asked whether he had hoped to prevent the raids.

"If people wanna send me a scoop, I'm here for it," he stated.

Manriquez rejected concerns about the leaked information leading to the harm of law enforcement agents.

He told Fox News Digital, "We break immigration news all the time. We follow this topic very closely and haven't seen any reports of ICE being harmed."

Despite the outlet sharing information with the public about the planned raids, Noem stated that the operation was successful.

"Northern Virginia is safer this morning after a successful operation getting criminal aliens and gang members off our streets. Thank you to our brave enforcement officers," Noem said.

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Trump admin creates registry for illegal aliens — holdouts could face jail time



The Trump administration announced Tuesday that it would create a registry for illegal aliens, citing the Immigration and Nationality Act.

As part of his day-one action, Trump issued an executive order, Protecting the American People Against Invasion, directing the Department of Homeland Security to create a registry for illegal immigrants.

'President Trump and Secretary Noem have a clear message for those in our country illegally: Leave now.'

On Tuesday, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem declared that the agency would "fully enforce" the INA, which states that all foreign immigrants 14 years or older must register with the federal government. That registration requirement includes fingerprinting and home addresses.

The DHS noted that the act "created multiple tools to track illegal aliens and compel them to leave the country voluntarily."

Those who refuse to leave the U.S. willfully, fail to register, or fail to keep their address records up to date could face criminal penalties.

"An alien's failure to depart the U.S. is a crime that could result in significant financial penalty. An alien's failure to register is a crime that could result in a fine, imprisonment, or both. For decades, this law has been ignored — not anymore," the DHS stated.

"Compelling mass self-deportation is a safer path for aliens and law enforcement, and saves U.S. taxpayer dollars, in addition to conserving valuable Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) resources needed to keep Americans safe," the DHS added.

The U.S. Citizens and Immigration Services website notes that "most aliens" have "already registered."

"However, a significant number of aliens present in the United States have had no direct way in which to register and meet their obligation under INA 262," it read. "In order that unregistered aliens may comply with their duty under INA 262, USCIS is establishing a new form and process by which they may register. No alien will have an excuse for failure to comply with this law."

USCIS indicated that the online registry will be available "in the coming days."

A draft regulation viewed by the Wall Street Journal stated that illegal aliens who defy the mandate could be fined up to $5,000 and sentenced to up to six months in prison.

The document reportedly showed that illegal immigrants who had not previously applied for asylum or a work permit were provided 30 days to submit a registration form.

Noem wrote in a memo regarding the registry, "Aliens in this country illegally face a choice."

"They can return home and follow the legal process to come to the United States or they can deal with the consequences of continuing to violate our laws," she declared.

DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin stated, "President Trump and Secretary Noem have a clear message for those in our country illegally: Leave now. If you leave now, you may have the opportunity to return and enjoy our freedom and live the American dream."

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