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This week, as the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announces the end of its immigration enforcement crackdown in Minnesota, we examine the stories of American citizens who have been injured or negatively affected by the operations of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, and later mischaracterized as “domestic terrorists.”
As “Operation Metro Surge” comes to an end in Minnesota, questions linger about the effectiveness of DHS operations amid recent testimony provided to members of Congress by U.S. citizens whose lives were impacted by ICE activities. These include Marimar Martinez, a Chicago teacher’s assistant who was shot five times by an ICE agent in the days after she became a target of DHS surveillance based on her online activities, and Aliyah Rahman, a disabled woman who was dragged from her vehicle during recent ICE activities in Minneapolis.
Like many Americans in recent days, both of these U.S. citizens were labeled “domestic terrorists” by the DHS; we examine the mixed messaging, lies, and potential cover-up of evidence exposing wrongful actions taken against Americans like Martinez and Rahman, as well as questions over the legality of similar activities that apparently targeted several U.S. citizens during recent DHS operations. Finally, we also look at a recent bombshell report in the Wall Street Journal that exposes chaos in DHS leadership, and finally, the creeping authoritarianism evidenced by recent events that unfolded in the skies over El Paso, Texas.
This episode of Middle Theory is dedicated to the American citizens who have lost their lives, have been injured, or whose rights and property have been infringed upon during recent immigration enforcement activities undertaken in the United States.
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- Jon Haskins
- Connie Fletcher
- Tania Biswas
SHOW NOTES
- HOMAN: Trump border czar Tom Homan announces Minnesota immigration surge is ending
- MARTINEZ: Lawyers of Chicago woman shot by feds say documents show DHS lies about investigations
- TESTIMONY: Text of Written Statement from Marimar Martinez
- AUDIO: Marimar Martinez describes being shot 5 times by CBP agent
- DHS Panics Over New Bodycam Footage of Marimar Martinez Shooting | The New Republic
- PEPPER BALLS: Judge orders restrictions on federal tactics against ICE protesters after Chicago-area pastor shot with pepper balls
- RAHMAN: Minneapolis police chief says video of ICE arrest “pisses me off” – CBS News
- TESTIMONY: Text of Written Statement from Aliya Rahman
- AUDIO: Minneapolis resident and U.S. citizen Aliya Rahman describes being detained by ICE
- ACTIVIST: Woman dragged from car by ICE agents in Minnesota ID’d as LGBT and racial justice activist
- Much of DHS set to shut down as Democrats demand new restraints on ICE
- A Pilot Fired Over Kristi Noem’s Missing Blanket and the Constant Chaos Inside DHS – WSJ
- NOTAM EXCUSES: The Mystery at the El Paso Airport JOIN US: REACH OUT TO MIDDLE THEORY
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