Trump Action Archive

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• Federal agents deploy teargas and pepper balls against Chicago ICE facility protesters — Federal law enforcement agents used teargas and pepper balls to disperse approximately 100 protesters, including two Democratic congressional candidates, outside an ICE detention facility in Broadview, Illinois on Friday morning. Demonstrators attempted to block government vehicles from entering the facility during "Operation Midway Blitz," an immigration enforcement surge in Chicago. At least three protesters were arrested; masked agents in riot gear fired pepper balls from rooftops and launched teargas canisters. The Department of Homeland Security later reposted video of the incident on social media.

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• Kayleigh McEnany suggests scrapping Bill of Rights due to Kirk shooting — Fox News host Kayleigh McEnany suggested that constitutional rights should be abandoned because Charlie Kirk was shot, stating "what about all the amendments that Charlie Kirk lost? Because Charlie Kirk has no amendments right now. None." The comment implied willingness to sacrifice constitutional protections in response to political violence.

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• Stephen Miller announced DOJ campaign against "domestic terror networks" — Stephen Miller, speaking on the Kirk podcast from the White House, announced that the administration will "use every resource we have at the DOJ, DHS, and throughout this government to identify, disrupt, dismantle and destroy" what he characterized as "vast domestic terror movement" networks, including "organized doxxing campaigns," "organized riots," and "organized street violence." Miller framed this campaign as channeling "anger" over an "organized campaign" that led to Kirk's assassination.

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• Korean workers detained by ICE reported mistreatment and coercion — A repatriated Korean worker from the Hyundai-LG battery factory wrote a detention diary describing a seven-day ICE custody experience in Georgia. Workers reported being mocked with references to "North Korea" and "Rocket Man" despite holding valid business visas. They were housed in a 72-person room with four shared toilets, two urinals, moldy mattresses, and bad-smelling water. Korean Consulate officials told detainees to "sign whatever they ask you to sign unconditionally" and warned that disputes could result in detention for 4 months to several years.

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• ICE officers fatally shoot undocumented immigrant during vehicle stop near Chicago — US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers conducted a vehicle stop on Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez, an undocumented immigrant, in Franklin Park, Illinois, west of Chicago. According to ICE, Villegas-Gonzalez resisted arrest and attempted to drive his vehicle into officers, striking and dragging one. An officer discharged his firearm, fatally wounding Villegas-Gonzalez. The injured officer was hospitalized in stable condition. The incident occurred amid a broader ICE enforcement surge in the Chicago area as part of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.