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Tracy Mumford

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D.H.S. Pushes Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts, and U.S. Troops Land in Nigeria

In response to questions from The Times about the subpoenas, Meta, Reddit and Discord declined to comment.

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D.H.S. Pushes Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts, and U.S. Troops Land in Nigeria

A Google spokeswoman said, quote, We review every legal demand and push back against those that are overbroad.

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D.H.S. Pushes Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts, and U.S. Troops Land in Nigeria

Now, a few other quick updates on the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.

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D.H.S. Pushes Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts, and U.S. Troops Land in Nigeria

The acting head of ICE says that two agents have been suspended and are being investigated for making false statements related to a shooting in Minneapolis.

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D.H.S. Pushes Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts, and U.S. Troops Land in Nigeria

In the incident last month, an immigration agent shot a man in the leg and administration officials immediately rushed to justify the use of force, claiming three people had attacked the officer with a broom and a snow shovel and that he feared for his life.

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D.H.S. Pushes Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts, and U.S. Troops Land in Nigeria

That narrative collapsed in court, however, when the U.S.

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D.H.S. Pushes Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts, and U.S. Troops Land in Nigeria

attorney said that version of events was not true.

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D.H.S. Pushes Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts, and U.S. Troops Land in Nigeria

The charges against the men accused of attacking the agent have now been dropped.

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D.H.S. Pushes Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts, and U.S. Troops Land in Nigeria

The agents could be fired or face criminal prosecution.

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D.H.S. Pushes Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts, and U.S. Troops Land in Nigeria

It's the latest example of the Department of Homeland Security providing an account of a shooting that later proved questionable or outright wrong.

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D.H.S. Pushes Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts, and U.S. Troops Land in Nigeria

And... Nobody is illegal outside!

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D.H.S. Pushes Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts, and U.S. Troops Land in Nigeria

Across the country, students in more than three dozen states have walked out of class in recent weeks to protest the administration's deportation tactics.

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D.H.S. Pushes Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts, and U.S. Troops Land in Nigeria

But in Texas, Republican officials are trying to tamp those demonstrations down.

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D.H.S. Pushes Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts, and U.S. Troops Land in Nigeria

Governor Greg Abbott has suggested state funding could be stripped from school districts where there are protests and that students who are disorderly should be arrested.

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D.H.S. Pushes Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts, and U.S. Troops Land in Nigeria

Abbott recently warned on social media that Despite the threats, the walkouts have continued.

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D.H.S. Pushes Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts, and U.S. Troops Land in Nigeria

One 16-year-old in Dallas told The Times the protests are personal for her.

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D.H.S. Pushes Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts, and U.S. Troops Land in Nigeria

Her cousin was deported this year, leaving his wife and 5-year-old son to move in with her family.

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D.H.S. Pushes Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts, and U.S. Troops Land in Nigeria

Late last year, President Trump caught some off guard when he threatened to send the U.S.

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D.H.S. Pushes Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts, and U.S. Troops Land in Nigeria

military into Nigeria, quote, guns a-blazing to protect Christians in the country.

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D.H.S. Pushes Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts, and U.S. Troops Land in Nigeria

Now, the first wave of U.S.