Trump 2nd term: ICE arrests 956 undocumented immigrants on Sunday

ICE conducted "enhanced targeted operations," in certain cities like Chicago.

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Last updated: Monday, January 27, 2025 10:51AM GMT
ICE says 'targeted operations' are underway in Chicago
Amid fears of mass deportations and immigration raids in Chicago, ICE says it has begun targeted operations in the area.

President Donald Trump took a victory lap at a Las Vegas casino on Saturday after a five days of issuing executive orders on immigration, the economy, DEI and more.

Trump late Friday night stirred up outrage when he blindsided at least 17 inspectors general at multiple federal agencies by firing them in an email from the White House personnel office.

Meanwhile, two more of Trump's picks for his Cabinet -- Pete Hegseth as secretary of defense and Kristi Noem as secretary of Homeland Security -- were sworn in to office on Saturday.

Jan 25, 2025, 6:58 PM GMT

Trump fires 17 independent watchdogs

In a late-night Friday move, President Donald Trump fired at least 17 independent watchdogs -- known as inspectors general -- at multiple federal agencies, sources familiar with the move told ABC News.

While inspectors general can be fired by the president - it can only happen after communicating with Congress 30 days in advance and in 2022 Congress strengthened the law requiring administrations to give a detailed reasoning for the firing of an IG.

At least one high-profile watchdog - Justice Department IG Michael Horowitz - did not receive notice that he was fired as of yesterday evening.

-ABC News' Katherine Faulders, Benjamin Siegel and Alexander Mallin

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Jan 25, 2025, 12:28 AM GMT

Pentagon freezes social media accounts for 10 days

Joe Kasper, the new chief of staff for the Department of Defense, issued a memo to senior leadership Friday on suspending the department's social media accounts "at all levels" for 10 days, beginning Saturday, to give time to reorient content to have greater focus on national security, military lethality "and fighting and winning wars."

Notably, the memo includes an exception to the social media pause for posts relating to the southern border mission.

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Jan 24, 2025, 10:28 PM GMT

ICE denies it sent agents to Chicago school, Secret Service says it was investigating threat

A spokesperson for Immigration and Customs Enforcement denied allegations by Chicago's Chief Education Officer Bogdana Chkoumbova that agents showed up at an elementary school Friday morning.

"This was not an U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement encounter," the spokesperson said in a statement.

The U.S. Secret Service told WLS News that its agents were investigating a threat and went to a student's home.

MORE | US Secret Service approached South Side school, not ICE agents: officials

US Secret Service approached Hamline Elementary School in Back of the Yards, not Immigration and Customs Enforcement, officials tell the I-Team.

That student wasn't home, so the agents went to the school, where they turned away by school officials, according to the Secret Service, which did not provide any more details. No Secret Service agents entered the school, according to the agency.

ByAlexander Mallin ABCNews logo
Jan 24, 2025, 8:53 PM GMT

Trump DOJ asks judge to lift restrictions on Oath Keepers

Just hours after a judge barred Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and other Oath Keepers members who were granted clemency by Trump from entering the Capitol, the acting U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C. filed a motion to remove those orders

Acting U.S. Attorney Ed Martin - a "Stop the Steal" promoter who was outside of the Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot - argued in his motion that district judge Amit Mehta did not have authority to implement probation restrictions on Rhodes or his co-defendants after their sentences were commuted.