Federal Judge Temporarily Lifts DHS Restrictions on Lawmaker Visits to Detention Facilities
A federal judge temporarily lifted restrictions imposed by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on lawmaker visits to immigration detention facilities, according to Fox News. U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb in Washington, D.C., justified the temporary restraining order on Monday by concluding that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) likely violated funding restrictions and that its policy causes irreparable harm. The judge's order stated that the court previously found that the DHS policy requiring advance notice for congressional oversight.
Tuberculosis Outbreak Investigated at San Francisco High School
An outbreak of tuberculosis (TB) was linked to a San Francisco high school, Fox News reported. The San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) issued a health advisory on Jan. 29 about the outbreak, which has been tied to Archbishop Riordan High School. According to Johns Hopkins, TB is a curable bacterial infection that targets the lungs but can also infect other organs. It is an airborne contagion that can be spread through coughing, sneezing, or saliva. Three active TB cases were identified at the school.
Schumer Opposes Voter ID Laws in Funding Deal
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., warned that if House Republicans try to include voter ID legislation into the Trump-backed funding deal, it would be dead on arrival in the Senate, according to Fox News. House Republicans want to walk away from the current spending fight with a victory of sorts, despite President Donald Trump taking the lead and negotiating a temporary funding truce with Schumer and Senate Democrats. They are demanding that the five-bill funding package, which stripped out the controversial Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spending bill in favor of a temporary funding truce, include voter ID legislation.
Protesters Pressure Target to Take Stand Against ICE
Protesters opposed to the federal immigration crackdown in Minneapolis turned their attention to Target stores across the country, putting pressure on the Minnesota-based retail giant to stop cooperating with federal agents, The New York Times reported. Demonstrations recently took place at about two dozen Target stores in Minnesota, with additional protests in other cities, including Chicago, Seattle, Philadelphia, and New York. Pam Costain, 75, who works with the volunteer group Indivisible Twin Cities, organized about 50 people to protest at Target’s flagship store in downtown Minneapolis on Saturday. "They sat in the store, singing, chanting, wearing inflatable frog costumes and holding a house-shaped poster that read: Target Come Home To Your Values," according to The New York Times.
Celebrities Criticize NYC Snow Cleanup
Debra Messing and Michael Rapaport criticized New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani for the slow cleanup following a recent snowstorm, Fox News reported. Rapaport showed his Instagram followers the buildup of snow and garbage lining the streets, calling NYC a "dirty snow covered dump." He filmed large piles of snow from the initial plowing of the street that hadn't yet melted, along with mountains of trash that hadn't been picked up. "A week after the sno," Rapaport said.
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