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The visas of six foreign nationals in the United States were revoked over comments about Charlie Kirk, says the Trump administration.
The individuals were from Argentina, South Africa, Mexico, Brazil, Germany and Paraguay, respectively. The Department of State shared examples of the type of remarks that were made, two of which appeared to be on posts on X, while one looked like a Facebook post. None of the individuals were identified by name.
An Argentinian national alluded to the fact that Kirk deserved to be in hell and said he did not “give a f—k about the death of a person” who devoted his life to “spreading racist, xenophobic, misogynistic rhetoric,” according to one example shared by the department.
“Visa revoked,” the Department of State wrote.
Kirk was a political activist and ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, known for hosting debates about a wide range of topics, from religion to gender identity. He was a polarizing figure for some; he opposed same-sex marriage and was against abortion. However, he also connected with people with his Christian values and for supporting gun rights. He was fatally shot on Sept. 10 while he was hosting a debate at Utah Valley University in Orem, UT. The 22-year-old suspect, Tyler James Robinson , was arrested and is now facing murder charges.
“The United States has no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans,” the Department of State said. “The State Department continues to identify visa holders who celebrated the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk.”
In another example, a person from South Africa said that Kirk “won’t be remembered as a hero,” in a post that appeared to be written on X. That person also said that Kirk was “used to astroturf a movement of white nationalist trailer trash.” Astroturfing is an artificially-manufactured political movement designed to give the appearance of grassroots activism, according to the Political Dictionary.
In a post written in German, another person wrote, “when fascists die, democrats don’t complain,” according to the Department of State.
One person called Kirk a racist, while another said he “died too late.”
Trump and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio “will defend our borders, our culture, and our citizens by enforcing our immigration laws,” said the department. “Aliens who take advantage of America’s hospitality while celebrating the assassination of our citizens will be removed.”
In mid-September, Rubio said visa revocations were underway . “America will not host foreigners who celebrate the death of our fellow citizens,” he said.
This comes after Jimmy Kimmel Live!, the late-night talk show hosted by comedian Jimmy Kimmel, was taken off the air briefly after he made comments about Kirk. Kimmel joked about how Trump was dealing with the loss and also accused the “MAGA gang” of trying to characterize Kirk’s alleged killer “as anything other than one of them, and doing everything they can to score political points from it.”
Here's what six people said about Charlie Kirk that got their visas revoked in the United States
The individuals were from Argentina, South Africa, Mexico, Brazil, Germany and Paraguay, respectively. The Department of State shared examples of the type of remarks that were made, two of which appeared to be on posts on X, while one looked like a Facebook post. None of the individuals were identified by name.
An Argentinian national alluded to the fact that Kirk deserved to be in hell and said he did not “give a f—k about the death of a person” who devoted his life to “spreading racist, xenophobic, misogynistic rhetoric,” according to one example shared by the department.
“Visa revoked,” the Department of State wrote.
Kirk was a political activist and ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, known for hosting debates about a wide range of topics, from religion to gender identity. He was a polarizing figure for some; he opposed same-sex marriage and was against abortion. However, he also connected with people with his Christian values and for supporting gun rights. He was fatally shot on Sept. 10 while he was hosting a debate at Utah Valley University in Orem, UT. The 22-year-old suspect, Tyler James Robinson , was arrested and is now facing murder charges.
“The United States has no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans,” the Department of State said. “The State Department continues to identify visa holders who celebrated the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk.”
In another example, a person from South Africa said that Kirk “won’t be remembered as a hero,” in a post that appeared to be written on X. That person also said that Kirk was “used to astroturf a movement of white nationalist trailer trash.” Astroturfing is an artificially-manufactured political movement designed to give the appearance of grassroots activism, according to the Political Dictionary.
In a post written in German, another person wrote, “when fascists die, democrats don’t complain,” according to the Department of State.
One person called Kirk a racist, while another said he “died too late.”
Trump and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio “will defend our borders, our culture, and our citizens by enforcing our immigration laws,” said the department. “Aliens who take advantage of America’s hospitality while celebrating the assassination of our citizens will be removed.”
In mid-September, Rubio said visa revocations were underway . “America will not host foreigners who celebrate the death of our fellow citizens,” he said.
This comes after Jimmy Kimmel Live!, the late-night talk show hosted by comedian Jimmy Kimmel, was taken off the air briefly after he made comments about Kirk. Kimmel joked about how Trump was dealing with the loss and also accused the “MAGA gang” of trying to characterize Kirk’s alleged killer “as anything other than one of them, and doing everything they can to score political points from it.”
Here's what six people said about Charlie Kirk that got their visas revoked in the United States
CHICAGO (AP) — Cook County’s top judge signed an order barring ICE from arresting people at court. Cook County includes Chicago, which has seen a federal immigration crackdown in recent months.
Detaining residents outside courthouses has been a common tactic for federal agents, who have been stationed outside county courthouses for weeks, making arrests and drawing crowds of protesters.
The order, which was signed Tuesday night and took effect Wednesday, bars the civil arrest of any “party, witness, or potential witness” while going to court proceedings. It includes arrests inside courthouses and in parking lots, surrounding sidewalks and entryways.
“The fair administration of justice requires that courts remain open and accessible, and that litigants and witnesses may appear without fear of civil arrest,” the order states.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security defended the practice of making arrests at courthouses, calling it “common sense.”
“We aren’t some medieval kingdom; there are no legal sanctuaries where you can hide and avoid the consequences for breaking the law,” DHS said in a Wednesday statement. “Nothing in the constitution prohibits arresting a lawbreaker where you find them.”
Immigration advocates decry immigration enforcement outside courthouses
Local immigration and legal advocates, including the county’s public defender’s office, have called for an order like this, saying clients were avoiding court out of fear of being detained. The office has confirmed at least a dozen immigration arrests at or near county courthouses since the end of July, when representatives said they've seen U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's presence outside courthouses increase.
“I have had numerous conversations with clients who are presented with a difficult decision of either missing court and receiving an arrest warrant or coming to court and risk being arrested by ICE," Cruz Rodriguez, an assistant public defender with the office’s immigration division, said at a news conference earlier this month.
Domestic violence advocacy organizations also signed on to a petition earlier this month calling for Cook County Circuit Chief Judge Timothy Evans to issue the order. This comes after advocates said a woman was was arrested by ICE last month while entering the domestic violence courthouse.
Van Brunt, director of MacArthur Justice Center’s Illinois office, which filed the petition, said she was “gratified” by Evans' order.
"This is a necessary and overdue action to ensure that the people of Cook County can access the courts without fear," she said in a Wednesday statement to The Associated Press.
Evans said justice “depends on every individual’s ability to appear in court without fear or obstruction.”
“Our courthouses remain places where all people — regardless of their background or circumstance — should be able to safely and confidently participate in the judicial process,” Evans said in a statement.
ICE tactics outside courthouses seen across country
The tactic of detaining people at courthouses in the Chicago area is part of a larger jump in courthouse immigration arrests across the country. The flurry of immigration enforcement operations at courthouses has been condemned by judicial officials and legal organizations, and has drawn lawsuits from some states and the adoption of bills seeking to block the practice.
In June, President Donald Trump's administration sued the state of New York over a 2020 law barring federal immigration agents from making arrests at state, city and other municipal courthouses.
Statehouse Democrats vow to adopt resolutions condemning federal immigration crackdown
Opening the second day of the six-day fall legislative session in Springfield, Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch decried the federal government’s immigration squeeze and vowed that his majority Democrats would use floor time Wednesday to adopt resolutions condemning the action.
“We won’t sit back and let our democracy be taken from us,” Welch said at the Capitol, surrounded by two dozen of his caucus members
Questioned about the practical impact of resolutions, Welch said there also are discussions about legislation to restrict federal agents’ patrol statewide. He lambasted reports of ICE arrests in medical facilities and applauded Evans’ ruling prohibiting warrantless arrests near courthouses.
“If we can do something similar statewide, I’d love to get that done," Welch said. "These should be safe spaces.”
Republicans questioned their opponents' sincerity. Debating a resolution condemning political violence, GOP Rep. Adam Niemerg noted incendiary language from Gov. JB Pritzker — in the spring he called for “street fighters” to oppose the administration — although the governor has not espoused violence. Rep. Nicole La Ha, who said she has received death threats, accused Democrats of trying to stifle opposition.
“This is not a stand against violence,” La Ha said. “It is a tasteless tactic to punish dissent and difference of opinion.”
Illinois governor denounces tear gas use on protesters
Meanwhile, Pritzker suggested federal agents may have violated a ruling by a federal judge last week that said they could not use tear gas, pepper spray and other weapons on journalists and peaceful protesters after a coalition of news outlets and protesters sued over the actions of federal agents during protests outside a Chicago-area ICE facility. Pritzker said he expected the attorneys involved to “go back to court to make sure that is enforced against ICE”
“ICE is causing this mayhem," he said. "They’re the ones throwing tear gas when people are peacefully protesting.”
The comments also come after Pritzker denounced Border Patrol agents for using tear gas on protesters who gathered Tuesday after a high-speed chase on a residential street on Chicago's South Side.
A few protesters also gathered Wednesday afternoon outside an ICE facility in the west Chicago suburb of Broadview, where a fence that has been at the center of a recent lawsuit had come down.
A judge ordered ICE to remove the fence after the village of Broadview sued federal authorities for “illegally” erecting an 8-foot-tall fence outside the facility, blocking public streets and creating problems for local emergency services trying to access the area. On Monday, state legislators and Black mayors of nearby suburbs gathered outside the facility to demand the fence be removed and announce an executive order limiting protests in the area to designated zones. Trump has long targeted Black mayors in large Democratic cities, many of whom have voiced solidarity with one another in recent months amid federal interventions in their areas.
Community efforts to oppose ICE have also ramped up in the nation’s third-largest city, where neighborhood groups have assembled to monitor ICE activity and film any incidents involving federal agents in their areas.
On Tuesday, hundreds of people attended “Whistlemania” events across the city and made thousands of “whistle kits” with whistles, “Know Your Rights” flyers and instructions on how to use them to alert neighbors of when immigration enforcement agents are nearby.
An increasing number of GoFundMe pages have also been launched to pay for legal costs for community members detained by ICE, most recently a landscaper and father of three children detained earlier this month.
County judge in Chicago area bars ICE from arresting people at court
Detaining residents outside courthouses has been a common tactic for federal agents, who have been stationed outside county courthouses for weeks, making arrests and drawing crowds of protesters.
The order, which was signed Tuesday night and took effect Wednesday, bars the civil arrest of any “party, witness, or potential witness” while going to court proceedings. It includes arrests inside courthouses and in parking lots, surrounding sidewalks and entryways.
“The fair administration of justice requires that courts remain open and accessible, and that litigants and witnesses may appear without fear of civil arrest,” the order states.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security defended the practice of making arrests at courthouses, calling it “common sense.”
“We aren’t some medieval kingdom; there are no legal sanctuaries where you can hide and avoid the consequences for breaking the law,” DHS said in a Wednesday statement. “Nothing in the constitution prohibits arresting a lawbreaker where you find them.”
Immigration advocates decry immigration enforcement outside courthouses
Local immigration and legal advocates, including the county’s public defender’s office, have called for an order like this, saying clients were avoiding court out of fear of being detained. The office has confirmed at least a dozen immigration arrests at or near county courthouses since the end of July, when representatives said they've seen U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's presence outside courthouses increase.
“I have had numerous conversations with clients who are presented with a difficult decision of either missing court and receiving an arrest warrant or coming to court and risk being arrested by ICE," Cruz Rodriguez, an assistant public defender with the office’s immigration division, said at a news conference earlier this month.
Domestic violence advocacy organizations also signed on to a petition earlier this month calling for Cook County Circuit Chief Judge Timothy Evans to issue the order. This comes after advocates said a woman was was arrested by ICE last month while entering the domestic violence courthouse.
Van Brunt, director of MacArthur Justice Center’s Illinois office, which filed the petition, said she was “gratified” by Evans' order.
"This is a necessary and overdue action to ensure that the people of Cook County can access the courts without fear," she said in a Wednesday statement to The Associated Press.
Evans said justice “depends on every individual’s ability to appear in court without fear or obstruction.”
“Our courthouses remain places where all people — regardless of their background or circumstance — should be able to safely and confidently participate in the judicial process,” Evans said in a statement.
ICE tactics outside courthouses seen across country
The tactic of detaining people at courthouses in the Chicago area is part of a larger jump in courthouse immigration arrests across the country. The flurry of immigration enforcement operations at courthouses has been condemned by judicial officials and legal organizations, and has drawn lawsuits from some states and the adoption of bills seeking to block the practice.
In June, President Donald Trump's administration sued the state of New York over a 2020 law barring federal immigration agents from making arrests at state, city and other municipal courthouses.
Statehouse Democrats vow to adopt resolutions condemning federal immigration crackdown
Opening the second day of the six-day fall legislative session in Springfield, Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch decried the federal government’s immigration squeeze and vowed that his majority Democrats would use floor time Wednesday to adopt resolutions condemning the action.
“We won’t sit back and let our democracy be taken from us,” Welch said at the Capitol, surrounded by two dozen of his caucus members
Questioned about the practical impact of resolutions, Welch said there also are discussions about legislation to restrict federal agents’ patrol statewide. He lambasted reports of ICE arrests in medical facilities and applauded Evans’ ruling prohibiting warrantless arrests near courthouses.
“If we can do something similar statewide, I’d love to get that done," Welch said. "These should be safe spaces.”
Republicans questioned their opponents' sincerity. Debating a resolution condemning political violence, GOP Rep. Adam Niemerg noted incendiary language from Gov. JB Pritzker — in the spring he called for “street fighters” to oppose the administration — although the governor has not espoused violence. Rep. Nicole La Ha, who said she has received death threats, accused Democrats of trying to stifle opposition.
“This is not a stand against violence,” La Ha said. “It is a tasteless tactic to punish dissent and difference of opinion.”
Illinois governor denounces tear gas use on protesters
Meanwhile, Pritzker suggested federal agents may have violated a ruling by a federal judge last week that said they could not use tear gas, pepper spray and other weapons on journalists and peaceful protesters after a coalition of news outlets and protesters sued over the actions of federal agents during protests outside a Chicago-area ICE facility. Pritzker said he expected the attorneys involved to “go back to court to make sure that is enforced against ICE”
“ICE is causing this mayhem," he said. "They’re the ones throwing tear gas when people are peacefully protesting.”
The comments also come after Pritzker denounced Border Patrol agents for using tear gas on protesters who gathered Tuesday after a high-speed chase on a residential street on Chicago's South Side.
A few protesters also gathered Wednesday afternoon outside an ICE facility in the west Chicago suburb of Broadview, where a fence that has been at the center of a recent lawsuit had come down.
A judge ordered ICE to remove the fence after the village of Broadview sued federal authorities for “illegally” erecting an 8-foot-tall fence outside the facility, blocking public streets and creating problems for local emergency services trying to access the area. On Monday, state legislators and Black mayors of nearby suburbs gathered outside the facility to demand the fence be removed and announce an executive order limiting protests in the area to designated zones. Trump has long targeted Black mayors in large Democratic cities, many of whom have voiced solidarity with one another in recent months amid federal interventions in their areas.
Community efforts to oppose ICE have also ramped up in the nation’s third-largest city, where neighborhood groups have assembled to monitor ICE activity and film any incidents involving federal agents in their areas.
On Tuesday, hundreds of people attended “Whistlemania” events across the city and made thousands of “whistle kits” with whistles, “Know Your Rights” flyers and instructions on how to use them to alert neighbors of when immigration enforcement agents are nearby.
An increasing number of GoFundMe pages have also been launched to pay for legal costs for community members detained by ICE, most recently a landscaper and father of three children detained earlier this month.
County judge in Chicago area bars ICE from arresting people at court
A federal judge temporarily blocked the latest round of firings from President Donald Trump, finding it was "illegal," an "excess of authority," and was "arbitrary and capricious."
Trump and his Office of Management and Budget director, Russ Vought, announced that during the government shutdown, they would fire thousands of people across the government.
The American Federation of Government Employees and other federal labor unions requested a temporary restraining order while the case about the legality moves through the courts.
U.S. District Judge Susan Illston made it clear that she agreed and approved the temporary restraining order, The Associated Press reported. She noted in court that she was "inclined" to agree to the restraining order because, despite the government shutdown, laws must still be followed, GovEx's Eric Katz said on X.
The Trump administration has "taken advantage of the lapse in government spending, in government functioning, to assume that that all bets are off, that the laws don't apply to them anymore," she said.
Trump's shutdown purge hits major snag with court block
Trump and his Office of Management and Budget director, Russ Vought, announced that during the government shutdown, they would fire thousands of people across the government.
The American Federation of Government Employees and other federal labor unions requested a temporary restraining order while the case about the legality moves through the courts.
U.S. District Judge Susan Illston made it clear that she agreed and approved the temporary restraining order, The Associated Press reported. She noted in court that she was "inclined" to agree to the restraining order because, despite the government shutdown, laws must still be followed, GovEx's Eric Katz said on X.
The Trump administration has "taken advantage of the lapse in government spending, in government functioning, to assume that that all bets are off, that the laws don't apply to them anymore," she said.
Trump's shutdown purge hits major snag with court block
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Wednesday he will withhold $40 million from California because it is the only state that is failing to enforce English language requirements for truckers.
An investigation launched after a deadly Florida crash involving a foreign truck driver who made an illegal U-turn on Aug. 12 found what Duffy called significant failures in the way California is enforcing rules that took effect in June after one of President Donald Trump’s executive orders. California had issued the driver a commercial license, but these English rules predate the crash.
Truckers are supposed to be disqualified if they can’t demonstrate English proficiency, and Duffy said the driver involved in the crash should not have been given a commercial license because of his immigration status. The crash has become increasingly political, with the governors of California and Florida criticizing each other and Duffy highlighting the administration’s immigration concerns in interviews.
“California is the only state in the nation that refuses to ensure big rig drivers can read our road signs and communicate with law enforcement. This is a fundamental safety issue that impacts you and your family on America’s road,” Duffy said.
California defended its practices in a formal response to the Transportation Department last month, but federal officials weren't satisfied.
The office of California Gov. Gavin Newsom quickly pushed back after the announcement Wednesday. Diana Crofts-Pelayo, a spokesperson for the governor, said statistics show that California commercial truck drivers have a lower crash rate than the national average.
But Duffy said when he announced his concerns in August that California had conducted roughly 34,000 inspections that found at least one violation since the new language standards took effect. But only one inspection involved an English language rules violation that resulted in a driver being taken out of service. And 23 drivers with violations in other states were allowed to continue driving after inspections in California.
The Transportation Department said that to get this funding reinstated, California must adopt regulations to enforce the English rules and ensure that state inspectors are testing truck drivers' English skills during roadside inspections and pulling anyone that fails out of service.
In addition to this English language issue, Duffy has threatened to pull another $160 million from California because of the way the state issues commercial drivers licenses. Duffy significantly restricted who can qualify for those licenses last month.
Three people died when truck driver Harjinder Singh made an illegal U-turn on a highway about 50 miles (80 kilometers) north of West Palm Beach and a minivan slammed into his trailer, according to Florida’s Highway Patrol. Singh and his passenger were not injured.
He is being held without bond after being charged with three state counts of vehicular homicide and immigration violations. His lawyer has previously declined to comment on the case.
The crash received intense scrutiny because of questions about Singh's immigration status and because investigators said he failed an English proficiency test afterward. Duffy and Florida officials blamed California as well as Washington state for issuing him a commercial driver's license.
But California officials said he had a valid work permit at the time. And New Mexico released video of a traffic stop that showed Singh communicating with an officer effectively after he was pulled over there in July.
Duffy, President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis have all be trading barbs with Newsom over the crash and whether Singh should have been driving a truck.
Newsom’s office said California followed all the rules when it issued a license for Singh in July 2024, while the federal government confirmed at that time that he was in the country legally.
Duffy and Florida authorities have said Singh, who is from India, entered the country illegally from Mexico in 2018.
Josh Funk, The Associated Press
Federal government to withhold $40M from California for not enforcing trucker English requirements
An investigation launched after a deadly Florida crash involving a foreign truck driver who made an illegal U-turn on Aug. 12 found what Duffy called significant failures in the way California is enforcing rules that took effect in June after one of President Donald Trump’s executive orders. California had issued the driver a commercial license, but these English rules predate the crash.
Truckers are supposed to be disqualified if they can’t demonstrate English proficiency, and Duffy said the driver involved in the crash should not have been given a commercial license because of his immigration status. The crash has become increasingly political, with the governors of California and Florida criticizing each other and Duffy highlighting the administration’s immigration concerns in interviews.
“California is the only state in the nation that refuses to ensure big rig drivers can read our road signs and communicate with law enforcement. This is a fundamental safety issue that impacts you and your family on America’s road,” Duffy said.
California defended its practices in a formal response to the Transportation Department last month, but federal officials weren't satisfied.
The office of California Gov. Gavin Newsom quickly pushed back after the announcement Wednesday. Diana Crofts-Pelayo, a spokesperson for the governor, said statistics show that California commercial truck drivers have a lower crash rate than the national average.
But Duffy said when he announced his concerns in August that California had conducted roughly 34,000 inspections that found at least one violation since the new language standards took effect. But only one inspection involved an English language rules violation that resulted in a driver being taken out of service. And 23 drivers with violations in other states were allowed to continue driving after inspections in California.
The Transportation Department said that to get this funding reinstated, California must adopt regulations to enforce the English rules and ensure that state inspectors are testing truck drivers' English skills during roadside inspections and pulling anyone that fails out of service.
In addition to this English language issue, Duffy has threatened to pull another $160 million from California because of the way the state issues commercial drivers licenses. Duffy significantly restricted who can qualify for those licenses last month.
Three people died when truck driver Harjinder Singh made an illegal U-turn on a highway about 50 miles (80 kilometers) north of West Palm Beach and a minivan slammed into his trailer, according to Florida’s Highway Patrol. Singh and his passenger were not injured.
He is being held without bond after being charged with three state counts of vehicular homicide and immigration violations. His lawyer has previously declined to comment on the case.
The crash received intense scrutiny because of questions about Singh's immigration status and because investigators said he failed an English proficiency test afterward. Duffy and Florida officials blamed California as well as Washington state for issuing him a commercial driver's license.
But California officials said he had a valid work permit at the time. And New Mexico released video of a traffic stop that showed Singh communicating with an officer effectively after he was pulled over there in July.
Duffy, President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis have all be trading barbs with Newsom over the crash and whether Singh should have been driving a truck.
Newsom’s office said California followed all the rules when it issued a license for Singh in July 2024, while the federal government confirmed at that time that he was in the country legally.
Duffy and Florida authorities have said Singh, who is from India, entered the country illegally from Mexico in 2018.
Josh Funk, The Associated Press
Federal government to withhold $40M from California for not enforcing trucker English requirements
A federal judge appointed by President Donald Trump issued a temporary restraining order blocking his administration from deploying troops to Oregon. Judge Karin Immergut, who was nominated by Trump in 2019, ruled against the president’s attempt amid ongoing protests, citing concerns over “military intrusion into civilian affairs.”
Legal battle
Oregon sued to block Trump’s troop deployment to Portland. (MEGA)© Knewz (CA)
Legal troubles began after the State of Oregon filed suit to stop Trump from sending troops to Portland, a city he described as “war-ravaged” due to anti-ICE demonstrations. Judge Immergut sided with Oregon, issuing the restraining order and warning the deployment could cause irreparable harm to the state.
Judge’s response
Immergut warned of protecting state sovereignty. (Wesley Tingey/Unsplash)© Knewz (CA)
In her opinion, Immergut emphasized protecting state sovereignty, warning that Oregon would suffer if the deployment went ahead. “The public has a profound interest in prevent[ing] irreparable injury. … As soon as the federalized National Guard deploys to Portland, the state of Oregon will suffer an injury to its sovereignty. … The impact on Defendants, if any, is therefore de minimis,” she wrote.
Military power
The judge referenced America’s resistance to military interference. (Filip Andrejevic/Unsplash)© Knewz (CA)
Immergut also referenced America’s historic resistance to military interference in civilian matters. “Furthermore, this country has a longstanding and foundational tradition of resistance to government overreach, especially in the form of military intrusion into civil affairs. … This historical tradition boils down to a simple proposition: This is a nation of Constitutional law, not martial law,” she wrote. She then warned that arguments made by Trump’s legal team risked “blurring the line between civil and military federal power — to the detriment of this nation.”
Order stands
The restraining order is still active. (MEGA)© Knewz (CA)
The restraining order remains in effect after the judge rejected a motion from Trump’s legal team to pause or stay the order. “The Defendants’ request to stay or administratively stay the Temporary Restraining Order … is DENIED,” Immergut ruled.
Trump gets shut down by judge he appointed
Legal battle
Oregon sued to block Trump’s troop deployment to Portland. (MEGA)© Knewz (CA)
Legal troubles began after the State of Oregon filed suit to stop Trump from sending troops to Portland, a city he described as “war-ravaged” due to anti-ICE demonstrations. Judge Immergut sided with Oregon, issuing the restraining order and warning the deployment could cause irreparable harm to the state.
Judge’s response
Immergut warned of protecting state sovereignty. (Wesley Tingey/Unsplash)© Knewz (CA)
In her opinion, Immergut emphasized protecting state sovereignty, warning that Oregon would suffer if the deployment went ahead. “The public has a profound interest in prevent[ing] irreparable injury. … As soon as the federalized National Guard deploys to Portland, the state of Oregon will suffer an injury to its sovereignty. … The impact on Defendants, if any, is therefore de minimis,” she wrote.
Military power
The judge referenced America’s resistance to military interference. (Filip Andrejevic/Unsplash)© Knewz (CA)
Immergut also referenced America’s historic resistance to military interference in civilian matters. “Furthermore, this country has a longstanding and foundational tradition of resistance to government overreach, especially in the form of military intrusion into civil affairs. … This historical tradition boils down to a simple proposition: This is a nation of Constitutional law, not martial law,” she wrote. She then warned that arguments made by Trump’s legal team risked “blurring the line between civil and military federal power — to the detriment of this nation.”
Order stands
The restraining order is still active. (MEGA)© Knewz (CA)
The restraining order remains in effect after the judge rejected a motion from Trump’s legal team to pause or stay the order. “The Defendants’ request to stay or administratively stay the Temporary Restraining Order … is DENIED,” Immergut ruled.
Trump gets shut down by judge he appointed
A federal judge in Illinois says she has "serious concerns" about whether or not federal law enforcement agents are following her orders to avoid "violent encounters with protesters and journalists inChicago," reports CNN.
On Thursday, US District Court Judge Sara Ellis said “I’m a little startled frankly, that since Thursday when I entered the (temporary restraining order) last week, I’m getting and seeing images on the news, in the paper, reading reports, where at least from what I’m seeing, I’m having serious concerns that my order’s being followed."
Ellis – an Obama appointee – issued a temporary restraining order last week after a group of local journalists and protesters sued the Trump administration, saying federal law enforcement agents were targeting people engaging in peaceful activity, including multiple reporters who said they were fired with pepper balls despite being identified as press, reports CNN.
Video of a pastor being repeatedly shot by pepper balls during a demonstration outside at an ICE facility near Chicago earlier this month drew widespread outcry, CNN says.
Saying she was "really not happy," Ellis said she was expanding her order.
“I am adding that all agents who are operating in Operation Midway Blitz are to wear body-worn cameras, and they are to be on,” the judge said in court.
“There’s a reason the Chicago Police Department has policies about car chases and where they occur, and where they need to stop,” said the judge.
“The issue is that DHS is using force in a manner that violates the constitutional rights of peaceful protesters, journalists and, essentially, clergy members,” the judge said, adding “You can’t shoot ‘em in the head. You can’t deploy tear gas. You can’t use flash-bang grenades. You can’t drive a car through a crowd.”
Social media reacted to this news down party lines. While MAGA on X were calling the judge out for being an "activist judge," the more left-leaning BlueSky crowd had other criticisms.
'Not happy': Judge demands answers over 'serious concerns' Trump officials are ignoring her order
On Thursday, US District Court Judge Sara Ellis said “I’m a little startled frankly, that since Thursday when I entered the (temporary restraining order) last week, I’m getting and seeing images on the news, in the paper, reading reports, where at least from what I’m seeing, I’m having serious concerns that my order’s being followed."
Ellis – an Obama appointee – issued a temporary restraining order last week after a group of local journalists and protesters sued the Trump administration, saying federal law enforcement agents were targeting people engaging in peaceful activity, including multiple reporters who said they were fired with pepper balls despite being identified as press, reports CNN.
Video of a pastor being repeatedly shot by pepper balls during a demonstration outside at an ICE facility near Chicago earlier this month drew widespread outcry, CNN says.
Saying she was "really not happy," Ellis said she was expanding her order.
“I am adding that all agents who are operating in Operation Midway Blitz are to wear body-worn cameras, and they are to be on,” the judge said in court.
“There’s a reason the Chicago Police Department has policies about car chases and where they occur, and where they need to stop,” said the judge.
“The issue is that DHS is using force in a manner that violates the constitutional rights of peaceful protesters, journalists and, essentially, clergy members,” the judge said, adding “You can’t shoot ‘em in the head. You can’t deploy tear gas. You can’t use flash-bang grenades. You can’t drive a car through a crowd.”
Social media reacted to this news down party lines. While MAGA on X were calling the judge out for being an "activist judge," the more left-leaning BlueSky crowd had other criticisms.
'Not happy': Judge demands answers over 'serious concerns' Trump officials are ignoring her order
CHICAGO (AP) — Troubled by clashes between agents and the public, a judge on Thursday ordered federal immigration officers in the Chicago area to wear body cameras and also summoned a senior official to court next week to discuss an enforcement operation that has resulted in more than 1,000 arrests.
U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis said she was a “little startled” after seeing TV images of street confrontations that involved tear gas and other tactics during President Donald Trump's administration's immigration crackdown in the nation's third-largest city.
“I live in Chicago if folks haven’t noticed,” she said. “And I’m not blind, right?”
Community efforts to oppose U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement have ramped up in Chicago, where neighborhood groups have assembled to monitor ICE activity and film incidents involving agents. More than 1,000 immigrants have been arrested since September.
An immigration enforcement building in Broadview, outside Chicago, as been the site of regular protests. The Trump administration has tried to deploy National Guard troops in Illinois, in part to patrol at the Broadview location, but the strategy was halted last weekby a different federal judge.
Ellis last week said agents in the area must wear badges, and she banned them from using certain riot control techniques against peaceful protesters and journalists.
"I’m having concerns about my order being followed,” the judge said.
“I am adding that all agents who are operating in Operation Midway Blitz are to wear body-worn cameras, and they are to be on,” Ellis said, referring to the government's name for the crackdown.
U.S. Justice Department attorney Sean Skedzielewski laid blame with “one-sided and selectively edited media reports.” He also said it wouldn't be possible to immediately distribute cameras.
"I understand that. I would not be expecting agents to wear body-worn cameras they do not have,” Ellis said, adding that the details could be worked out later.
She said cameras would provide evidence to back up how agents handle confrontations with protesters. Ellis said the field director of the enforcement effort must appear in court Monday.
Gov. JB Pritzker praised the judge’s ruling, saying the government's statements about arrests and other incidents, including last month’s fatal shooting of a suburban Chicago man, have often been inaccurate.
“They clearly lie about what goes on,” he told reporters. “It’s hard for us to know right away what the truth is.”
In 2024, Immigration and Customs Enforcement began deploying about 1,600 body cameras to agents assigned to Enforcement and Removal Operations.
At the time, officials said they would be provided to agents in Baltimore, Philadelphia, Washington, Buffalo, New York and Detroit. Other Homeland Security Department agencies require some agents to wear cameras. U.S. Customs and Border Protection has released body-camera video when force has been used by its agents or officers.
Earlier this week, a Cook County judge barred ICE from arresting people at courthouses in Chicago and the suburbs.
Christine Fernando, The Associated Press
Federal immigration officers in Chicago area will be required to wear body cameras, judge says
U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis said she was a “little startled” after seeing TV images of street confrontations that involved tear gas and other tactics during President Donald Trump's administration's immigration crackdown in the nation's third-largest city.
“I live in Chicago if folks haven’t noticed,” she said. “And I’m not blind, right?”
Community efforts to oppose U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement have ramped up in Chicago, where neighborhood groups have assembled to monitor ICE activity and film incidents involving agents. More than 1,000 immigrants have been arrested since September.
An immigration enforcement building in Broadview, outside Chicago, as been the site of regular protests. The Trump administration has tried to deploy National Guard troops in Illinois, in part to patrol at the Broadview location, but the strategy was halted last weekby a different federal judge.
Ellis last week said agents in the area must wear badges, and she banned them from using certain riot control techniques against peaceful protesters and journalists.
"I’m having concerns about my order being followed,” the judge said.
“I am adding that all agents who are operating in Operation Midway Blitz are to wear body-worn cameras, and they are to be on,” Ellis said, referring to the government's name for the crackdown.
U.S. Justice Department attorney Sean Skedzielewski laid blame with “one-sided and selectively edited media reports.” He also said it wouldn't be possible to immediately distribute cameras.
"I understand that. I would not be expecting agents to wear body-worn cameras they do not have,” Ellis said, adding that the details could be worked out later.
She said cameras would provide evidence to back up how agents handle confrontations with protesters. Ellis said the field director of the enforcement effort must appear in court Monday.
Gov. JB Pritzker praised the judge’s ruling, saying the government's statements about arrests and other incidents, including last month’s fatal shooting of a suburban Chicago man, have often been inaccurate.
“They clearly lie about what goes on,” he told reporters. “It’s hard for us to know right away what the truth is.”
In 2024, Immigration and Customs Enforcement began deploying about 1,600 body cameras to agents assigned to Enforcement and Removal Operations.
At the time, officials said they would be provided to agents in Baltimore, Philadelphia, Washington, Buffalo, New York and Detroit. Other Homeland Security Department agencies require some agents to wear cameras. U.S. Customs and Border Protection has released body-camera video when force has been used by its agents or officers.
Earlier this week, a Cook County judge barred ICE from arresting people at courthouses in Chicago and the suburbs.
Christine Fernando, The Associated Press
Federal immigration officers in Chicago area will be required to wear body cameras, judge says
A federal appeals court Thursday blocked the National Guard from deploying in Illinois, saying "the facts do not justify the President's actions" and rejecting the Trump administration’s request to put a hold on a court ruling that temporarily blocks the troops' deployment, according to reports.
This ruling allows a temporary restraining order against the guard deployment issued by U.S. District Judge April Perry in Chicago on Oct. 9 to remain in place, Reuters reports.
The restraining order is set to expire on Oct. 23; however, Perry has added a hearing the day before to see if it should be extended beyond that date.
"We conclude that the district court's factual findings … were not clearly erroneous, and that the facts do not justify the President's actions."
Trump has sent National Guard troops to multiple cities, including Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Memphis and Chicago. He has signaled plans to send them to other cities, including Portland, Oregon.
Trump's National Guard move dealt a major blow
This ruling allows a temporary restraining order against the guard deployment issued by U.S. District Judge April Perry in Chicago on Oct. 9 to remain in place, Reuters reports.
The restraining order is set to expire on Oct. 23; however, Perry has added a hearing the day before to see if it should be extended beyond that date.
"We conclude that the district court's factual findings … were not clearly erroneous, and that the facts do not justify the President's actions."
Trump has sent National Guard troops to multiple cities, including Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Memphis and Chicago. He has signaled plans to send them to other cities, including Portland, Oregon.
Trump's National Guard move dealt a major blow
CHICAGO (AP) — Troubled by clashes between agents and the public, a judge on Thursday ordered federal immigration officers in the Chicago area to wear body cameras and also summoned a senior official to court next week to discuss an enforcement operation that has resulted in more than 1,000 arrests.
U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis said she was a “little startled” after seeing TV images of street confrontations that involved tear gas and other tactics during President Donald Trump's administration's immigration crackdown in the nation's third-largest city.
“I live in Chicago if folks haven’t noticed,” she said. “And I’m not blind, right?”
Community efforts to oppose U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement have ramped up in Chicago, where neighborhood groups have assembled to monitor ICE activity and film incidents involving agents. More than 1,000 immigrants have been arrested since September.
An immigration enforcement building in Broadview, outside Chicago, as been the site of regular protests. The Trump administration has tried to deploy National Guard troops in Illinois, in part to patrol at the Broadview location, but the strategy was halted last week by a different federal judge.
Illinois governor applauds judge’s ruling requiring immigration agents wear body cameras
Ellis last week said agents in the area must wear badges, and she banned them from using certain riot control techniques against peaceful protesters and journalists.
"I’m having concerns about my order being followed,” the judge said.
“I am adding that all agents who are operating in Operation Midway Blitz are to wear body-worn cameras, and they are to be on,” Ellis said, referring to the government's name for the crackdown.
U.S. Justice Department attorney Sean Skedzielewski laid blame with “one-sided and selectively edited media reports.” He also said it wouldn't be possible to immediately distribute cameras.
"I understand that. I would not be expecting agents to wear body-worn cameras they do not have,” Ellis said, adding that the details could be worked out later.
She said cameras would provide evidence to back up how agents handle confrontations with protesters. Ellis said the field director of the enforcement effort must appear in court Monday.
Gov. JB Pritzker praised the judge’s ruling, saying the government's statements about arrests and other incidents, including last month’s fatal shooting of a suburban Chicago man, have often been inaccurate.
“They clearly lie about what goes on,” he told reporters. “It’s hard for us to know right away what the truth is.”
In 2024, Immigration and Customs Enforcement began deploying about 1,600 body cameras to agents assigned to Enforcement and Removal Operations.
At the time, officials said they would be provided to agents in Baltimore, Philadelphia, Washington, Buffalo, New York and Detroit. Other Homeland Security Department agencies require some agents to wear cameras. U.S. Customs and Border Protection has released body-camera video when force has been used by its agents or officers.
Earlier this week, a Cook County judge barred ICE from arresting people at courthouses in Chicago and the suburbs.
Christine Fernando, The Associated Press
Federal immigration officers in Chicago area will be required to wear body cameras, judge says
U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis said she was a “little startled” after seeing TV images of street confrontations that involved tear gas and other tactics during President Donald Trump's administration's immigration crackdown in the nation's third-largest city.
“I live in Chicago if folks haven’t noticed,” she said. “And I’m not blind, right?”
Community efforts to oppose U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement have ramped up in Chicago, where neighborhood groups have assembled to monitor ICE activity and film incidents involving agents. More than 1,000 immigrants have been arrested since September.
An immigration enforcement building in Broadview, outside Chicago, as been the site of regular protests. The Trump administration has tried to deploy National Guard troops in Illinois, in part to patrol at the Broadview location, but the strategy was halted last week by a different federal judge.
Illinois governor applauds judge’s ruling requiring immigration agents wear body cameras
Ellis last week said agents in the area must wear badges, and she banned them from using certain riot control techniques against peaceful protesters and journalists.
"I’m having concerns about my order being followed,” the judge said.
“I am adding that all agents who are operating in Operation Midway Blitz are to wear body-worn cameras, and they are to be on,” Ellis said, referring to the government's name for the crackdown.
U.S. Justice Department attorney Sean Skedzielewski laid blame with “one-sided and selectively edited media reports.” He also said it wouldn't be possible to immediately distribute cameras.
"I understand that. I would not be expecting agents to wear body-worn cameras they do not have,” Ellis said, adding that the details could be worked out later.
She said cameras would provide evidence to back up how agents handle confrontations with protesters. Ellis said the field director of the enforcement effort must appear in court Monday.
Gov. JB Pritzker praised the judge’s ruling, saying the government's statements about arrests and other incidents, including last month’s fatal shooting of a suburban Chicago man, have often been inaccurate.
“They clearly lie about what goes on,” he told reporters. “It’s hard for us to know right away what the truth is.”
In 2024, Immigration and Customs Enforcement began deploying about 1,600 body cameras to agents assigned to Enforcement and Removal Operations.
At the time, officials said they would be provided to agents in Baltimore, Philadelphia, Washington, Buffalo, New York and Detroit. Other Homeland Security Department agencies require some agents to wear cameras. U.S. Customs and Border Protection has released body-camera video when force has been used by its agents or officers.
Earlier this week, a Cook County judge barred ICE from arresting people at courthouses in Chicago and the suburbs.
Christine Fernando, The Associated Press
Federal immigration officers in Chicago area will be required to wear body cameras, judge says
President Donald Trump's Justice Department has been pressuring an acting U.S. attorney to indict Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) even though she hasn't been able to make a legitimate case for it, according to a report.
Writing for MSNBC.com on Thursday, Carol Leonnig, Vaughn Hillyard, Ken Dilanian, and Lisa Rubin collaborated on a report revealing that Kelly O. Hayes, a career prosecutor in Maryland, was specifically pressured by Ed Martin, who is running the "weaponization task force" investigations.
"She has chosen to move forward with a case she feels has merit and that will also be welcomed by the White House: to prosecute Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton on charges related to mishandling classified information," MSNBC reported, citing its sources. "Hayes has told colleagues she believes some charges against Bolton are reasonable and warranted, a case involving mishandling of classified information that began under the Biden administration."
The Maryland office has conducted interviews with witnesses as part of the grand jury, alleging that he committed bank fraud by purchasing a second home in Maryland. She feared being fired after stating that the facts simply aren't there to bring a case against Schiff, according to sources speaking to MSNBC.
Schiff, according to Leonnig, is much higher on the list of people that Trump wants to target.
"And this what we learned in our reporting in the last several days was that this U.S. attorney, holding on to her job, trying to navigate this painful period while Trump is deciding who gets charged with a crime, regardless of the facts, she has been basically concluding, let's keep moving forward with Bolton because this case has merit," said Leonnig.
Meanwhile, the prosecutor has been "not slow walking, but not rushing to give the final conclusion of her office, which is quickly circling around the conclusion that there are no facts to bring the Adam Schiff criminal case."
Leonnig said that it's going to be "very disappointing" to several Trump appointees.
Prosecutor couldn't charge Adam Schiff — so she went after John Bolton instead: report
Writing for MSNBC.com on Thursday, Carol Leonnig, Vaughn Hillyard, Ken Dilanian, and Lisa Rubin collaborated on a report revealing that Kelly O. Hayes, a career prosecutor in Maryland, was specifically pressured by Ed Martin, who is running the "weaponization task force" investigations.
"She has chosen to move forward with a case she feels has merit and that will also be welcomed by the White House: to prosecute Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton on charges related to mishandling classified information," MSNBC reported, citing its sources. "Hayes has told colleagues she believes some charges against Bolton are reasonable and warranted, a case involving mishandling of classified information that began under the Biden administration."
The Maryland office has conducted interviews with witnesses as part of the grand jury, alleging that he committed bank fraud by purchasing a second home in Maryland. She feared being fired after stating that the facts simply aren't there to bring a case against Schiff, according to sources speaking to MSNBC.
Schiff, according to Leonnig, is much higher on the list of people that Trump wants to target.
"And this what we learned in our reporting in the last several days was that this U.S. attorney, holding on to her job, trying to navigate this painful period while Trump is deciding who gets charged with a crime, regardless of the facts, she has been basically concluding, let's keep moving forward with Bolton because this case has merit," said Leonnig.
Meanwhile, the prosecutor has been "not slow walking, but not rushing to give the final conclusion of her office, which is quickly circling around the conclusion that there are no facts to bring the Adam Schiff criminal case."
Leonnig said that it's going to be "very disappointing" to several Trump appointees.
Prosecutor couldn't charge Adam Schiff — so she went after John Bolton instead: report
The Trump administration revealed that Health and Human Services Department officials accidentally laid off nearly twice as many people as intended when they issued reduction-in-force notices last week, according to new court filings.
Thomas J. Nagy Jr., HHS Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human Resources, said in a court filing that “[a]s a result of data discrepancies and processing errors,” RIF notices were sent to approximately 1,760 employees last Friday — instead of the intended 982.
“Employees have been working since October 10, 2025, to rescind the notices that had been issued in error,” Nagy wrote. (The administration originally told a federal court in California that between 1,100 and 1,200 employees received RIF notices.) The filing was part of a lawsuit brought by labor unions challenging the administration’s shutdown layoffs guidance.
In guidance sent by HHS that was reviewed by NOTUS, an official broke down the 982 fired employees by agency division.
Among the largest cuts: 596 employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 125 at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; 99 at the Health Resources and Services Administration; and 55 at the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health.
The other impacted offices were the Administration for Children and Families (47 employees); the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (41); the Assistant Secretary for Administration (18); and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (1).
HHS was not the only department to issue far more RIFs than intended.
Justice Department attorneys last week told a federal judge that the administration laid off at least 4,100 employees when it started issuing RIF notices. But government officials have now filed new numbers that show discrepancies.
Administration officials last Friday said they had laid off approximately 176 employees from the Department of Homeland Security. Now, the number is 54.
Officials also said RIF notices were sent to 1,446 employees at the Treasury Department. That number has since been updated to 1,377.
“The situation involving the lapse in appropriations, and RIFs related to that lapse, is fluid and rapidly evolving. As such, any numbers provided, while based on the most current information made available to me at the time of my declaration, are subject to change as agencies are continually finalizing their RIF plans,” Stephen Billy, senior adviser at the Office of Management and Budget, said in the filing explaining the discrepancies.
The administration said last week that the Department of Energy initially had 187 cuts, but that number was updated to 179. Billy, however, clarified that these employees had not been laid off, but instead received “a general RIF notice informing these employees that they may receive a specific notice in the future.”
Additionally, the Department of Commerce initially said 315 people were laid off last Friday. However, on the new Tuesday court filings, the number increased to 600. Billy said that was due to including “RIF notices that were issued on Wednesday, October 1, those issued Friday, October 10, and all others that are known and anticipated for action at this time.”
It is unclear why the Department of Commerce was the only agency whose new numbers included layoffs conducted before the government shutdown.
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Thomas J. Nagy Jr., HHS Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human Resources, said in a court filing that “[a]s a result of data discrepancies and processing errors,” RIF notices were sent to approximately 1,760 employees last Friday — instead of the intended 982.
“Employees have been working since October 10, 2025, to rescind the notices that had been issued in error,” Nagy wrote. (The administration originally told a federal court in California that between 1,100 and 1,200 employees received RIF notices.) The filing was part of a lawsuit brought by labor unions challenging the administration’s shutdown layoffs guidance.
In guidance sent by HHS that was reviewed by NOTUS, an official broke down the 982 fired employees by agency division.
Among the largest cuts: 596 employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 125 at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; 99 at the Health Resources and Services Administration; and 55 at the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health.
The other impacted offices were the Administration for Children and Families (47 employees); the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (41); the Assistant Secretary for Administration (18); and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (1).
HHS was not the only department to issue far more RIFs than intended.
Justice Department attorneys last week told a federal judge that the administration laid off at least 4,100 employees when it started issuing RIF notices. But government officials have now filed new numbers that show discrepancies.
Administration officials last Friday said they had laid off approximately 176 employees from the Department of Homeland Security. Now, the number is 54.
Officials also said RIF notices were sent to 1,446 employees at the Treasury Department. That number has since been updated to 1,377.
“The situation involving the lapse in appropriations, and RIFs related to that lapse, is fluid and rapidly evolving. As such, any numbers provided, while based on the most current information made available to me at the time of my declaration, are subject to change as agencies are continually finalizing their RIF plans,” Stephen Billy, senior adviser at the Office of Management and Budget, said in the filing explaining the discrepancies.
The administration said last week that the Department of Energy initially had 187 cuts, but that number was updated to 179. Billy, however, clarified that these employees had not been laid off, but instead received “a general RIF notice informing these employees that they may receive a specific notice in the future.”
Additionally, the Department of Commerce initially said 315 people were laid off last Friday. However, on the new Tuesday court filings, the number increased to 600. Billy said that was due to including “RIF notices that were issued on Wednesday, October 1, those issued Friday, October 10, and all others that are known and anticipated for action at this time.”
It is unclear why the Department of Commerce was the only agency whose new numbers included layoffs conducted before the government shutdown.
Trump Administration Admits It Laid Off Twice as Many HHS Employees as Intended
A new filing in court said the extra layoffs were due to “data discrepancies and processing errors.”
