The Department of Homeland Security is allowing certain law enforcement components from the Department of Justice to carry out the "functions" of an immigration officer, according to a new memo sent by the Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Benjamine Huffeman. Huffeman's memo, obtained by ABC News, said the order grants the agencies the "same authority already granted to the FBI." It said that agents can enforce immigration law.The agencies listed in the memo are the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms, the US Marshals Service and the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

The DEA and ATF have had little experience historically in carrying out immigration enforcement. Historically, the US Marshals only get involved when there has been a migrant who has become a fugitive. Earlier this week, it was announced federal immigration authorities will be permitted to target schools and churches after President Donald Trump revoked a directive barring arrests in "sensitive" areas. DHS announced Tuesday it would roll back the policy to "thwart law enforcement in or near so-called sensitive areas." Schools and houses of worship were once deemed off-limits, as were hospitals, funerals, weddings and public demonstrations, but no longer after the announcement. "Criminals will no longer be able to hide in America’s schools and churches to avoid arrest. The Trump Administration will not tie the hands of our brave law enforcement, and instead trusts them to use common sense," Huffeman said Tuesday.

CDFingers wrote: Fri Jan 24, 2025 8:37 am
One should not wonder after those members who disappeared after arguing against Harris/Walz. Any normal person would be ashamed.

CDF

featureless wrote: Fri Jan 24, 2025 9:06 am

CDFingers wrote: Fri Jan 24, 2025 8:37 am
One should not wonder after those members who disappeared after arguing against Harris/Walz. Any normal person would be ashamed.

CDF

That's a pretty lame dig, CDFingers. DNC strategy earned every bit of their loss and Harris/Walz was milquetoast, at best. The DNC/Dems/Biden administration should be ashamed of not bothering with a robust primary, covering Biden's deficiencies, and anointing the least well like candidate from 2020. The election was an unmitigated disaster on the Dems side.

Give the people something to vote for if you want to win. Relying on "I'm not Trump" doesn't seem to have worked. That ain't my or others shame to bear and calling it out here to our vast audience made not one iota of difference.

CDFingers wrote: Fri Jan 24, 2025 10:17 am

featureless wrote: Fri Jan 24, 2025 9:06 am

CDFingers wrote: Fri Jan 24, 2025 8:37 am
One should not wonder after those members who disappeared after arguing against Harris/Walz. Any normal person would be ashamed.

CDF

That's a pretty lame dig, CDFingers. DNC strategy earned every bit of their loss and Harris/Walz was milquetoast, at best. The DNC/Dems/Biden administration should be ashamed of not bothering with a robust primary, covering Biden's deficiencies, and anointing the least well like candidate from 2020. The election was an unmitigated disaster on the Dems side.

Give the people something to vote for if you want to win. Relying on "I'm not Trump" doesn't seem to have worked. That ain't my or others shame to bear and calling it out here to our vast audience made not one iota of difference.

You vote for the candidates you have, not the candidates you should like to have. Truth to fools may be useless--truth usually is to the silo dwellers. Being deliberately foolish has consequences. Life goes on, more uncomfortably for some than others.

on edit: not all energies align with the light of compassion and truth. When found, these energies must be denounced.

CDF

The recent shift from a Democratic to Republican advantage in party affiliation is apparent in most major subgroups of Americans. There have been slightly larger-than-average increases in Republican identification and leaning among Hispanic Americans (from 27% to 36%), young adults (33% to 39%), lower-income Americans (36% to 41%), those without a college degree (45% to 50%), Catholics (42% to 47%) and Black Americans (12% to 17%).

Among the subgroups showing little to no increase in Republican Party affiliation since 2021 are college graduates (from 41% to 42%), adults aged 65 and older (49% to 48%), non-Hispanic White people (53% to 54%), married people (51% to 52%), upper-income (47% to 48%) and middle-income Americans (46% to 47%), political liberals (9% to 10%), and nonreligious Americans (25% to 26%).

When initially asked for their political party identification in 2024, Americans were most likely to identify as independents (43%), with 28% saying they were Democrats and 28% Republicans. Pluralities of at least 39% of Americans have identified as political independents each year since 2011, with the latest figure tying the record high, previously registered in 2014 and 2023.