Wednesday, February 12, 2025
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Today's Topics
Defense Secretary Hegseth's contractor ties affect $816 billion Pentagon budget
Pete Hegseth's financial relationships with defense contractors raise concerns about Pentagon procurement decisions affecting $816 billion in annual military spending.
ERO sets single-day record with 2,135 sanctuary city arrests
ICE arrested 956 people on January 26, 2025, followed by 1,179 arrests on January 27—the largest single-day totals in agency history—as part of Trump's directive to arrest 3,000 immigrants daily through raids targeting sanctuary cities. The administration simultaneously rescinded "sensitive area" protections for college campuses, hospitals, and schools on January 21, removing decades-old policies that prohibited immigration enforcement at educational institutions. The September 5, 2025 Hyundai Metaplant raid in Georgia arrested 475 workers in the largest workplace sweep of Trump's second term.
200 jurisdictions invoke anti-commandeering doctrine against ICE
Over 200 sanctuary cities and counties refused to comply with Trump administration immigration enforcement demands by February 12, 2025. Cities like San Francisco, New York, and Chicago face federal funding threats but maintain policies protecting immigrant communities, creating the largest federal-local government conflict since the Civil Rights era.