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SCOTUS detention fight could unleash dangerous criminal migrants onto US streets, experts warns
A Supreme Court battle over whether certain noncitizens with criminal records are entitled to bond hearings during lengthy deportation proceedings could become a public safety concern by making it harder for the federal government to keep some detainees behind bars, legal experts warn.
The Trump administration is asking the justices to take up Genalo v. D.C., a case involving a Dominican citizen with four criminal convictions who has been detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement while fighting removal.
The dispute centers on a Second Circuit precedent requiring a bond hearing when mandatory immigration detention becomes "unreasonably prolonged." At that hearing, the government must prove by clear and convincing evidence that the detainee poses a flight risk or danger to the community.
Chad Mizelle, chair of litigation at the America First Policy Institute and a former acting associate attorney general and Justice Department chief of staff, told Fox News Digital the implications extend beyond immigration law.
"We are talking about criminal aliens here," Mizelle said. "Those are individuals who have been accused of or convicted of an aggravated felony. Accused or convicted of murder. Accused or convicted of child rape. Accused or convicted of grievous harm upon another human being."
"So these are the worst of the worst individuals," Mizelle continued. "Do we want those individuals walking the streets, re-committing, harming other individuals?"
Mizelle argued Congress imposed mandatory detention on certain noncitizens with criminal records to keep them detained during removal proceedings, while the Second Circuit’s prolonged-detention rule could incentivize some detainees to drag out their cases long enough to seek bond.
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The man at the center of the administration’s latest petition, identified in court papers as D.C., is a 62-year-old Dominican citizen who illegally entered the United States and has four criminal convictions, according to court records.
In 1997, D.C. was charged with multiple drug offenses, including selling and possessing a controlled substance. He failed to appear for trial, was convicted by a jury and sentenced in absentia to three to nine years in prison, but did not serve that sentence until 2024. In 2007, he was charged with possessing a forged instrument after presenting false identification to police and again failed to appear in court.
In 2016, D.C. faced several charges stemming from a domestic dispute, including second-degree strangulation, third-degree assault and acting in a manner to injure a child under 17. He pleaded guilty to criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation and also resolved his earlier forged-instrument case with a guilty plea. Later that year, he pleaded guilty to criminal contempt.
D.C. was finally arrested on the outstanding warrant from his 1998 drug conviction in April 2024. After completing his state sentence in September 2025, ICE immediately detained him while his removal proceedings continued.
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The district court subsequently ordered that D.C. receive a bond hearing under binding Second Circuit precedent but denied his separate request for immediate release. The government is now asking the Supreme Court to take the case before the Second Circuit itself rules — an unusual procedure known as certiorari before judgment.
The administration turned to D.C.’s case after two other noncitizens at the center of the same legal fight saw their cases become moot.
One, Carol Williams Black, had been detained for roughly seven months. His case became moot after he received a final order of removal and permanently left the United States. Black was convicted of sexually abusing a child in 2000. The Supreme Court therefore granted review in June only as to the second detainee, G.M.
G.M., a lawful permanent resident from the Dominican Republic, pleaded guilty to second-degree assault in May 2015 after being accused of attacking and robbing a man during a 2012 incident in New York City. He was sentenced to two years in prison and was released early on parole in December 2016 after serving 19 months. ICE arrested G.M. at his home on Oct. 5, 2020, and detained him for 21 months without a bond hearing while removal proceedings continued.
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The Supreme Court was scheduled to hear his case Oct. 13. But in late August, New York Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul granted G.M. a full and unconditional pardon for the assault conviction that had formed the basis for his deportation proceedings and mandatory detention. Solicitor General John Sauer agreed the case was moot, and the Supreme Court dismissed it Sept. 11 without ruling on the merits.
The administration then identified D.C. as its replacement vehicle and asked the justices to hear the same constitutional questions this term.
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Carrie Severino, president of Judicial Crisis Network (JCN), said the dispute is likely to affect many similar immigration cases nationwide.
"This is not a question that's only going to affect D.C., the criminal Dominican national at issue in this case," Severino told Fox News Digital. "This is an issue that's going to affect criminal aliens across the country."
A victory by D.C. would impose new hurdles on the government, including additional hearings and use of resources, Severino said.
"As we know, immigration cases, skipping out on showing up for court dates is incredibly common," she added. "This is not something that I think the court ought to be granting on a regular basis that they'd be letting people out on bond simply on their word that they're going to be coming back when they know that they are likely to be removed."
The case also raises questions about who must prove whether continued detention is necessary. The Second Circuit ruled that the government must prove by clear and convincing evidence that a detainee should remain in custody.
"And so, if the Supreme Court winds up affirming what the Second Circuit held, that means it's going to be harder for the government to be able to detain this particular population of criminal aliens or terrorism-linked aliens," Florida State University law professor Michael Morley told Fox News Digital. "There are going to be situations where the government is not able to show that a particular person is either likely to flee or poses a risk of danger and this dangerousness by a heightened or clear and convincing standard."
"It means that these criminal aliens who are already subject to removal proceedings are more likely to be released into the community while those underlying removal proceedings continue to make their way slowly through the adjudicative process," Morley continued.
The Supreme Court has not yet agreed to hear D.C.’s case.
Lindsay Clancy attorney Kevin Reddington fires back at lone holdout juror's attorney after fiery interview
PLYMOUTH, Mass. — Lindsay Clancy's defense attorney Kevin Reddington has fired back after the lawyer of the lone juror who wanted to convict her accused him of filing "Looney Tunes" motions that threaten the Constitution.
"I think Ed ought to learn how to go into the courtroom and articulate his position rather than be a histrionic individual that's just mouthing off for the media," Reddington told Fox News Digital.
Reddington's remarks came in response to social media posts and a recent interview from the juror's attorney, Edward Paltzik, who has argued that Reddington's push for an inquiry into the holdout is "a full-frontal attack on the U.S. Constitution" and a threat to the Sixth Amendment, which guarantees due process rights to criminal defendants.
"Every motion that has been filed is legitimate," Reddington said. "It's all based on sound, law, facts, jury questions, and I'm doing what I should do, representing Lindsay. And I'm pretty sure that Ed would have probably done the same thing, were it in Houston, and he was representing his client."
In an interview with Ray Marcel, a YouTuber who streams under the pseudonym FugitiveTV, Paltzik also called for Clancy's execution, although she hasn't been convicted of any criminal charges and Massachusetts does not impose the death penalty.
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"Ed, why don't you just shut up?" Reddington said. "Really, you foul individual."
However, Reddington joked that he didn't get Paltzik's "Shooter McGavin" reference at first but agreed that it was a funny jab after having someone explain it to him.
Paltzik fired back on Friday.
"It’s really not complicated. I’m not backing down. I’m not backing off of it one inch. It should not be controversial at all that I called Lindsay Clancy a ‘demon.’ …She strangled her three innocent children," he told Fox News Digital.
"My issue with Kevin Reddington is what happened after the mistrial when he got on the courthouse steps. He said Michael had an agenda. He said Michael robbed the other jurors. He said it. And you can’t do that as an officer of the court. It’s an attack on the system. And this motion to investigate him? It’s because Michael disagreed with Kevin Reddington.
"Kevin Reddington was doing his job but the problem is it’s off the rails now. I’m speaking as a criminal defense attorney for almost 20 years. I would never criticize a juror. And I would never file a post-trial motion to investigate the juror.
"My real advice to Kevin — I think he should stop whining and go prepare for a retrial. Stop complaining. You only got 11, you needed 12."
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Reddington also took issue with the juror being described as the "lone holdout juror."
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"He is the obstructionist juror," Reddington said.
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The juror, identified by his attorney as Michael Desronvil, has said that he believes Clancy was guilty of the murder charges against her in the strangling deaths of her three young children, Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months.
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Eleven other jurors disagreed and wanted to find her not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect, in alignment with Reddington's defense argument that Clancy was suffering from postpartum psychosis and was not criminally responsible for her actions.
Due to the deadlock, Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial on Sept. 4 after a week of deliberations. Clancy is due back in court Tuesday for a hearing on several defense motions. Prosecutors may also announce plans to seek a second trial.
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Reddington, in a motion filed last week, called for a "limited inquiry" into the holdout, for information about his background and potential criminal history, phone records, courthouse surveillance video and more.
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In a separate filing, another attorney for Clancy, Martin Weinberg, argued that Sullivan's decision to overrule a defense objection at trial should be grounds for dismissing the charges against the 36-year-old defendant on double jeopardy grounds. That motion also centered on the holdout juror and allegations that he ignored the judge's instructions and the law.
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"The jury twice informed the Court that one of its members was refusing to apply the Court's instructions regarding the fundamental concept of reasonable doubt," Weinberg wrote. "After the first such report, the Court asked each juror individually whether he or she was able to apply the law. Upon receiving the second report, the Court tempered its response even further, simply reminding all jurors as a group of their obligation to follow its instructions generally. The Court denied Ms. Clancy's explicit requests to go further."
Weinberg's motion argued that Sullivan's decision to declare a mistrial before investigating the holdout is improper, alleging that the jury foreperson accused the holdout of making "statements acknowledging doubt but refus[ing] to apply it to the verdict as the law states."
Finland's Stubb credits Trump for pushing Ukraine peace talks while dismissing Russian invasion fears
UNITED NATIONS — As Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warns that Russia could take its war beyond Ukraine, Finnish President Alexander Stubb is striking a markedly calmer tone — saying Finland is prepared for Moscow and crediting President Donald Trump with pushing harder for a negotiated end to the war.
"I think we're certainly in a better place than we were before President Trump started," Stubb told Fox News Digital in an on-camera interview on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York. "He's doubled down in the past year and a half to try to find a solution for peace with negotiators such as Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner and many others."
Stubb, who has been closely involved in the diplomatic effort, said he and Norway’s prime minister have worked largely "in the back office," relaying information among Ukraine, the United States and European governments.
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"I think he's really working hard and hopefully we'll get a solution," Stubb said.
The interview came during an intense diplomatic week in New York focused heavily on the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East.
Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met in New York during UNGA week as Washington continued its effort to revive negotiations with Moscow. Zelenskyy said peace remained Ukraine's priority and thanked Trump for sending the two envoys to Kyiv after they had also held talks in Moscow.
Zelenskyy was asked by Fox News Digital after the meeting about the possibility that Russia could invade or attack another European country in the near future.
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"That's why the risk of offensive by drones, missiles or land operation is very high against other countries who are bordering Russia or Belarus," Zelenskyy said.
The Ukrainian leader argued that Russian President Vladimir Putin, unable to achieve his military objectives in Ukraine, could seek to create instability elsewhere in Europe to pressure Western governments into reducing their support for Kyiv. He pointed to drone incursions and disruptions affecting several European countries, arguing that Moscow is already attempting to intimidate European societies and test their response.
Asked by Fox News Digital what European countries should do in response to the growing threat, Zelenskyy offered a direct answer.
"Respond. Always respond. It's not about the war. If you don't respond, Russians, they will go further," he said.
But Stubb struck a notably calmer tone when asked about Zelenskyy’s warnings that Russia could eventually attack other European countries, including Finland, which shares the longest border with Russia.
"As commander-in-chief in Finland, I sit on all the relevant information and I just don't see a factual basis for it," Stubb said.
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That does not mean, he stressed, that Moscow has stopped targeting Europe.
Stubb distinguished between the "kinetic" war Russia is fighting in Ukraine and what he described as a broader "hybrid" campaign in Europe, pointing to cyberattacks, sabotage and damage to undersea cables in the Baltic Sea.
"We have to see this as a campaign," he said. "Russia tries to intimidate Europe, scare us and get into our heads."
His prescription was characteristically Finnish: "cool, calm and collected, take a sauna and a nice bath and deal with it."
Stubb said Finland, a country with a population of 5.6 million, can afford that attitude precisely because it has spent decades preparing for a potential threat from its eastern neighbor.
"We are calm because we are prepared," he said.
He pointed to Finland’s mandatory military service, reserve force, artillery, long-range capabilities and extensive network of civilian shelters. The Finnish Defence Forces puts Finland’s wartime military strength at 280,000 personnel, with additional reservists available if needed.
That deterrent received another boost just days before Stubb traveled to New York. Finland is acquiring 64 F-35A fighter jets to replace its F/A-18 Hornet fleet under a procurement decision announced by the Finnish government.
The first two F-35s intended for operations inside Finland arrived at the Lapland Air Wing in Rovaniemi on Sept. 18, according to a Finnish Defence Forces press release.
"We have obligatory military service. I did mine, my son did his. We have women who do it voluntarily. We have over 60 F-18s. We just bought 64 F-35s, the two first of which arrived. We have long-range missiles, air, land and sea. We have the capability to mobilize 280,000 troops within days in a conflictual situation. On top of that, we have land mines. And we have the biggest artillery in Europe together with Poland… On top of that, we have civilian shelters for over 4.4 million people out of 5.6."
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"We don't have them because we're worried about Sweden," Stubb joked of Finland’s military capabilities. "We have them because we see a security threat coming from Russia."
He said that level of preparedness, combined with Finland’s NATO membership, makes a direct Russian attack unlikely. Finland became NATO's 31st member on April 4, 2023, after abandoning its longstanding military non-alignment following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
"We feel that we're very prepared, and that gives us a strong enough … deterrent that we don't believe that Russia is going to test a country like Finland," Stubb said. "And of course the icing on the cake is that we are now security providers in the Alliance NATO."
Stubb also used his Sept. 22 address to the U.N. General Assembly to advocate for continued support for Kyiv, calling the "Coalition of the Willing" supporting Ukraine "particularly close to my heart." He said the coalition was working toward a "just and lasting peace in Ukraine in accordance with the U.N. Charter."
Stubb made additional news on Ukraine during UNGA week, when he urged SpaceX owner Elon Musk to extend Starlink coverage so Ukrainian forces could use the satellite network in areas containing Russian ballistic missile launchers, including inside Russia. He argued that doing so could help Ukraine target launchers firing missiles at Ukrainian cities.
Yet Ukraine was only one piece of what Stubb described as an increasingly interconnected global security crisis.
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Asked about Trump’s call at the U.N. for countries to support efforts to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, Stubb was unequivocal.
"I agree, Iran should not obtain nuclear weapons," he told Fox News Digital, adding that Tehran should not use proxies or be able to produce missiles.
Stubb also argued that the conflicts involving Russia and Iran can no longer be viewed in isolation, alleging that Moscow is providing intelligence to Tehran that Iran has used against U.S. military bases in the Gulf, while Iranian weapons have been supplied to Russia for use against Ukraine.
"We're going in this merry-go-round where every bit of the conflict is linked to another," Stubb said. "The sooner we can end both, the better."
Trump used his Sept. 22 U.N. General Assembly address to call for Iran's economic isolation and reiterate that Tehran should not obtain a nuclear weapon, while warning of further US military action if a peace agreement is not reached, according to Reuters.
For Stubb, the proliferation of conflicts — from Ukraine and Iran to Gaza, Yemen and Sudan — is testing a diplomatic system already struggling to keep pace.
"It's not a zero-sum game," he said. "We have to deal with a multiplicity of conflicts right now, unfortunately."
And for Trump, he added, that means "working around the clock."
From Gettysburg to Antarctica, military Bibles reveal prayers of families who sent loved ones to war
For generations of American service members heading into the unknown, one of the most important things tucked into a uniform pocket was a Bible.
Some returned battered from war, while others read heartfelt prayers written by family members hoping their sons and husbands would come home. One type was encased in metal and carried over a soldier's heart.
Another Bible traveled to the frozen reaches of Antarctica, sharing Scripture to the very ends of the world.
Now, as the U.S. marks 250 years since the Declaration of Independence, the Museum of the Bible's "Bible in Times of War" exhibit is using those surviving artifacts to trace how American service members turned to God's Word for strength and hope through generations of conflict.
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Wesley Viner, an early modern curator at the Museum of the Bible and Marine veteran who curated the special display in Washington, D.C., told Fox News Digital that some of the most powerful stories preserved in the collection belong not to famous generals or celebrated heroes, but to ordinary Americans whose names may have otherwise disappeared from history.
Among the most recognizable artifacts are so-called "Heart Shield Bibles," small, pocket-sized Bibles with thin metal covers carried by some American service members during World War II and into the Korean War.
The Bibles were frequently purchased by relatives for departing service members and designed to fit into a breast pocket over the heart, helping fuel stories that the metal-covered books could theoretically stop a bullet.
Viner, however, said the truth is less cinematic.
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The thin metal covers were rather unlikely to stop World War II-era ammunition traveling at high speed, he said, though he would not rule out the possibility that one could have protected a service member from shrapnel or flying debris.
"Many of the tales that surround the 'Heart Shield Bibles' are likely a bit exaggerated," Viner said.
But whether the books literally stopped bullets may obscure what they represented to the families who sent loved ones to war.
"It was a source of protection. It was a source of strength. It would keep them safe," Viner said, describing the metal shield as largely symbolic.
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Some of the most affecting evidence of that hope survives in heartfelt handwriting inside the covers.
Viner said small pocket Bibles were produced on a large scale during the first half of the 20th century, allowing families to purchase them for sons, brothers and husbands preparing to deploy.
"To my dear boy, may God keep you safe," one note reads.
Another simply says, "praying for you at Christmas."
In many cases, Viner said, historians do not know who wrote the messages or who received them. He said the anonymity can make them even more powerful.
"As I read those, I think about how profound and serious and meaningful that was for the family members who sent their kids, their loved ones off to war and gave them this as they left," Viner said.
More than 80 years before the "Heart Shield Bibles," another now-tattered Bible traveled with a Union soldier whose life Viner was able to partially reconstruct because of the book he left behind.
John Weissenheimer served in the 107th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, a largely German-speaking unit that endured bloody Civil War battles, including Gettysburg, according to Viner. Weissenheimer was already in his late 40s when he enlisted, older than what was typical for a soldier.
Viner said enlistment records show Weissenheimer joined before many of the unit's major engagements. Years later, an inscription in his Bible places him at Lincoln Hospital in Washington, D.C., serving with the Invalid Corps, which was composed of injured, sick or otherwise disabled soldiers who could no longer perform regular front-line duty.
The surviving evidence does not reveal exactly what happened to Weissenheimer, nor did he leave extensive notes explaining what the Bible meant to him. But the battered book establishes something perhaps even more interesting for historians in that Weissenheimer kept it.
"If not for this Bible," Viner said, Weissenheimer would be "largely a forgotten name."
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"This Bible allows us to take this anonymous person from history, this person who no historical textbook is ever going to talk about, and surface them and tell their story," he said.
Whatever Weissenheimer endured, Viner said, he ultimately reached a point where he could no longer serve in a regular unit, continued serving in the Invalid Corps and had his Bible with him.
"For some reason, he found something in that Bible that meant a lot to him," Viner said.
Not every Bible in the exhibit accompanied an American into battle, however. In the 1950s, Navy chaplain Peter Boal took part in Operation Deep Freeze, the umbrella term for U.S. military operations in Antarctica. During his time there, Boal gave a Bible to a man identified in its inscription only as "Bill."
Viner said the museum cannot definitively establish Bill's identity, though he believes one possibility is Petty Officer William Stroop, who helped lead an expedition to establish a smaller Antarctic station.
What Boal wrote to the recipient of that Bible, however, survives.
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"Best of luck on your journey," Viner recounted from the inscription. "We'll be praying for you. We hope the Lord brings you back safely."
For Viner, the artifact shows the Bible serving a familiar purpose in a dramatically different setting. Instead of accompanying a serviceman through combat, it traveled with Americans venturing into an isolated and uncertain frontier.
One of the oldest Bibles in the display reaches back to the nation's founding and comes with a story Viner said is probably more legend than fact.
The German-language Bible was printed in Philadelphia in 1776 by Christoph Sauer and eventually became known as the "Gun-Wad Bible."
One popular version of the story held that British soldiers seized copies from Sauer's printing operation, tore out the pages and used them as wadding for their muskets, hence the 'Wad.' Another version turned the story around, claiming American colonists confiscated the Bibles because the Sauer family held Loyalist sympathies.
Viner said there is likely little truth to either tale, but conceded the competing stories are revealing in their own way. They suggest people understood that portraying an opponent as disrespecting the Bible could tarnish that side's reputation, reflecting the significance attached to Scripture at the time.
The books also preserve more mundane, everyday records of what American service members actually did with the Bibles they carried.
As smaller and more durable editions became increasingly available, Viner said surviving examples more commonly contain handwritten notes and other markings. Some service members used blank pages to record their movements.
One World War I soldier effectively used his Bible as his own record of deployment, documenting his journey from his hometown to a recruiting depot, then to New York, England and France before eventually recording his return home.
Viner said the collection shows that service members facing the dangers and stresses of war responded to those circumstances in different ways, but many turned to Scripture for "strength, courage, relief" and "hope."
Centuries later, some of the people who carried the books remain identifiable and others have been reduced to only a first name or precious few words written inside a battered cover.
But the messages their families sent with them into battle remain familiar even in our modern eyes, like a prayer at Christmas, a hope for protection and a solemn plea that a loved one come back home.
The Bibles in Times of War Exhibit is located on the second floor of the Museum of the Bible as part of the Bible in America section.
Massive ICE sweep fuels GOP push to lock Trump immigration crackdown into law
A massive five- day ICE operation that netted 426 arrests across Indiana is fueling Hoosier Sen. Jim Banks’ push for Congress to cement President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown into law before a future administration can reverse course.
Banks hailed "Operation Safe Community: Indiana" in a Fox News Digital interview this week after federal immigration officers fanned out across his home state from Aug. 30 through Sept. 3, arresting 426 people with records involving sex crimes, assault, domestic violence, drug trafficking and weapons offenses, according to ICE.
"This is why Donald Trump was elected in 2024: for mass deportation," Banks told Fox News Digital. "It was one of his key agenda items during the campaign. And in this case in Indiana, you see the direct result of it."
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ICE also credited cooperation with state and local law enforcement agencies in carrying out the operation, something Republicans have flagged as a key aspect to successful enforcement.
But Banks argued the operation also underscores a limitation of Trump’s crackdown: aggressive executive enforcement today does not guarantee that the same immigration policies survive the next administration.
"It is important that we codify Trump border security measures and tough-on-immigration policies and make them the law of the land," he said.
The busts build on the lawmaker’s seven-bill immigration package, previously reported by Fox News Digital, which targets issues including birthright citizenship, family-based immigration, H-1B visas, noncitizens’ CDLs and congressional authority over Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to limit judicial intervention.
"If this could happen in Indiana, it could happen anywhere," he added, arguing that the opposition has made it tougher to achieve immigration goals after displacing ICE from the 2025 immigration appropriations legislation.
"They've made that one of their biggest priorities in this Congress to defund our federal law enforcement, to stop ICE from doing their job, to deport violent criminals who are here illegally," he said.
"So it is important that we codify Trump border security measures and tough-on-immigration policies and make them the law of the land so that the next time, God forbid, a Joe Biden ever gets elected back to the White House or someone that comes from that radical wing of the Democrat Party…"
Banks also directed his frustration at his own party, criticizing the Republican-led Senate for failing to advance separate election legislation that he says should be another priority.
Many on the right have pressed for passage of the SAVE Act, a bill requiring documentary proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote in federal elections.
"That’s one of my biggest disappointments with this Republican Senate – we haven’t passed [it]," he said.
"I hope by the end of the year that we can find a way to pass it. I'm going to keep fighting for it, but at the end of the day, the Trump administration and the Department of Justice is doing a lot crack down on illegals voting in our elections."
In a separate Indiana case, DHS arrested an illegal immigrant on Sept. 18 who had entered the U.S. during the Obama administration and later cast a federal ballot.
ICE Enforcement Division Assistant Director Patricia Hyde said the right to vote is the "cornerstone of democracy" in announcing the capture of Guatemalan national Helda Mendez-Merida for "poisoning our elections."
"We cannot allow that sacred right [to vote] to be perverted," she said.
Banks said such incidents keep surfacing "because Joe Biden and Democrats flooded our country with tens of millions of illegals – they’re still here [and] mass deportation is important."
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., has repeatedly pushed back on criticism he is not working hard enough to pass the SAVE Act or advance the Trump agenda.
Thune previously told Fox News Digital that he is an original co-sponsor of a previous version of the bill and that the 50-vote threshold needed to pass provisions that qualify for the parliamentary maneuver known as reconciliation remains a sticking point.
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"I keep asking the question, am I the only one in this town that can count to 50? Because it seems like these questions recur and there are a lot of people out there who haven't seemed to internalize the fact that there aren't Democrats that are going to flip and vote for this," Thune said.
Fox News Digital’s Alex Miller contributed to this report.
Nicki Minaj urges young Americans to 'vote red' in 2026 midterms while doubling down on Trump support
Rapper Nicki Minaj urged young Americans to get involved in the upcoming midterm elections and "vote red" while doubling down on her support for President Donald Trump in an interview on Saturday.
The Grammy-nominated hip-hop star said on "My View with Lara Trump" that young voters shouldn't assume their voices don't matter as Americans prepare to head to the polls Nov. 3.
"Now is not the time to think that your voice will not be heard," Minaj said. "Your voice will not only be heard, but your voice is very necessary right now for the country and for the world. We need you guys involved. We need you guys involved more than ever before. This is your country, this is your world. You are the ones that have to reap the benefits of whatever vote decisions we make now."
Minaj encouraged young voters to become engaged in their communities and participate in elections beyond presidential contests.
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"Think about how much you want a say in what happens and realize that the only way to have that is by voting — not just voting for the president, but just voting in all of the local elections," she said.
The music superstar then urged young voters to support Republican candidates in November.
"Please, and vote red now," Minaj said.
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Minaj's midterm message comes as she has become increasingly outspoken about her support for Trump.
The "Super Bass" and "Starships" singer also recently partnered with the Trump administration on the Small Business Administration's Million Dollar Pitch Competition, serving as one of the celebrity judges.
Trump has praised Minaj, calling her a "fantastic person."
During her interview with Lara Trump, Minaj described the president as "a very authentic person" and said his willingness to speak without appearing scripted appeals to her.
"He brings this candid, unedited vibe to the White House that we've never before seen," Minaj said. "And it's refreshing because for a very long time, people started feeling like we don't know who we can trust."
"When you see someone that goes off script, it's like you come alive again, you feel alive," she continued.
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The rapper said she would not shy away from defending Trump.
"I've made it my mission to be someone that supports him," Minaj said.
Lara Trump noted that Minaj works in an industry where the president is frequently criticized and asked what had shaped her political views along with what she had seen from Democrats that discouraged her.
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"I think the Democrats have gotten way too caught up in pop culture, for lack of a better term," Minaj said. "I think that they've allowed their relationships with artists to cause them to act like children and to be so petty and childish."
Minaj also reflected on arriving in the U.S. and building her music career from very little.
"My fan base, they got to see me come from absolutely nothing. They really saw the struggle in real time," she said.
"Overall, yes, it has been the American dream," Minaj added. "That's why I love this country."
Fox News Digital's Nora Moriarty contributed to this report.
'Knots Landing' star Ted Shackelford spotted with walker during rare Los Angeles outing at 80
"Knots Landing" star Ted Shackelford was spotted out in Los Angeles on a rare outing.
In the photos, the actor, 80, is seen sporting a blue collared shirt layered with a blue knit cardigan, which he paired with black trousers, sunglasses and sneakers.
Shackelford first rose to fame starring as Raymond Gordon on "Another World" for 110 episodes, before landing the role of Gary Ewing in the hit show "Dallas," and later its spinoff, "Knots Landing."
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He played the black sheep of the Ewing family on the show from 1979 to 1993, and maintained a strong acting career following the end of the show.
While he played the character for over a decade, he told The Dallas Decoder in 2013 he never liked the character, even referring to him as "weak."
"I thought he never thought anything through. I didn’t see any strength of character," he said. "I mean, just once I wanted him to have some courage. And I never saw that."
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Shackelford went on to appear in a number of TV movies and as a guest on various TV shows, including "Cybill" and "Spin City."
He then returned to his soap opera roots, starring as Jeffery and William Bardwell on "The Young and the Restless" from 2006 to 2015. He most recently appeared in a 2017 episode of the hit show, "NCIS."
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In addition to returning to the role of Gary Ewing in the "Dallas" reboot in 2013, Shackelford also participated in the "Knots Landing" reunion in 2005, which brought together cast members Joan Van Ark, Michele Lee, Donna Mills, William Devane and others, to discuss behind-the-scenes stories in a reconstruction of the set.
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When speaking to Entertainment Tonight in August about her love scenes with Shackelford on "Knots Landing," Mills referred to them as "steamy."
"I mean, look at Ted," she said. "I mean, really, get into bed with that body — and he’s such a sweetheart. He really is. It was, uh, it was fun. I can’t deny it. It was fun."
Florida man, 76, with suspended license allegedly admits to driving under the influence of rum, cocaine
A 76-year-old Florida man with a suspended license allegedly admitted during a traffic stop that he had been drinking rum — later telling deputies he had also recently used cocaine — just four months after a separate DUI arrest, authorities said.
Charles Ducking, 76, of Lake Wales, was pulled over after a sheriff's deputy allegedly observed him swerving while driving along U.S. Highway 27 in Waverly, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office.
The deputy detected the odor of alcohol and noticed that Ducking allegedly had slurred speech and watery eyes.
When asked for his driver's license, Ducking allegedly told the deputy it had been suspended.
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"Well, I can't show you my driver's license cuz it's suspended cuz DUI. And I have been drinking a little bit right now," he said, according to the sheriff's office.
Officials said Ducking then showed the deputy a silver thermal cup containing a brown liquid.
"This here is my rum I'm drinking," he said, according to the sheriff's office.
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A traffic deputy who responded to conduct a DUI investigation immediately recognized Ducking from a previous DUI arrest in May, the sheriff's office said.
Officials said deputies also found a small orange container containing cocaine during a search of Ducking's vehicle, which allegedly prompted Ducking to tell law enforcement he had "done a line" 10 minutes before he was pulled over.
During field sobriety tests, Ducking displayed several indicators of impairment, and breath tests registered blood alcohol concentration readings of .094 and .095, above Florida's .08 legal limit for drivers.
"While we appreciate Charles Ducking's cooperation during the traffic stop, the fact of the matter is, he is lucky he hasn't yet killed someone or himself while driving drunk and high on drugs," Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said in a statement.
"He has tempted fate too many times, and he needs to make some serious changes in his life before it's too late," Judd continued. "I am proud of my deputies for their proactive patrolling to find impaired drivers and get them off the road."
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Ducking was arrested and booked into the Polk County Jail. He was charged with DUI — fourth or subsequent offense — possession of cocaine, driving with a suspended license and possession of drug paraphernalia.
According to the sheriff's office, Ducking was previously arrested for DUI in May. He was released from jail days later after posting bond on the condition that he not possess or consume alcohol.
Officials said Ducking has been arrested nine other times in Polk County dating back to 2001, including multiple DUI arrests.
Hank Brown's last-second touchdown pass lifts Iowa to 20-19 win over Michigan in Big Ten
At the same stadium where Michigan benefited from an extra second in a controversial win over Western Michigan, the Iowa Hawkeyes made the most of their final opportunity Saturday.
Iowa quarterback Hank Brown connected with Reece Vander Zee for a game-winning 16-yard touchdown as time expired, lifting No. 17 Iowa to a 20-19 upset of No. 18 Michigan.
"To be able to silence a stadium like that, there’s no greater feeling," Brown said.
The Hawkeyes covered 91 yards on the game-winning drive, aided by an unnecessary roughness penalty against Michigan on third down near midfield. Brown’s 29-yard completion to Addison Ostrenga set up the winning touchdown with two seconds remaining.
"We prep for situations like these throughout the week in practice all the time," Brown said. "Why do you prepare for it? For a moment like that."
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Brown, though, didn’t want to bite when asked if the victory was justice for Western Michigan.
"I’m not going to speak on that," he said after a chuckle.
Bryce Underwood threw a 49-yard touchdown pass to JJ Buchanan early in the fourth quarter — their second scoring connection of the game — but the Wolverines (3-1, 0-1) could not make enough plays on either sides of the ball to hold on for the win.
"We would’ve liked to run the clock out," coach Kyle Whittingham said. "That was disappointing."
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Iowa took its first lead early in the fourth quarter on Brown’s 16-yard touchdown pass to Vander Zee.
Then Underwood dropped back, stepped up, rolled right and threw a long touchdown pass to Buchanan for a 19-14 lead. His 2-point conversion pass fell incomplete.
Iowa lined up to go for it on fourth down at the Michigan 28 late in the game and left guard Leighton Jones was flagged for a false start. Facing a fourth-and-6, coach Kirk Ferentz chose to have Caden Buhr attempt a 51-yard field goal and it was wide right with 2:33 left.
Iowa’s Big Ten schedule continues next week with a road trip to Columbus to face Ohio State, while Michigan will look to regroup on the road against Minnesota.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.