*** “Nothing is rarer than a solitary lie; for lies breed like toads; you cannot tell one but it comes with a hundred young ones on its back.” { Washington Allston ]
A] “Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said this week that Immigration Enforcement has arrested “over 10,000 criminal illegal aliens who were killing Americans, hurting children and reigning terror in Minneapolis, since President Trump took office a year ago, including 3,000 in the past six weeks.” Those numbers were then repeated by Greg Bovino and Marcos Charles. [Deena Winter: “Little Proof to back up ICE claim of 10K arrests”; Minnesota Star Tribune; 1/24/26]
[Put Up or Shut Up!!! – show us the 10,000 mug shots & court records !!!!!!!!!!!]
2] “But if ICE has arrested 10,000 people in the last year, a majority of the arrests would have had to occur before Dec. 1, when it began sending officers into the state. The 10,000 figure is a substantial increase from what officials have said previously. [ Winter ]
3]. “It’s not clear when and where the additional 7,000 arrests occurred.” [ Winter ]
4]. “Their latest report found 1,677 arrests in Minnesota from when Trump took office through Oct. 15.” [ Winter ]
5] “If their numbers are accurate, the only way ICE could have arrested 10,000 people since Trump took office is if they arrested over 5,300 people in the six-week period before Operation Metro Surge began. That’s 2,000 more than they say they arrested during the surge over the past six weeks.” [ Winter ]
***. “Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle that fits them all.” [ Oliver Wendell Holmes ]
B] “The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has released the names of only about 240 immigrants it arrested as of Jan. 19….About 80% of the 240 people on the “worst of the worst” list have felony convictions…. but nearly everyone of the list has gone through the court system, served time for their crimes and was not actively wanted by police..” [Christopher Magan, Jeff Hargarten: “Gaps in ICE ‘worst’ case”; Minnesota Star Tribune; 1/22/26]
2] “In many instances, ICE didn’t detain these individuals in the military-style raids…Public records show they were picked up after being released from jail or prison and put on parole. More than a quarter also have no criminal connection to Minnesota except for being held in one of the state’s four federal prions.” [Magan, Hargarten]
3]. “ICE has declined repeated requests to provide names of people detained in Minnesota.” [Magan, Hargarten]
PUT UP or SHUT UP !!!!!! – PROVE ICE arrested 3,000 “worst of the worst”. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
C] “Prisons chief accuses Homeland Security of ‘misinformation’….Schnell believes DHS has repeatedly skewed numbers in reports.” {Deena Winter; Minnesota Star Tribune; 1/24/26]
1]. Paul Schnell said DHS spread “”misinformation” by falsely saying the state releases “criminal illegal aliens” to the public rather than turning them over to immigration officials.” [Winter]
2] “At a news conference Jan. 22, Corrections Commissioner Paul Schnell played videos of inmates being handed over to federal agents to refute the DHS’ accusation.” [ Winter ]
3] “This is no longer a simple misunderstanding,” he said. “at best, DHS fundamentally misunderstands Minnesota’s correctional system. At a minimum, this reflects systematic data management inadequacies or incompetence as it relates to DHS tracking of detainers in custody. At worst. it is pure propaganda, numbers released without evidence to stoke fear rather than inform the public.” [Winter]
4]. “A state survey of jails found 94 noncitizens in jail with ICE detainers, and 207 in prison, for a total of about 300 people. That’s about 1,000 fewer than Homeland Security’s claim, which correction officials called “categorically false, unsupported by facts, and deeply irresponsible.” [Winter]
5] “Schnell said his department has not found a single case where the state failed to honor an ICE detainer.” [Winter]
6]. “Schnell accused Homeland Security of falsely claiming to have arrested two undocumented immigrants off the streets as part of Operation Metro Surge when, in reality, they were released to ICE by the prison system. He showed reporters a video of the transfer as proof.” [Winter]
7] “This isn’t the first the DHS has claimed to have picked up violent, undocumented criminals off the streets as part of Operation Metro Surge, even though they were released by the prison system to ICE, Schnell said.” [Winter]
8]. “Schnell said some on the DHS’ lists were released to ICE years ago – as far back as the 1990s. DOC officials say the “worst of the worst” list includes many people who were never in Minnesota prisons and often had no criminal record in Minnesota.” [Winter]
9] “Schnell said some of the people on the DHS “worst of the worst” list are people the corrections department had turned over to ICE, and ICE released them back into the community…”
[NOTE: go back over the 9 corrections above – EACH. ONE. REFUTING. AN. ICE. LIE!!!!!!!!!!]
*** “The more lies are told, the more important it becomes for the liars to justify themselves by deep moral commitments to high-sounding objectives that mask the pursuit of money or power.” [Bertram Gross: “Friendly Fascism The New Face pf Power in America”]
And then, there’s Maine!!!!! YOU can read about this Trump DICTATORSHIP farce in Associated Press stories of Jan. 23rd and Jan. 25th – “Court records conflict with claims made by ICE” and the Governor demands ICE data. !!!!!
*** “Great liars are also great magicians.” [ Adolf Hitler ]
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