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ICE Houston Sweep: 3,600 Criminal Illegal Aliens Arrested, Including 51 Child Predators
ICE Houston Sweep: 3,600 Criminal Illegal Aliens Arrested, Including 51 Child Predators
Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news,
The Trump administration’s deportation surge is already producing major results. In Houston alone, ICE has arrested nearly 3,600 criminal illegal aliens in a single operation, among them 51 individuals with child-sex offenses and 67 convicted sex offenders.
These arrests are directly tied to the president’s new focus on narco-terrorism and cartel supply chains.
Houston has long served as a major distribution hub for both drugs and human trafficking; the scale of this operation underscores that the administration is targeting the worst offenders first.
? JUST IN: INCREDIBLE victory as ICE arrested nearly 3,600 criminal illegal aliens in HOUSTON during the federal government shutdown
Wow! They put in the WORK while Democrats shut down the country.
It includes 51 child predators and 67 s*x offenders? pic.twitter.com/rudic0DbEl
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 18, 2025
The sweep is part of a broader nationwide push that began with last week’s welfare-fraud raids, which recovered more than 24,400 missing migrant children from trafficking and exploitation networks across multiple states.
The Houston operation follows directly from last week’s high-impact raids in key locations, where ICE and local law enforcement zeroed in on criminal illegal aliens preying on communities.
In Florida, the state Highway Patrol’s “Operation Criminal Return” led to the arrest of 230 criminal aliens, including multiple child predators and sex offenders, who were then turned over to ICE for deportation.
Florida has been at the forefront of these efforts, with over 6,200 illegal aliens arrested statewide in recent weeks and handed off to federal authorities.
Similarly, in Charlotte, North Carolina, federal agents arrested 130 illegal migrants over a single weekend, many with serious criminal histories including assaults, DUIs, larcenies, and hit-and-runs.
CBP Charlotte Area Port Director Gregory Bovino noted the intensity: “We do expect that number to go up a lot,” adding that nearly 100 arrests occurred in just hours, creating a visible deterrent effect—reports indicate illegal migrants in the area are now “afraid to go outside” as agents saturate the city.
These actions underscore the Trump administration’s strategy of partnering with willing states to target exploitation rings that flourished under Biden’s open-border policies.
Meanwhile, Border Czar Tom Homan addressed criticism from Rep. Alma Adams (D-NC) following the Charlotte arrests, where agents removed convicted child rapists and murderers from her district:
“She can dislike it all she wants… You’d think she’d be hand-in-hand with us, thanking President Trump for focusing on the worst of the worst — child rapists and murderers,” Hooman urged.
He added, that Adams “needs to understand we’re enforcing the law. I mean, what other federal agency does she think should NOT enforce laws? We’re taking public safety threats out of her community every day, which makes her community safer. We’d like her to be a partner, but she doesn’t want it.”
? Tom Homan is DONE with Rep. Adams (D-NC) whining about DHS removing child r*pists & criminals from her community:
“We’re going to KEEP doing it. She can dislike it all she wants!”
“You THINK she’d be hand in hand with us, thanking Trump for prioritizing public safety threats?”
He’s spot on ? pic.twitter.com/6Ft6w67Vpz
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 18, 2025
Homan’s response highlights a recurring theme from the recent operations: Democratic officials who previously decried child trafficking under Biden are now opposing the very enforcement that addresses it.
These coordinated efforts—from Florida’s predator takedowns to Charlotte’s rapid sweeps and now Houston’s massive haul—demonstrate the scale of the administration’s commitment to child safety and border security.
With hundreds of thousands more deportations projected, the focus remains on removing threats while safeguarding the vulnerable.
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Tyler Durden
Wed, 11/19/2025 – 20:05
Mom, son relocated after attack near South Deering school
A mother and her 9-year-old son have been relocated to a new home following an attack earlier this week near a Southeast Side school that has gained attention from City Hall.
The 33-year-old woman and her son were walking in the 10600 block of South Bensley Avenue in the South Deering neighborhood about 3:10 p.m. Monday when a group approached and struck them multiple times, according to Chicago police. Following the attack, which took place about two blocks northwest of Orville T. Bright Elementary School, the woman and boy were transported to Advocate Trinity Hospital, where they were initially listed in serious condition, police said.
Woman, child hospitalized after attack near South Deering school
Videos of the attack have circulated widely on social media, stirring fear among Bright parents and getting the attention of Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson.
Johnson said he was “deeply disturbed to see the video of young people attacking a mother and her child,” in a statement he posted on social media Tuesday. The next day, Johnson’s spokesperson, Cassio Mendoza, confirmed that the mayor’s office relocated her family to a different location and that their team was also looking into transferring the son to a new school.
Chicago Public Schools have also responded to the incident. In a statement to the Tribune, they said the district “prioritizes the safety and well-being of our students, staff, and families, and we are committed to building a physically and emotionally safe teaching and learning environment in every school.”
The Chicago Teachers Union also stated that they believe this is an opportunity for the city to provide the resources that students need.
“We are looking at this as an opportunity for CPS to do what’s necessary to make sure that schools are fully staffed, there are wraparound services and support for our students,” Zeidre Foster said on behalf of the union. “We believe that goes a long way for prevention.”
Parents concerned after attack: ‘My son was terrified’
At pickup Wednesday afternoon, the blocks surrounding Bright School on the Southeast Side were quiet. The few sounds were those of Safe Passage guards stationed at each corner exchanging low chatter with other guards or community members, and police cars that rolled through the neighborhood at intervals.
Parents such as Shanee Battle are still grappling with the aftermath of Monday’s attack.
Battle, who has a 6-year-old at Bright Elementary, walked her son home — him on his scooter, her close behind. She said her son has attended the school since kindergarten, but after the attack off campus, she is considering other options.
“It’s just too much,” Battle said. “My son was terrified.”
Other parents and community members declined to speak on the record, citing unease.
One mother who asked not to be named said she believes community support should be consistent year-round — not only when tragedy strikes.
Curtis Bivens, a member of Operation Peace Inc., agrees, which is why their organization intervenes with the city’s youth when necessary. Bivens and other members of Operation Peace stood at the steps of Bright School on Wednesday afternoon to show community support.
“It was a terrible thing that happened,” Bivens said. “But even more importantly, we have to learn how to respond. Our response dictates the behavior that the children have.”
Another member of Operation Peace, Sammie Young, echoed Bivens’ sentiments.
“It’s very concerning,” Young said. “It takes a lot of nerve for kids to fight an adult.”
As of now, additional resources have been deployed to the area to maintain public safety, according to Johnson, who added that community-based organizations such as Operation Peace have been activated to help ensure families and students have safe passage to school.
“I am calling for calm as we conduct a full investigation and ensure there is accountability for the attackers and healing for the victims,” Johnson stated.
Chicago police did not respond to questions about the investigation, which remained ongoing as of Wednesday.
Chicago Tribune’s Alice Yin contributed.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/19/mom-son-relocated-after-attack-near-south-deering-school/
El novato Shedeur Sanders será titular por 1ra vez con Browns ante Las Vegas
Por TOM WITHERS
BEREA, Ohio, EE.UU. (AP) — Shedeur Sanders es un verdadero showman, uno de los muchos dones heredados de su famoso padre. Y ya está causando expectación sobre su primer partido como titular en la NFL.
Ocurrirá en la meca del entretenimiento de Estados Unidos.
“No puedes perderte este momento”, recomendó el miércoles Sanders, quien espera que le vaya mejor que en su debut. “Definitivamente será emocionante”.
Sanders, el llamativo quarterback novato de sonrisa radiante, confianza inquebrantable y una gran base de fanáticos, será titular el domingo de visita ante los Raiders de Las Vegas —quizás un lugar adecuado. Los Browns (2-8) recurrieron a él mientras su compañero novato Dillon Gabriel se recupera de una conmoción.
Sanders, quien comenzó el campamento de entrenamiento como el cuarto en la fila del equipo detrás de Kenny Pickett, Joe Flacco y Gabriel, se convertirá en el 42do mariscal de campo en ser titular para los Browns desde que la franquicia de expansión regresó en 1999.
“Eso es una locura”, dijo cuando se le informó de una estadística sorprendente que subraya la ineptitud del equipo. “Siento que soy el indicado. Sé que soy el indicado”.
El tiempo lo dirá. Hasta ahora, las comentarios han sido mixtos.
La semana pasada, Sanders reemplazó a Gabriel después de que se lesionó en la segunda mitad de la derrota por 23-16 ante Baltimore. Fue una salida inestable.
Sanders, quien cayó a la quinta ronda en el draft de abril antes de ser seleccionado por los Browns, completó sólo cuatro de 16 pases para 47 yardas con una intercepción.
También fue capturado dos veces, perdió un balón y retuvo otro demasiado tiempo, un problema que lo aquejó desde la universidad. Salvo por dar a los desdichados fanáticos de Cleveland un motivo por el cual animarse, Sanders hizo poco para convencer de que la búsqueda del quarterback franquicia de los Browns terminó.
Sanders fue duro consigo mismo después. Aceptó la culpa y consideró que debió haber hecho más. Pero para el miércoles ya había pasado la página y está más que listo para enmendarse.
“Definitivamente soy mi mayor crítico”, expresó. “Así que en ciertas situaciones del juego, incluso en esa cuarta oportunidad del último partido (un pase incompleto), desearía haber extendido la jugada. No escucho lo que nadie tiene que decir que no esté dentro de la organización, dentro del equipo, en la familia”.
A diferencia de la semana pasada, Sanders debería estar mejor preparado. El entrenador Kevin Stefanski dijo que Sanders realizará todas las repeticiones del primer equipo en la práctica. Los Browns habían sido criticados por no darle a Sanders tiempo con los titulares desde que fue reclutado.
Stefanski dijo que Gabriel sigue en el protocolo de conmociones, pero está mejorando. La selección de tercera ronda de Oregón tuvo dificultades en sus seis partidos como titular y tiene marca de 1-5.
Cuando reciba la autorización médica, Gabriel podría regresar a la alineación titular. Pero eso también podría depender de cómo le vaya a Sanders esta semana. Si juega bien, es posible que termine la temporada con unos Browns que no van a ninguna parte.
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President Sheinbaum Says No Way To US Strikes On Cartels In Mexico
President Sheinbaum Says No Way To US Strikes On Cartels In Mexico
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has again sought to stand up to President Donald Trump, on Tuesday repeating her rejection of any possibility of US military intervention against cartels on sovereign Mexican soil.
Trump has recently floated openness toward the possibility, and also Colombia, in exchanges with reporters related to the military build-up off Venezuela. “It’s not going to happen,” Sheinbaum said, according to The Associated Press. “He (Trump) has suggested it on various occasions, or he has said, ‘we offer you a United States military intervention in Mexico, whatever you need to fight the criminal groups.'”
Trump had been asked asked on Monday if he would seek the Mexican government’s permission before launching any potential strikes and responded that he “wouldn’t answer that question.” He added that he has been “speaking” with Mexico and that they “know how I stand.”
That exchange had started as follows:
Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump answered a question about potentially striking Mexico or sending American troops or other personnel into the country by saying it would be “OK with me.”
“Would I launch strikes in Mexico to stop drugs? OK with me, whatever we have to do to stop drugs. Mexico is — look, I looked at Mexico City over the weekend. There’s some big problems over there,” Trump said after he was asked whether he was considering such action.
The military campaign ongoing in the southern Caribbean and off Latin America is called “Operation Southern Spear,” per a prior announcement from Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth.
“We’ve stopped the waterways, but we know every route. We know every route, we know the addresses of every drug lord,” Trump had additionally explained.
“We know their address, we know their front door. We know everything about every one of them. They’re killing our people. That’s like a war. Would I do it? I’d be proud to.”
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum rejected on Tuesday a potential U.S. military intervention in Mexico after President Donald Trump suggested the previous day he would support more aggressive measures against drug cartels, including ground strikes.
Sheinbaum stated that Trump… pic.twitter.com/mSwThnzjB0
— CBS News (@CBSNews) November 18, 2025
The question of US military action south of the border is not a completely ‘new’ one; however, Operation Southern Spear marks the first time in history that the Pentagon has parked this many US naval assets, including a carrier group, just off Latin America. It’s making leaders in the region very nervous, to say the least.
Tyler Durden
Wed, 11/19/2025 – 19:40
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/president-sheinbaum-says-no-way-us-strikes-cartels-mexico
Incautan más de 500 kilos de metanfetamina y encausan a 15 personas en Colorado
Por COLLEEN SLEVIN
DENVER (AP) — Autoridades federales de Estados Unidos informaron el miércoles que incautaron más de media tonelada de metanfetamina y encausaron a 15 personas tras una investigación de dos años que desmanteló una organización de tráfico de drogas de México que operaba en Colorado.
Once personas han sido arrestadas, pero otras cuatro, incluido el presunto líder de la organización, siguen libres y se cree que están en México, anunció la fiscalía federal en Colorado.
Dave Olesky, agente especial de la DEA a cargo, dijo en una conferencia de prensa que la investigación reveló vínculos “con elementos en México que involucran a los cárteles de Sinaloa y Jalisco”. Olesky no respondió preguntas, y un portavoz de la agencia se negó a dar más detalles.
Los cárteles de Sinaloa y Jalisco, cuyos nombres derivan de los estados mexicanos donde se originaron, se encuentran entre ocho grupos criminales latinoamericanos designados recientemente como organizaciones terroristas extranjeras por el gobierno estadounidense.
Una declaración jurada de arresto indica que la metanfetamina incautada equivalía a millones de dosis individuales.
La mayor parte de los 505 kilogramos (1.115 libras) de metanfetamina se descubrió oculta en las esquinas de cajas de chayote que se importaron recientemente de México y que se encontraban en una propiedad en Lakewood, un suburbio de Denver, en abril, según la declaración jurada.
Casi 45 kilogramos (100 libras) se encontraron en un autobús Greyhound que pasaba por Vail en diciembre, después de que los investigadores obtuvieron una orden para rastrear un teléfono celular utilizado para comunicarse con un presunto traficante de drogas.
Las autoridades estaban esperando que el autobús llegara a la ciudad —un destino turístico para esquiar— para revisarlo, según la declaración jurada. Las drogas se dirigían al área metropolitana de Denver, dijo el fiscal federal Peter McNeilly.
“Esta es una cadena de suministro que había que romper”, afirmó Marv Massey, agente especial interino del FBI a cargo. ___
Esta historia fue traducida del inglés por un editor de AP con la ayuda de una herramienta de inteligencia artificial generativa.
ICC slashes Nicor Gas rate hike by $146.5 million, tamping down increases for Chicago-area customers
The Illinois Commerce Commission slashed a proposed $314.3 million Nicor Gas rate increase by nearly 47% Wednesday, keeping a lid on rising energy bills for many suburban Chicago customers next year.
The ruling, issued during an open meeting in Chicago, reduces Nicor’s rate hike by $146.5 million. For customers, that translates to an average increase of about $4.25 per month beginning with the January bill, the utility told the Tribune.
“The ICC’s responsibility is to balance the interests of Illinois’ utilities and their consumers,” ICC Chair Doug Scott said in a news release. “We recognize that any decision impacting Illinoisans’ bills is not a small one, and after careful review of Nicor’s proposed investments, the Commission opted to strike excess charges and approve necessary and justified projects.”
Nicor filed in January for the largest gas rate increase in Illinois history, saying it needed to replace aging infrastructure and update technology to serve its customers. Consumer groups had been seeking deep cuts in Nicor’s proposed record gas rate hike — the utility’s fifth in eight years — as customers grapple with higher energy costs.
In October, two Illinois Commerce Commission administrative law judges issued a recommendation to cut Nicor’s proposed $314 million rate increase by more than a third, to $204 million. The commission went even further Wednesday, reducing it to about $168 million.
Beyond cutting pipeline replacement budgets, the ICC lowered the requested return on equity for shareholders of Southern Co., Nicor’s parent, from 10.35% to 9.6%, further downsizing the rate hike.
“We applaud the Commission’s clear and consistent message to Illinois gas utilities: stop the excessive spending that has driven up rates over the past decade,” Abe Scarr, director of Illinois PIRG, a nonprofit consumer advocacy organization, said in a statement.
In a separate decision Wednesday, the ICC cut $55.8 million from a $128.8 million rate hike proposed by Ameren Illinois, a 43% reduction that also included a lowered 9.6% return on equity for the company. Ameren Illinois has 816,000 gas customers in central and southern Illinois.
Nicor, which is owned by Atlanta-based Southern Co., is the largest gas utility in Illinois, serving 2.3 million customers in suburban Chicago and northern Illinois.
Residential gas bills include both supply and distribution charges. The approved $168 million Nicor rate hike will raise the cost of delivering the gas, which accounts for about half the bill. Customers will see the line item increase on their January bill.
For typical Chicago-area residential customers, the proposed $314 million increase was expected to add about $7.70 per month to delivery charges, raising the total bill by nearly 9.3%. That increase will be significantly reduced by Wednesday’s ICC decision.
“We still don’t have the final order from the ICC,” Nicor spokesperson Jennifer Golz said. “Based on early calculations, we believe the monthly bill impact for an average residential customer will be less than $4.25 per month, or less than 5% of the total bill annually.”
Chicago-area utility customers have been hit this year with a one-two punch of higher delivery rates and spiking energy costs. Nicor saw its gas supply prices peak at 58 cents per therm in April, up 71% over the same month last year. In November, Nicor charged customers 39 cents per therm, still up nearly 40% year-over-year, according to published ICC data.
Some ComEd customers saw a triple-digit increase in their total June electricity bills due to a supply rate increase and high demand during a summer heat wave.
While energy supply prices fluctuate, with 80% of Illinois homes relying on natural gas for heat, the ICC decision to cut Nicor’s proposed rate increase will provide some measure of certainty for this winter’s bills. It may not be enough relief, however, for many customers, Scarr said.
“While we’re pleased regulators lowered the size of these rate hikes, they are still the fifth increase for Nicor since 2017,” Scarr said. “Without intervention, gas bills will continue to rise. Illinois urgently needs to pursue a managed transition to safer, cleaner energy to heat our homes.”
Meanwhile, Peoples Gas, which serves 894,000 customers in Chicago, is gearing up to resume the next leg of its long-running, multibillion-dollar pipeline replacement program, hosting a forum last week to present updated plans.
In February, the ICC rejected a broader $7.2 billion proposal by Peoples to modernize its entire system by 2040, which included upgrading to medium pressure and moving gas meters outside homes. Instead, it ordered the utility to prioritize the pipeline replacement and justify the work in its annual rate hearings to recover the costs.
The utility’s new Pipe Retirement Program plans to replace 1,000 miles of aging pipeline under the city of Chicago by 2035, ramping up to a cost of about $500 million annually by 2028, according to a third-quarter earnings call last month by parent company WEC Energy.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/19/nicor-gas-rate-hike-icc/
What’s next once President Trump signs bill releasing the Epstein files
WASHINGTON — Congress is sending President Donald Trump a bill to compel the Justice Department to make public its case files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a potentially far-reaching development in a yearslong push by survivors of Epstein’s abuse for a public reckoning.
Both the House and Senate passed the bill this week with overwhelming margins after Trump reversed course on his monthslong opposition to the bill and indicated he would sign it. Once the bill is signed by the president, it sets a 30-day countdown for the Justice Department to produce what’s commonly known as the Epstein files.
“This bill is a command for the president to be fully transparent, to come fully clean, and to provide full honesty to the American people,” Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer of New York said Wednesday.
Schumer added that Democrats were ready to push back if they perceive that the president is doing anything but adhering to “full transparency.”
Congress acts swiftly to force release of Epstein files, sending bill to Trump
The swift, bipartisan work in Congress this week was a response to the growing public demand that the Epstein files be released, especially as attention focuses on his connections to global leaders including Trump, former President Bill Clinton, Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, who has already been stripped of his royal title as Prince Andrew over the matter, and many others.
There is plenty of public anticipation about what more the files could reveal. Yet the bill will most likely trigger a rarely seen baring of a sprawling federal investigation, also creating the potential for unintended consequences.
What does the bill do?
The bill compels Attorney General Pam Bondi to release essentially everything the Justice Department has collected over multiple federal investigations into Epstein, as well as his longtime confidante and girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence for luring teenage girls for the disgraced financier. Those records total around 100,000 pages, according to a federal judge who has reviewed the case.
It will also compel the Justice Department to produce all its internal communications on Epstein and his associates and his 2019 death in a Manhattan jail cell as he awaited charges for sexually abusing and trafficking dozens of teenage girls.
The legislation, however, exempts some parts of the case files. The bill’s authors made sure to include that the Justice Department could withhold personally identifiable information of victims, child sexual abuse materials and information deemed by the administration to be classified for national defense or foreign policy.
“We will continue to follow the law with maximum transparency while protecting victims,” Bondi told a news conference Wednesday when asked about releasing the files.
The bill also allows the Justice Department to withhold information that would jeopardize active investigations or prosecutions. That’s created some worry among the bill’s proponents that the department would open active investigations into people named in the Epstein files in order to shield that material from public view.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a longtime Trump loyalist who has had a prominent split with Trump over the bill, said Tuesday that she saw the administration’s compliance with the bill as its “real test.”
“Will the Department of Justice release the files, or will it all remain tied up in investigations?” she asked.
In July, the FBI said in a memo regarding the Epstein investigation that, “we did not uncover evidence that could predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties.” But Bondi last week complied with Trump’s demands and ordered a federal prosecutor to investigate Epstein’s ties to the president’s political foes, including Clinton.
Still, Rep. Thomas Massie, a Kentucky Republican who sponsored the bill, said “there’s no way they can have enough investigations to cover” all of the people he believes are implicated in Epstein’s abuse.
“And if they do, then good,” he added.
The bill also requires the Justice Department to produce reports on what materials it withheld, as well as redactions made, within 15 days of the release of the files. It stipulates that officials can’t withhold or redact anything “on the basis of embarrassment, reputational harm, or political sensitivity, including to any government official, public figure, or foreign dignitary.”
Who could be named?
There’s a widely held expectation that many people could be named in case files for investigations that spanned over a decade — and some concern that just because someone is named, that person would be assumed guilty or complicit.
Epstein was a luminary who kept company with heads of state, influential political figures, academics and billionaires. The release of his emails and messages by a House Oversight Committee investigation last week has already shown his connections with — and private conversations about — Trump and many other high-powered figures.
Yet federal prosecutors follow carefully constructed guidelines about what information they produce publicly and at trial, both to protect victims and to uphold the fairness of the legal system. House Speaker Mike Johnson raised objections to the bill on those grounds this week, arguing that it could reveal unwanted information on victims as well as others who were in contact with investigators.
Still, Johnson did not actually try to make changes to the bill and voted for it on the House floor.
For the bill’s proponents, a public reckoning over the investigation is precisely the point. Some of the survivors of trafficking from Epstein and Maxwell have sought ways to name people they accuse of being complicit or involved, but fear they will face lawsuits from the men they accuse.
Massie said that he wants the FBI to release the reports from its interviews with the victims.
Those reports typically contain unvetted information, but Massie said he is determined to name those who are accused. He and Greene have offered to read the names of those accused on the House floor, which would shield their speech from legal consequences.
“We need names,” Massie said.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/19/epstein-files-bill-explainer/
Corte suspende orden que limita el uso de la fuerza por parte de agentes migratorios en Chicago
Por SOPHIA TAREEN
CHICAGO (AP) — Un tribunal federal de apelaciones puso en pausa el miércoles una orden que restringía el uso de la fuerza por parte de los agentes federales de inmigración en el área de Chicago, después de calificar la medida como “demasiado amplia” y “demasiado prescriptiva”.
Pero el Tribunal Federal de Apelaciones del 7º Circuito también advirtió en contra de una “interpretación excesiva” de su suspensión y señaló que un rápido proceso de apelación podría conducir a una orden “más ajustada y adecuada”.
La jueza federal Sara Ellis emitió hace unas semanas una orden judicial preliminar en respuesta a una demanda interpuesta por medios de comunicación y manifestantes, quienes afirmaban que los agentes federales usaron fuerza excesiva durante un operativo migratorio que ha dejado más de 3.000 arrestos desde septiembre en la tercera ciudad más grande del país y sus suburbios.
Abogados del gobierno argumentaron que la orden restringía la aplicación de las leyes del país y podría “subvertir” la estructura constitucional.
En su orden de suspensión del miércoles, el panel de tres jueces señaló que era probable que los argumentos del gobierno prevalecieran ante el tribunal.
“La orden judicial preliminar que emitió el tribunal de distrito es demasiado amplia”, se indicó en el fallo de dos páginas. “En términos inequívocos, la orden del tribunal de distrito restringe a un amplio rango de demandados, incluyendo al presidente de los Estados Unidos, todo el Departamento de Seguridad Nacional y el de Justicia, y a cualquiera que actúe en concierto con ellos”.
Agregó que la orden era “demasiado prescriptiva” al especificar el tipo de armas de control de disturbios y otros dispositivos de tal manera que “se asemeja a una regulación federal”.
Entre otras cosas, la orden de Ellis restringía a los agentes de usar fuerza física y agentes químicos como gases lacrimógenos y bolas de pimienta, a menos que fuera necesario o para prevenir una “amenaza inmediata”. Añadió que las prácticas actuales violaban los derechos constitucionales de periodistas y manifestantes.
Durante una extensa audiencia judicial hace unas semanas, los testigos dieron emotivas declaraciones en las que relataron como fueron rociados con gas lacrimógeno, recibieron impactos de bolas de pimienta en la cabeza mientras oraban y se les apuntó con armas de fuego.
Ellis determinó que los testigos del gobierno federal “simplemente no eran creíbles”, incluido Gregory Bovino, un comandante de la Patrulla Fronteriza que estuvo al frente del operativo en el área de Chicago antes de trasladarse a Carolina del Norte en los últimos días.
La subsecretaria de Seguridad Nacional, Tricia McLaughlin, se refirió en un comunicado a la suspensión como “una victoria para el estado de derecho y para la seguridad de cada agente”.
Los abogados de la parte demandante no respondieron de momento a solicitudes de comentarios.
Bovino, jefe de sector de la Patrulla Fronteriza en El Centro, California, ha defendido en repetidas ocasiones el uso de la fuerza por parte de sus agentes. Supervisó a unos 230 elementos de la Oficina de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza de Estados Unidos (CBP por sus iniciales en inglés) en el área de Chicago desde de septiembre. Después de Carolina del Norte, se tiene previsto el despliegue de agentes fronterizos hacia Nueva Orleans.
Las redadas migratorias en el área de Chicago ha desencadenado múltiples demandas, incluidas acusaciones sobre condiciones inhumanas en un centro federal de detención de inmigrantes. La denuncia obligó a que un juez federal y abogados visitaran la semana pasada la instalación del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE por sus iniciales en inglés) ubicado a las afueras de Chicago.
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Esta historia fue traducida del inglés por un editor de AP con la ayuda de una herramienta de inteligencia artificial generativa.
An Age Of Forgotten Infrastructure
An Age Of Forgotten Infrastructure
Authored by Mollie Engelhart via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
We are living in the most materially abundant moment in all of human history, yet most of us move through life unaware of it.
We turn on a faucet and clean water appears. We flip a switch and light fills a room. With the tap of a finger, we can access the sum total of human knowledge, entertainment, and communication. We not only expect these things, we consider them normal. But none of this is normal. It is extraordinary.
Here in the United States, nearly every home has running water, electricity, paved roads, refrigeration, sewage systems, and buildings engineered to withstand storms and time. Our daily lives operate inside a lattice of infrastructure so reliable we forget it exists. We drive across bridges without a single thought for the men who hung from steel beams suspended high above rivers to construct them. We rely on power lines without remembering that someone once risked freezing temperatures or electrical burns so that power could flow uninterrupted to our homes. We flush toilets without considering the generations of engineers and laborers who built systems to prevent disease and contamination.
Civilization did not happen by accident. It was built piece by piece by millions of people, many with blistered hands, injured bodies, and some who never made it home again.
Maybe I see it differently because I am a builder. I have built restaurants, farms, homes, and the systems required to keep them functioning. On my farm today, the water we drink comes from a well more than 400 feet deep. A pump brings it to the surface, and that pump has failed before. When it failed, the water stopped instantly. There was no gradual decline. No dishes washed. No showers. No drinking water. In those moments the illusion of modern certainty collapses and you remember that water is not convenience. It is survival.
Sometimes I imagine taking a woman from 1920, a farm wife hauling water and cooking over wood fire, washing laundry by hand, and placing her inside my home today. She would marvel. Running water. Heat with the turn of a dial. Electricity at every switch. Refrigeration that keeps food safe for weeks. A roof that holds out wind, rain, and cold without effort. She would likely cry, not from fragility, but from the overwhelming relief of a life no longer defined by constant physical labor simply to exist. Her gratitude would be immense. Ours, in comparison, barely exists.
I have even heard women today say, half joking, “What do we even need men for anymore?” as if modern convenience erased human nature, biology, or history. When I look around, I see reminders everywhere of the masculine drive to build, protect, and improve life for women and children. Nearly every piece of modern infrastructure, from highways to electrical grids to high rises and irrigation systems, was built by men. Not because women could not do it, but because historically men took on the dangerous, physically punishing work required to create safety and comfort for others. Over time, the reverence for that reality faded, and entitlement took its place.
Sometimes I sit quietly in my bedroom and truly look at what surrounds me. The bed I sleep on. The glass in the windows. The air conditioning humming softly. The walls and floors. The metal beams underneath. The insulation. The lumber. The roof. Nothing in that room appeared by magic. Every single piece was sourced, shaped, transported, hammered, welded, lifted, installed, repaired, and maintained. When you slow down enough to see it clearly, the truth becomes unavoidable. We are living inside the accomplishments of countless unnamed people.
Even those with very little financially still live with more comfort and security than kings and queens throughout most of history. The average American has food preservation better than royal cellars, climate control better than palaces, lighting more consistent than candlelit courts, and water safer than the wells civilizations depended on for centuries.
When we forget the cost of something, we stop valuing it. And when we stop valuing it, we stop protecting it.
Maybe the shift begins with awareness. The next time water flows from a faucet, pause for a breath and notice the miracle of it. When you flip a switch and darkness becomes light, remember the people who made that possible. When you step into a warm shower, remember that for most of human history, that experience did not exist at all.
Gratitude does not require guilt. It requires presence.
Whether we acknowledge it or not, we are living in an age of extraordinary abundance. The appropriate response to that abundance is not resentment, apathy, or expectation, but appreciation.
Views expressed in this article are opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times or ZeroHedge.
Tyler Durden
Wed, 11/19/2025 – 19:15
https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/age-forgotten-infrastructure
Los problemas de Haití se desvanecen brevemente al celebrar su clasificación al Mundial
Por DÁNICA COTO y EVENS SANON
PUERTO PRÍNCIPE (AP) — Haití contuvo la respiración durante casi dos horas mientras sus problemas parecían desvanecerse con la promesa de su primera clasificación para la Copa del Mundo desde 1974.
Olvidada, aunque sea brevemente, quedó la violencia, el hambre y la falta de vivienda después de que Louicius Deedson anotó a los nueve minutos del partido del martes contra Nicaragua. Ruben Providence marcó también con un cabezazo justo antes del descanso en una victoria por 2-0 que envió a la selección haitiana al Mundial apenas por segunda vez en la historia.
Gritos en criollo haitiano de “¡Grenadye, alaso!” llenaron las calles, hogares y refugios improvisados del país mientras los aficionados instaban a su equipo, los Granaderos, a atacar.
Haití no sólo necesitaba una victoria sobre la selección nicaragüense; quería demostrar que a pesar de las múltiples crisis que agobian al país, aún podía salir adelante y mantener la cabeza en alto como lo ha hecho a lo largo de su atribulada historia.
“Significa más que sólo una victoria. Es esperanza, es unidad en un momento en que el país enfrenta tantos desafíos”, afirmó Pierre Jean-Jacques, un mecánico de 25 años que vio el partido en casa. “Estaba completamente concentrado. Mi corazón latía con fuerza”.
Después del partido, Jean-Jacques se unió a miles de aficionados que se movilizaron hasta bien entrada la noche por calles, normalmente vacías a esa hora por miedo a los asesinatos o secuestros.
“Esta victoria trae un momento de alegría”, expresó. “Estoy orgulloso. Creo que podemos levantarnos juntos”.
La victoria del martes por la noche coincidió con el 222 aniversario de la histórica Batalla de Vertières, que ayudó a Haití a convertirse en la primera república negra del mundo.
“No podrían haber elegido una mejor fecha para que nuestros guerreros vayan a la Copa del Mundo”, dijo Vladimir Dorvale, de 18 años, que tenía una pequeña bandera haitiana atada alrededor de su cuello y caminaba rápidamente hacia la casa de un amigo para hablar sobre el partido.
Las probabilidades estaban en contra de Haití, donde la euforia se mantenía alta el miércoles.
El equipo jugó todos sus partidos como local en la pequeña isla caribeña holandesa de Curazao porque era demasiado peligroso hacerlo en Haití, donde las bandas armadas controlan hasta el 90% de su capital, Puerto Príncipe.
Su entrenador, Sébastien Migné, dijo a la revista France Football que gestionó de forma remota a ciertos jugadores que estaban en Haití. No pudo volar al país, donde la violencia de las pandillas ha cerrado el principal aeropuerto internacional varias veces.
Cuando Deedson metió el primer gol, estallaron disparos en el vecindario de André Michaud, sorprendiendo al estudiante de 23 años que vio el partido en un bar cerca de su casa porque éste tenía un generador y la electricidad se había ido de nuevo.
“No sabía si las pandillas habían invadido”, comentó, añadiendo que se tranquilizó después de darse cuenta de que era celebratorio.
“Durante toda mi vida, he estado apoyando a otros equipos en la Copa del Mundo: Brasil, Argentina”, dijo. “Ahora, finalmente puedo apoyar a mi país. Tengo la esperanza de que Haití pueda llegar lejos”.
Poco después de la victoria, una multitud alegre marchó por las estrechas calles de un vecindario bajo la lluvia, tocando música y cantando: “¡Haití se ha clasificado! ¡No tenemos un Estado!” en referencia a la profunda inestabilidad política que sacude a la nación.
Otros miles de aficionados bailaron por las calles de Pétionville hasta muy noche. Cuando estallaron disparos brevemente durante la celebración, la multitud levantó las manos y vitoreó. Tal ruido normalmente dispersa a la gente en un país donde más de 4.300 personas fueron asesinadas de enero a septiembre.
“Espero que lo disfruten. No ha terminado. Es sólo el comienzo”, dijo el delantero Duckens Nazon después del partido en un video publicado en línea. “Hay muchas personas que no creían en nosotros, pero nosotros, creemos en nosotros”.
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Coto informó desde San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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