Fixing Immigration Enforcement Before Trust Collapses

FEMA shutdown drags on amid stalemate over reforms to immigration enforcement • West Virginia Watch

The Federal Emergency Management Agency building in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 25, 2024. (Photo by Shauneen Miranda/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — The nation’s main agency for handling disaster response and recovery is shuttered for the third time in recent months and its workers are on the verge of missing paychecks, as members of Congress and the White House remain divided in a separate dispute over immigration enforcement. Lawmakers are raising …

FEMA shutdown drags on amid stalemate over reforms to immigration enforcement

The Federal Emergency Management Agency building in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 25, 2024. (Photo by Shauneen Miranda/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — The nation’s main agency for handling disaster response and recovery is shuttered for the third time in recent months and its workers are on the verge of missing paychecks, as members of Congress and the White House remain divided in a separate dispute over immigration enforcement. Lawmakers are raising …

Fixing Immigration Enforcement Before Trust Collapses

Federal immigration operations in Minneapolis this January left two U.S. citizens dead. On Jan. 7, Renee Good, 37, was shot in her car by an ICE officer. Officials say she tried to run him over; video appears to show her steering away. On Jan. 24, Alex Pretti, 37 - an ICU nurse and Army veteran - was killed during a chaotic street arrest by federal agents. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz condemned the raids as federal overreach; the White House defended…