Laura Barrón-López
@lbarronlopez.bsky.social
White House Correspondent for MS NOW. Formerly PBS News Hour, CNN. Proton email: [email protected] Signal: LBarron07.01
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News @ms.now: Fired immigration judge files first-of-its-kind whistleblower lawsuit, alleging she was fired after reporting ICE unlawfully detained an unaccompanied minor
She told us her supervisor warned “the White House is watching,” when she resisted a policy change
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She told us her supervisor warned “the White House is watching,” when she resisted a policy change
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‘The White House is watching this’: Fired immigration judge alleges retaliation by DOJ
Chloe Dillon says a supervisor cautioned her against resisting an ICE policy she had found unlawful.
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September 10, 2026 at 4:57 PM
News @ms.now: Fired immigration judge files first-of-its-kind whistleblower lawsuit, alleging she was fired after reporting ICE unlawfully detained an unaccompanied minor
She told us her supervisor warned “the White House is watching,” when she resisted a policy change
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She told us her supervisor warned “the White House is watching,” when she resisted a policy change
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New: HSI has been hunting for noncitizen voter fraud since last summer. This week, DHS started a “surge” in 9 states
But they’re short of 10s of thousands Trump says exist
DHS subpoenaed GA for voting records on 13 individuals
WI for 15
WA got DHS request for 2
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But they’re short of 10s of thousands Trump says exist
DHS subpoenaed GA for voting records on 13 individuals
WI for 15
WA got DHS request for 2
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Aggressive DHS hunt for voter fraud only finding a handful of possible noncitizen cases
Nine states have reportedly been targeted in the latest surge by the Department of Homeland Security to root out voter fraud. One state told MS NOW the findings there have been single-digit.
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September 4, 2026 at 4:16 PM
New: HSI has been hunting for noncitizen voter fraud since last summer. This week, DHS started a “surge” in 9 states
But they’re short of 10s of thousands Trump says exist
DHS subpoenaed GA for voting records on 13 individuals
WI for 15
WA got DHS request for 2
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But they’re short of 10s of thousands Trump says exist
DHS subpoenaed GA for voting records on 13 individuals
WI for 15
WA got DHS request for 2
www.ms.now/news/aggress...
Reposted by Laura Barrón-López
"The rapidly expanding campaign by the Department of Homeland Security to track down voter fraud is failing to produce proof that backs up President Donald Trump’s claims that tens of thousands of noncitizens are illegally registered and voting." — @lbarronlopez.bsky.social
Aggressive DHS hunt for voter fraud only finding a handful of possible noncitizen cases
Nine states have reportedly been targeted in the latest surge by the Department of Homeland Security to root out voter fraud. One state told MS NOW the findings there have been single-digit.
www.ms.now
September 4, 2026 at 1:21 PM
"The rapidly expanding campaign by the Department of Homeland Security to track down voter fraud is failing to produce proof that backs up President Donald Trump’s claims that tens of thousands of noncitizens are illegally registered and voting." — @lbarronlopez.bsky.social
“There’s no way those lists are accurate”: State officials warn Trump’s state citizenship lists are unreliable and could purge eligible voters
The lists are “meant to create a sense of urgency and chaos,” the top Republican election official in Utah told me.
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The lists are “meant to create a sense of urgency and chaos,” the top Republican election official in Utah told me.
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August 27, 2026 at 2:44 AM
“There’s no way those lists are accurate”: State officials warn Trump’s state citizenship lists are unreliable and could purge eligible voters
The lists are “meant to create a sense of urgency and chaos,” the top Republican election official in Utah told me.
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The lists are “meant to create a sense of urgency and chaos,” the top Republican election official in Utah told me.
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SCOOP: Trump is ending federal support for NOAA's Arctic Report Card, a major annual update shedding light on the effect climate change has on the Arctic.
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POLITICO Pro: NOAA to end support for Arctic climate change report
The authors were informed Monday of the action, which jeopardizes public dissemination of the report on the fast-changing region.
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August 10, 2026 at 7:36 PM
SCOOP: Trump is ending federal support for NOAA's Arctic Report Card, a major annual update shedding light on the effect climate change has on the Arctic.
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New: Former intel officials call for probe into CIA note at heart of Trump’s 2020 election document dump
The CIA doc in question is on China’s alleged efforts to undermine Trump in ‘20
Intel vets want to know when/why it was written, and who requested it
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The CIA doc in question is on China’s alleged efforts to undermine Trump in ‘20
Intel vets want to know when/why it was written, and who requested it
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Former intel officials call for investigation into Trump's 2020 election document dump
One of the 58 documents Trump declassified and published online is drawing scrutiny from former intelligence officials who want more public information about when and why it was written.
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July 28, 2026 at 1:25 PM
New: Former intel officials call for probe into CIA note at heart of Trump’s 2020 election document dump
The CIA doc in question is on China’s alleged efforts to undermine Trump in ‘20
Intel vets want to know when/why it was written, and who requested it
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The CIA doc in question is on China’s alleged efforts to undermine Trump in ‘20
Intel vets want to know when/why it was written, and who requested it
www.ms.now/news/cia-not...
Scoop: Her DACA status doesn't expire till 2027. ICE deported her anyway, separating Jessica Treviño from her 3 U.S. citizen kids
“I'm not mad at the country, I'm more mad at the president,” said Sarah, Jessica’s 14yo daughter. “Why is he just separating families?”
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“I'm not mad at the country, I'm more mad at the president,” said Sarah, Jessica’s 14yo daughter. “Why is he just separating families?”
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The Trump administration is deporting ‘Dreamers.’ Their kids are paying for it.
Jessica Treviño Villegas’ DACA status was still valid when she was deported to Mexico. Her children, who are U.S. citizens, are now navigating life without her.
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June 17, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Scoop: Her DACA status doesn't expire till 2027. ICE deported her anyway, separating Jessica Treviño from her 3 U.S. citizen kids
“I'm not mad at the country, I'm more mad at the president,” said Sarah, Jessica’s 14yo daughter. “Why is he just separating families?”
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“I'm not mad at the country, I'm more mad at the president,” said Sarah, Jessica’s 14yo daughter. “Why is he just separating families?”
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SCOOP: Deported Dreamer released from Texas detention after ICE brought him back to U.S.
Last week ICE flew Jose Contreras Diaz back to TX and then detained him. DHS said “he will not be able to remain in the U.S.” Today he was released and met his newborn son
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Last week ICE flew Jose Contreras Diaz back to TX and then detained him. DHS said “he will not be able to remain in the U.S.” Today he was released and met his newborn son
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May 8, 2026 at 12:23 AM
SCOOP: Deported Dreamer released from Texas detention after ICE brought him back to U.S.
Last week ICE flew Jose Contreras Diaz back to TX and then detained him. DHS said “he will not be able to remain in the U.S.” Today he was released and met his newborn son
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Last week ICE flew Jose Contreras Diaz back to TX and then detained him. DHS said “he will not be able to remain in the U.S.” Today he was released and met his newborn son
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Reposted by Laura Barrón-López
MS Now's @lbarronlopez.bsky.social details her exclusive reporting on how the Trump Administration reassured a deported DACA recipient that he would return home, but instead he was detained by ICE. She also shares what his sister wishes she could tell the President.
May 2, 2026 at 12:10 PM
MS Now's @lbarronlopez.bsky.social details her exclusive reporting on how the Trump Administration reassured a deported DACA recipient that he would return home, but instead he was detained by ICE. She also shares what his sister wishes she could tell the President.
EXCLUSIVE: Deported Dreamer told he’ll be allowed back into U.S.
Jose Contreras Diaz was deported in January, missing the birth of his son. Now, he’s heading home to TX. The Trump admin is reversing his deportation. Jose shared his story for the first time w @ms.now
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Jose Contreras Diaz was deported in January, missing the birth of his son. Now, he’s heading home to TX. The Trump admin is reversing his deportation. Jose shared his story for the first time w @ms.now
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Deported Dreamer told he’ll be allowed back into U.S.
Jose Contreras Diaz had valid DACA status and no criminal record when ICE put him on a plane to Honduras. He missed the birth of his son. This week, he's going home.
www.ms.now
April 28, 2026 at 12:35 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Deported Dreamer told he’ll be allowed back into U.S.
Jose Contreras Diaz was deported in January, missing the birth of his son. Now, he’s heading home to TX. The Trump admin is reversing his deportation. Jose shared his story for the first time w @ms.now
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Jose Contreras Diaz was deported in January, missing the birth of his son. Now, he’s heading home to TX. The Trump admin is reversing his deportation. Jose shared his story for the first time w @ms.now
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News/Update: Rep. Vicente Gonzalez sent a letter today to President Trump, DHS Sec Mullin calling on them “to exercise prosecutorial discretion to ensure the prompt release of Juan Sebastian Chavez and Jahasiel Pena Enriquez”
Both arrested despite having valid DACA status, both have citizen kids
Both arrested despite having valid DACA status, both have citizen kids
March 24, 2026 at 7:26 PM
News/Update: Rep. Vicente Gonzalez sent a letter today to President Trump, DHS Sec Mullin calling on them “to exercise prosecutorial discretion to ensure the prompt release of Juan Sebastian Chavez and Jahasiel Pena Enriquez”
Both arrested despite having valid DACA status, both have citizen kids
Both arrested despite having valid DACA status, both have citizen kids
Reposted by Laura Barrón-López
"We ate with our hands handcuffed."
A former ICE detainee shares her experience with @lbarronlopez.bsky.social
A former ICE detainee shares her experience with @lbarronlopez.bsky.social
March 19, 2026 at 4:28 AM
"We ate with our hands handcuffed."
A former ICE detainee shares her experience with @lbarronlopez.bsky.social
A former ICE detainee shares her experience with @lbarronlopez.bsky.social
Reposted by Laura Barrón-López
ICE detained a DACA recipient who was going to visit his preemie daughter in the NICU.
His DACA status expired last week while he was in custody. The government did not respond to the renewal application he submitted in November.
exclusive by @lbarronlopez.bsky.social
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His DACA status expired last week while he was in custody. The government did not respond to the renewal application he submitted in November.
exclusive by @lbarronlopez.bsky.social
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‘Americans at heart’: ICE detains DACA recipient on way to visit premature baby in NICU
Juan Chavez Velasco’s case reflects a growing pattern: The Trump administration is targeting Dreamers who once believed DACA shielded them — and letting their renewals expire unanswered.
www.ms.now
March 18, 2026 at 1:48 PM
ICE detained a DACA recipient who was going to visit his preemie daughter in the NICU.
His DACA status expired last week while he was in custody. The government did not respond to the renewal application he submitted in November.
exclusive by @lbarronlopez.bsky.social
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His DACA status expired last week while he was in custody. The government did not respond to the renewal application he submitted in November.
exclusive by @lbarronlopez.bsky.social
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NEW: ICE detained DACA recipient Juan Chavez Velasco 12 days after his youngest child was born prematurely. The father of 3 U.S. citizen kids was driving to deliver milk to her in NICU
"I never got to hold her" Juan told me, sharing his story for first time w/ @ms.now
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"I never got to hold her" Juan told me, sharing his story for first time w/ @ms.now
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‘Americans at heart’: ICE detains DACA recipient on way to visit premature baby in NICU
Juan Chavez Velasco’s case reflects a growing pattern: The Trump administration is targeting Dreamers who once believed DACA shielded them — and letting their renewals expire unanswered.
www.ms.now
March 18, 2026 at 12:09 PM
NEW: ICE detained DACA recipient Juan Chavez Velasco 12 days after his youngest child was born prematurely. The father of 3 U.S. citizen kids was driving to deliver milk to her in NICU
"I never got to hold her" Juan told me, sharing his story for first time w/ @ms.now
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"I never got to hold her" Juan told me, sharing his story for first time w/ @ms.now
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Reposted by Laura Barrón-López
Delivery company FedEx said in a statement on Thursday that it will return any tariff refund it might get to shippers and customers who paid them.
FedEx says it will return to customers any refunds it gets back from Trump's illegal tariffs
Delivery company FedEx said in a statement on Thursday that it will return any tariff refund it might get to shippers and customers who paid them.
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February 27, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Delivery company FedEx said in a statement on Thursday that it will return any tariff refund it might get to shippers and customers who paid them.
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TONIGHT: Funding for DHS runs out at midnight – Top Goldman Sachs lawyer departs amid reported ties to Epstein – & Attorney confirms Mark Zuckerberg to go to trial Wednesday.
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February 14, 2026 at 3:51 AM
TONIGHT: Funding for DHS runs out at midnight – Top Goldman Sachs lawyer departs amid reported ties to Epstein – & Attorney confirms Mark Zuckerberg to go to trial Wednesday.
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Minnesota SOS Steve Simon tells @ms.now states now have to plan for “federal interference with our elections” like fed agents showing up at polls
“This now belongs in the same category as a power outage, a bomb threat”
New reporting w/ @davidrohde.bsky.social
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“This now belongs in the same category as a power outage, a bomb threat”
New reporting w/ @davidrohde.bsky.social
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‘Trump is showing us the playbook’: Officials scramble to protect against election interference
Election officials across the U.S. are taking Trump’s latest threats seriously, bolstering their defenses against federal efforts to block their constitutionally mandated role running elections.
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February 9, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Minnesota SOS Steve Simon tells @ms.now states now have to plan for “federal interference with our elections” like fed agents showing up at polls
“This now belongs in the same category as a power outage, a bomb threat”
New reporting w/ @davidrohde.bsky.social
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“This now belongs in the same category as a power outage, a bomb threat”
New reporting w/ @davidrohde.bsky.social
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Latest from me and @marcsantianews.bsky.social —>
Breaking MS NOW:
The Trump admin is now eyeing Ohio for immigration enforcement operations that could begin as early as next week.
The operation is expected to target Haitian immigrants — with temporary protected status for Haiti expiring on Feb. 3.
The Trump admin is now eyeing Ohio for immigration enforcement operations that could begin as early as next week.
The operation is expected to target Haitian immigrants — with temporary protected status for Haiti expiring on Feb. 3.
ICE eyeing Ohio next, where it is expected to target Haitian immigrants
An estimated 12,000 to 15,000 Haitians live in Springfield, Ohio, a community that President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance targeted during the 2024 campaign, falsely accusing the community ...
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January 31, 2026 at 6:35 PM
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Scoop: Trump admin plans to remove ~400 individuals, including children and families, to Mexico in first known restart of controversial “Remain in Mexico” policy during Trump’s 2nd term, sources tell me and Jake Traylor @ms.now
They’re set to be removed as early as Tuesday from TX and AZ to Mexico
They’re set to be removed as early as Tuesday from TX and AZ to Mexico
January 25, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Scoop: Trump admin plans to remove ~400 individuals, including children and families, to Mexico in first known restart of controversial “Remain in Mexico” policy during Trump’s 2nd term, sources tell me and Jake Traylor @ms.now
They’re set to be removed as early as Tuesday from TX and AZ to Mexico
They’re set to be removed as early as Tuesday from TX and AZ to Mexico
Reposted by Laura Barrón-López
Exclusive: ICE plans to deport 40 Iranians days after mass killings of thousands of protesters in Iran. Two of the deportees are gay & terrified of returning to a country where homosexuality is punishable by death, their lawyer says. w/
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Trump administration plans to deport 40 Iranians days after mass killings in Iran
Two of the deportees are gay and are terrified of returning to a country where homosexuality is punishable by death, their lawyer says.
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January 23, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Exclusive: ICE plans to deport 40 Iranians days after mass killings of thousands of protesters in Iran. Two of the deportees are gay & terrified of returning to a country where homosexuality is punishable by death, their lawyer says. w/
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MS NOW EXCLUSIVE:
“The deportation flight is scheduled to depart from Arizona on Sunday, these people said, just days after the country’s hardline regime crushed mass protests by killing at least 3,000 demonstrators.”
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“The deportation flight is scheduled to depart from Arizona on Sunday, these people said, just days after the country’s hardline regime crushed mass protests by killing at least 3,000 demonstrators.”
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Trump administration plans to deport 40 Iranians days after mass killings in Iran
Two of the deportees are gay and terrified of returning to a country where homosexuality is punishable by death, their lawyer says.
www.ms.now
January 23, 2026 at 1:56 PM
MS NOW EXCLUSIVE:
“The deportation flight is scheduled to depart from Arizona on Sunday, these people said, just days after the country’s hardline regime crushed mass protests by killing at least 3,000 demonstrators.”
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“The deportation flight is scheduled to depart from Arizona on Sunday, these people said, just days after the country’s hardline regime crushed mass protests by killing at least 3,000 demonstrators.”
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SCOOP: Trump admin plans to deport at least 40 Iranians days after mass killings in Iran, sources tell me, @davidrohde.bsky.social
Flight is as early as Sunday. Two men set to be on it are gay & “terrified” of returning to Iran where being gay is punishable by death
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Flight is as early as Sunday. Two men set to be on it are gay & “terrified” of returning to Iran where being gay is punishable by death
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January 23, 2026 at 12:50 PM
SCOOP: Trump admin plans to deport at least 40 Iranians days after mass killings in Iran, sources tell me, @davidrohde.bsky.social
Flight is as early as Sunday. Two men set to be on it are gay & “terrified” of returning to Iran where being gay is punishable by death
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Flight is as early as Sunday. Two men set to be on it are gay & “terrified” of returning to Iran where being gay is punishable by death
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These troops are with the Army’s 16th Military Police Brigade and at least one battalion (500) were put on prepare-to-deploy orders, two sources told @ms.now
NEWS: Pentagon ordered active-duty soldiers with a military police unit in NC to prepare for possible deployment to Minneapolis, three people familiar told @ms.now
Prepare to deploy order was issued yesterday for at least a few hundred members of an Army military police brigade based at Fort Bragg
Prepare to deploy order was issued yesterday for at least a few hundred members of an Army military police brigade based at Fort Bragg
January 22, 2026 at 3:45 PM
These troops are with the Army’s 16th Military Police Brigade and at least one battalion (500) were put on prepare-to-deploy orders, two sources told @ms.now
ICE operations in Maine are starting. @ms.now reported last Weds that ICE HSI were eyeing Maine to target Somali immigrants, with op similar to Minnesota
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Trump targets Maine’s Somali population as federal officials consider new enforcement operation
The potential movement comes as President Donald Trump ramps up attacks on Somali immigrants, repeatedly saying he wants them out of the U.S. and calling them “garbage.”
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January 21, 2026 at 7:09 PM
ICE operations in Maine are starting. @ms.now reported last Weds that ICE HSI were eyeing Maine to target Somali immigrants, with op similar to Minnesota
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NEWS: Pentagon ordered active-duty soldiers with a military police unit in NC to prepare for possible deployment to Minneapolis, three people familiar told @ms.now
Prepare to deploy order was issued yesterday for at least a few hundred members of an Army military police brigade based at Fort Bragg
Prepare to deploy order was issued yesterday for at least a few hundred members of an Army military police brigade based at Fort Bragg
January 21, 2026 at 4:17 PM
NEWS: Pentagon ordered active-duty soldiers with a military police unit in NC to prepare for possible deployment to Minneapolis, three people familiar told @ms.now
Prepare to deploy order was issued yesterday for at least a few hundred members of an Army military police brigade based at Fort Bragg
Prepare to deploy order was issued yesterday for at least a few hundred members of an Army military police brigade based at Fort Bragg