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ICE backing down in Minnesota and combating the flooding the zone strategy S5E19 02.16.2026

ICE backing down in Minnesota and combating the flooding the zone strategy S5E19 02.16.2026

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Today, we have two questions again. First, Myron from Boston, Massachusetts, writes that ICE seems to have backed down in Minneapolis. Yet it is being reported that there are over 18,000 cases currently in the court system challenging immigrant detention. There are over 3000 cases in Texas alone. (I got these numbers from ProPublica. There is a new push for local law enforcement to step in. Some say it is their duty to arrest and charge federal agents for violating state and local laws. Why do you think this isn’t happening? Can and should local law enforcement intervene?

Next up, Rebecca from Roanoke, Virginia writes, your panel has discussed the Steve Bannon strategy of flooding the zone to create confusion. Today, we have ICE, Bad Bunny, Olympic Athletes speaking out, The Epstein Files, Greenland, the East Wing of the White House, Israel and Iran, and of course the almost forgotten war in Ukraine. With all that is going on, it’s hard to keep up. Stories seem to come and go without any resolution or closure. Then they pop up every so often to divert our attention from something else. Now, you’ve talked about the strategy, but let me ask, what do you see as the solution? How can the average American be informed when there is so much noise? I get that the strategy is to overwhelm. So, what would you say we can do to not be overwhelmed?

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