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ICE agents 'shocked and frustrated' after being told to 'scale back' in internal memo
FILE PHOTO: Federal agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) conduct an immigration enforcement operation in Pine Grove, Minnesota, U.S., January 28, 2026. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo
What happened
RawStory reports that ICE officers nationwide received verbal instructions over the weekend to temporarily stop arresting undocumented immigrants unless they had criminal convictions or pending charges. Fox News correspondent Bill Melugin said agents were “shocked and frustrated” by that direction, though none of his sources identified who issued it.
Melugin reported that…
The skinny
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