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DHS torches New Jersey’s profane ‘F—ICE Act’ as assaults on agents skyrocket 1,300%
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EXCLUSIVE: The Department of Homeland Security slammed a new vulgar New Jersey bill aimed at punishing federal immigration enforcement in the Garden State, highlighting several victims of crimes committed by illegal immigrants that officials say lawmakers are ignoring.
Earlier this week, Assemblymembers Ravinder Bhalla and Katie Brennan, both Hoboken Democrats, drafted the “F—ICE Act” — with the profane acronym spelled out — that would allow civil action to be taken against immigration enforcement agents.
The bill was reportedly drafted after a Democratic Socialist councilman from neighboring Jersey City was rebuked by a federal agent when he arrived at the scene of a raid on the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail, where an agent told him: “I don’t need a warrant, bro.”
“This is a disgusting bill just meant to demonize our officers who are experiencing a highly coordinated campaign of violence against our law enforcement,” Deputy Assistant DHS Secretary Lauren Bis told Fox News Digital.
New Jerseyans protest ICE. (Charly Triballeau/Getty Images)
“Our officers are facing a 1,300% increase in assaults against them, a 3,200% increase in vehicular attacks, and an 8,000% increase in death threats.”
Bis warned that anyone who lays hands on officers or tries to obstruct their operations “is committing a felony and a federal crime.”
“What these New Jersey sanctuary lawmakers are trying to do is unlawful, and they know it. Federal officials acting in the course of their duties are immune from liability under state law,” she said.
Fox News Digital reached out to the New Jersey Assembly Majority Office for comment from Bhalla and Brennan.
Bis later added that New Jersey is the same state that “allowed a criminal illegal alien onto American streets who killed a mother and 11-year-old daughter while drunk driving.”
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“What about recourse for the victims of illegal aliens?” she asked of the F—ICE Act sponsors.
Bis outlined several recent DHS arrests of illegal immigrants convicted of violent crimes, including Felix Diaz of Cuba, who was arrested on a homicide charge.
Rodrigo Basantes of Ecuador was convicted of endangering the welfare of a child through sexual contact and sexual assault of a victim under age 13, while Mexican national Jose Villalva was previously convicted of child molestation.
Later Friday, New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill doubled down on the state’s tack toward ICE with a scathing letter to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem objecting to the purchase of a warehouse near Lake Hopatcong that would be used as a federal facility.
“The Roxbury immigration detention facility will not make New Jerseyans safer. Across the country, federal immigration officers have trampled on basic liberties and engaged in unconscionable acts of violence against law-abiding Americans,” Sherrill claimed.
“These acts of violence have left Americans severely injured and, in some cases, resulted in their deaths. ICE agents have repeatedly violated the constitutional rights of citizens and non-citizens alike. I have no reason to believe that DHS will treat the people of New Jersey any differently should it expand its presence in our state.”
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She claimed DHS has shown a “chilling disregard for both human life and the rule of law.”
However, not every New Jerseyan has been on board with the new governor, as boos rained down on the former Morristown congresswoman when she was introduced at a New Jersey Devils hockey game this week.
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Firefighters responded to a boat fire off Dorchester Sunday afternoon.
The incident occurred around 1 p.m. in the waters off Savin Hill Yacht Club, according to Boston Fire Department.
The passengers on the boat got off safely, BFD said. But the boat did have to be towed to shallow waters.
Images posted by the department show other boats responding to put out the flames right next in front of the Rainbow Swash mural.
Man arrested after urinating in bus
The MBTA Police responded to a call last week of a man urinating on the bus.
The call came in around 11 a.m. Wednesday that a male passenger was peeing in front of others on the bus near the Mass Ave. at Harrison Ave. stop, T Police said in a post on X.
After removing the man, officers said they discovered he had “14 warrants for his arrest for various [offenses] from numerous courts,” according to the T Police. The man was arrested.
Incident Summary
BPD responded to 245 incidents in the 24-hour period ending at 10 a.m. Sunday, according to the department’s incident log. Those included two robberies, two aggravated assaults, two residential burglaries, four larcenies from a vehicle, and 31 miscellaneous larcenies.
Arrests
All of the below-named defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
— Roman Lora, 24 Sumner St., Revere. Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.
— Maryann Valeyron, 31 Albion St., Lowell. Operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license.
— Irini Papa, 4 McDewell Ave., Danvers. Assault and battery on a police officer.
— Yaseen Ahmad, no address listed. Sexual conduct for a fee.
— Matthew Fitzpatrick, no address listed. Sexual conduct for a fee.
— Darren Francisque, 58 Gold St., Randolph. Sexual conduct for a fee.
— Angelo Furtado, no address listed. Sexual conduct for a fee.
— Rev. Mahayaye-Vineetha Thero, 145 College Ave., Somerville. Sexual conduct for a fee.
— Sundararahan Vaidyanathan, 13264 Middleton Farm Ln., Herndon, VA. Sexual conduct for a fee.
— Justice Wallace, 150 Ellington St., Dorchester. Unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.
— Jessica Hazard, 190 Mountain Ave., Malden. Trespassing.
— Julio Cortez, no address listed. Disorderly conduct.
Aaron Rodgers is not returning to the Pittsburgh Steelers as a developmental project or a sentimental luxury. He’s back because the franchise believes he can still win. That doesn’t mean the patience around him will be endless.
Rodgers’ decision to re-sign for one more season gives Pittsburgh a familiar and fascinating pairing. Mike McCarthy, beginning his first year as Steelers head coach after replacing Mike Tomlin, now gets to work again with the quarterback he coached for 13 seasons in Green Bay.
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Their shared history includes Super Bowl XLV, MVP-level football and one of the most productive coach-quarterback partnerships of the modern era. The difference now is obvious.
Rodgers is 42, entering his 22nd NFL season, and McCarthy is trying to establish his own authority in a franchise that spent nearly two decades under Tomlin.
Christopher Walter of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette believes even Rodgers wouldn’t be completely protected if the season opened badly.
“I would say he’d get like a month,” Walter said. “But it would also need to be that he falls so far off a cliff that it would be disastrous for a month.”
Walter made clear he is not predicting Rodgers will collapse. He has seen enough this offseason to believe the arm remains functional.
“Rodgers is one of the smarter QBs I’ve ever watched, and even if his arm falls off. I can tell you from what I saw over the past month it has not. I think he could work his way around physical issues and still make plays,” Walter said.
“If he bombs the first month, then they’d maybe look at changes.”
Rodgers still has trust, but Pittsburgh has pressure
The Steelers aren’t built like a team willing to drift through a transition year. Tomlin’s tenure ended after another playoff disappointment, but his regular-season consistency created a standard McCarthy must now protect.
Rodgers’ 2025 numbers were strong enough to justify another run. He threw for 3,322 yards, 24 touchdowns and seven interceptions. The concern isn’t whether he can still think the game. It’s whether he can survive another full season without the physical slippage becoming too costly.
That question becomes sharper because Pittsburgh’s schedule includes a demanding midseason stretch against the Cincinnati Bengals, Philadelphia Eagles, Denver Broncos, Houston Texans, Jacksonville Jaguars and Baltimore Ravens.
A bad month against that kind of opposition could quickly turn a veteran reunion into a weekly referendum.
McCarthy has options behind Rodgers
McCarthy has been careful not to make Pittsburgh’s quarterback room sound like a one-man operation.
“We’ve definitely got four that we love, I can say that,” McCarthy told reporters earlier this offseason. “You always have to develop the room.”
That room includes Mason Rudolph, Drew Allar and Will Howard, who appears to be the most intriguing fallback option. Howard received first-team work earlier in the offseason while Rodgers’ contract situation played out, and McCarthy has spoken highly of him.
“I think he’s definitely a real prospect as a starting quarterback,” McCarthy said on Mad Dog Sports Radio. “I think there’s a lot of growth.”
Rodgers has also praised Howard’s mental approach.
“From an intelligence standpoint and processing the presnap stuff, I think he’s gonna be great at that,” Rodgers said. “He was my right-hand man with all the signals this year and he was phenomenal at it.”
Pittsburgh’s preferred plan is still Rodgers. The warning is that McCarthy’s first Steelers season cannot be allowed to unravel while waiting for the past to look like the present again.
CONNECTICUT (WTNH) – Some state parks have closed after their parking lots have reached capacity.
According to the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection parking lots at 3 state parks have reached their limit today and are closed to anymore guests.
As of this time the parks are:
-Silver Sands in Milford
-Wadsworth Falls in Middletown
-Squantz Pond in New Fairfield
We will update this list if anymore closures are reported today.
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