A few days ago I read an article on the Associated Press website reporting ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) has vamped up its deportation agenda. The AP reported over 10,000 people have been arrested over a five day period. In June 2026, according to the report, massive numbers of people have been entering into ICE detention facilities across the nation. "The arrests news also comes as the number of people entered into ICE detention facilities climbed in June to roughly 39,000 after hovering around 30,000 per month since February" according to information in the article.
The current head of Homeland Security is now Mark Wayne Mullen, who replaced Kristi Noem after she was fired by Donald Trump, our felon-in-chief. The same AP article referenced above also stated that Mullen is now taking measures to get the Department of Homeland Security out of news headlines and that he would be taking "a more low profile approach to immigration enforcement." This new initiative is no doubt an effort to detract from the agency's murder of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti, who were shot and killed by ICE agents in Minnesota.
Under Mullin's lead of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement will stop reporting the death of detainees who have been released from detention centers according to a different article from the AP. The article states "The move rescinds a 2021 policy implemented by the Biden administration that required ICE to report to Congress and investigate deaths of detainees that occur within 30 days of their release."
Just as troubling is the number of reports concerning incidents of detainees committing suicide in these detention facilities. A number of these deaths left unanswered questions amidst suspicious circumstances. Frankly put, some family members feel their loved ones were murdered, detailing terrible living conditions and harassment from guards and staff. There has been more deaths of detainees in these facilities just this past year, then the last 20 years. This is a very troubling trend.
These murky measures being implemented by the Trump Administration and Homeland Security essentially are about not taking accountability and evading public scrutiny. Every death of detainees, or people killed by ICE federal agents and National Guard crime squads must require documentation and 100% transparency by our government.
On July 5th, 2026, two Tennessee National Guard members which were a part of a crime fighting patrol unit in Memphis fatally shot a 20-year-old man named Tyrin Johnson. The soldiers reported they were giving chase to an armed man fleeing on foot and that this man turned towards them with his weapon. Hopefully there is video to collaborate their testimony. Even if a weapon is in someone's hand does not mean that it's being pointed toward an individual or a group. Johnson's father states his son was attending college and preparing for a new role in their family's business. Tyrin Johnson has no criminal record. I am a bit skeptical (well, more than a "bit") of the two guards account of the event. Time will tell as more details emerge during the investigation.
It is readily apparent that Americans cannot rely on major network news to apprise us of the "ongoings" of the Trump Administration. One must seek news from other journalistic sources to truly know what it's occurring in this country. Google, an internet monopoly basically has been reported by some political commentators on YouTube to be tinkering with algorithms, diminishing their views to suppress left leaning videos. I can state for myself that my blog has been suppressed since day one, and each passing month I have less visitors. Not to mention the malfunctioning hurdles thrown up just trying to put up a post. Google rests in the hands of the Trump administration, Gulf of Mexico and all!
Be vigilant. The goon squads are still roaming out and about as the American Gestapo patrols the streets daily across the nation. The right to due process in this nation has been eroded to the point of being unrecognizable. And we all know this can be quite lethal.
