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Apple CEO Tim Cook and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman circulated internal messages to staff addressing the ICE crackdown, signaling how major tech companies are handling immigration‑enforcement policy and offering guidance to employees.
Springsteen used a New Jersey concert to condemn the Trump administration's surge of immigration officers as 'Gestapo tactics,' dedicating The Promised Land to Renee Good, the 37-year-old Minnesota woman killed by an ICE officer. He warned that democracy and the rule of law are at stake, described the federal presence as an occupation, and urged ICE to withdraw from Minneapolis. Trump responded by calling Springsteen overrated and a jerk.
Immigrant-owned restaurants in the Twin Cities are scrambling to survive ICE enforcement (Operation Metro Surge) with dining rooms closed and staff reduced; revenues are down about 50% year over year as workers fear raids, while communities organize online orders, donation drives, and neighborhood watch efforts to support workers and customers.
A shooter attacked an ICE facility in Dallas, killing one detainee and injuring two others before dying by suicide. President Trump condemned the attack, linked it to anti-ICE rhetoric, and promised increased crackdowns. The incident highlights ongoing tensions around immigration enforcement and political violence in the U.S.
The Trump administration launched 'Operation Midway Blitz', an ICE-led immigration enforcement operation targeting criminal illegal aliens in Chicago, amid criticism from local officials who see it as a political stunt and a threat to community safety, with no prior coordination with Illinois or Chicago authorities.