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Broadview (IL) police open criminal investigation after masked federal agent fires pepper rounds at CBS reporter’s vehicle with no protesters present, as DHS denies attack occurred despite reporter’s injuries.
Today’s GovBrief News
Federal operation investigating 1,000 immigration cases in Minnesota uncovers sham marriages and fake death certificates but arrests only four people.
Second immigrant shot while shackled to ICE van during sniper attack dies after being removed from life support, leaving behind wife and children.
Trump strips funding from council that trains and equips 14,000 federal investigators who root out government waste, fraud and misconduct, calling watchdogs ‘corrupt.’
ICE officer shoves journalists outside NYC immigration court, sending one to hospital with head injury, days after reinstating agent who threw woman to floor.
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