Important Takeaways:
- Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials are unsure of the whereabouts of at least 32,000 migrant children in the U.S., a report from the Department of Homeland Security’s internal watchdog found.
- The Details: “As of May 2024, ICE had not served [court dates to] more than 291,000 UCs who therefore do not yet have an immigration court date,” the report states. There are also 32,000 children who didn’t attend their court dates issued by ICE.
- For Context: According to the report, from fiscal years 2019 to 2023, 448,000 children were transferred from ICE to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
- Key Quotes: In the report, Inspector General Joseph Cuffari said ICE has no assurance the children “are safe from trafficking, exploitation, or forced labor.” He added, “Although we identified more than 32,000 UCs who did not appear for their immigration court dates, that number may have been much larger had ICE issued [court dates] to the more than 291,000 UCs who were not placed into removal proceedings.”
- How The Media Covered It: ABC News (Lean Left bias) noted that the report said ICE lacks sufficient staffing. The New York Post (Lean Right bias) spoke to a former HHS employee who said HHS was not properly vetting migrant children’s sponsors and inadvertently making them vulnerable to human traffickers. Newsweek (Center bias) and Newsmax (Lean Right bias) framed their headlines around the 32,000 figure.
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Important Takeaways:
- Washington is closer to its fourth partial shutdown of the U.S. government in a decade with just four days to go
- That would lead to the furlough of hundreds of thousands of federal workers and the suspension of a wide range of government services
- The Senate plan, which advanced on a wide bipartisan margin on Tuesday, would fund the government through Nov. 17, giving lawmakers more time to agree on funding levels for the full fiscal year beginning Oct. 1.
- House Republicans want much tougher legislation that would stop the flow of immigrants at the U.S. southern border with Mexico and deeper spending cuts than were enacted in June.
- Executive branch agencies were already making preparations for determining which federal workers would remain on the job — without pay until the government is funded — and which ones will be furloughed.
- “The Border Patrol and ICE agencies have to continue to work for nothing” during a shutdown
- The standoff comes four months after Washington flirted with defaulting on the nation’s more than $31 trillion in debt, a move that would have rocked financial markets worldwide.
- Another downgrade of the U.S. credit rating could push borrowing costs – and the nation’s debt – even higher.
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Luke 21:25-26 “And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity because of the roaring of the sea and the waves, people fainting with fear and with foreboding of what is coming on the world. For the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
Important Takeaways:
- Calm before yet ANOTHER storm: As millions are reeling from crippling Arctic blast a new storm is brewing bringing MORE snow, flash floods and tornadoes tomorrow
- 40mph winds, freezing temperatures and two inches of rain forecast statewide
- 1,800 flights cancelled and 250,000 lost power in cold snap in Texas last week
- Millions will once more be forced to brace for severe weather conditions as snow, flash floods and a possible tornado are predicted to center on the south and east of the nation.
- Texas especially is recovering from severe weather conditions that last week put 40 million people from Texas and Oklahoma to Kentucky in the path of the freezing weather and left 250,000 without power.
- Arctic winds brought temperatures to record lows before the weekend, with a wind-chill value of -108F in New Hampshire and -45F in Maine.
- Heavy rainfall and localized flash flooding is possible, mainly along and east of I-35.
- Colder air will bring snow to Kansas, Iowa and Wisconsin on Wednesday before the storm moves east out to the ocean
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Important Takeaways:
- ACT government agrees to decriminalize small amounts of illicit drugs, such as ice, heroin and cocaine
- Users of small amounts of illegal drugs would be fined rather than charged under the proposed law
- Police would continue to target dealers and try to end the supply of harmful drugs
- The ACT also legalized the personal use of cannabis in 2019
- The legislation will cover most common illicit substances, including LSD (acid), MDMA (ecstacy) and psyilocybin (magic mushrooms).
- The ACT was also the first — and remains the only — state or territory to legalize the personal use of cannabis, another of Mr. Pettersson’s bills.
- Drug use a ‘health issue’, not a criminal matter
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1 Timothy 5:8 “But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
Important Takeaways:
- Two snowstorms expected to barrel from California to the Northeast and affect up to 200m begin: More than 800 flights scheduled for Wednesday are canceled
- Forecasters warned that driving will be treacherous during the evening commute as blowing snow will make roadways slick and reduce visibility.
- Sleet and ice were also in the forecast for northern Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas while a region from Alabama up through Ohio and into New York was expecting heavy rains that could cause flooding, forecasters warned.
- Temperatures will be 20 to 30 degrees below average in the Northern Rockies, Great Plains and parts of the Upper Mississippi Valley, with some spots seeing record and dangerously cold readings, the NWS said.
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Important Takeaways:
- A tale of two storms: Millions of Americans across the Northeast are warned to brace for a polar plunge as Storm Nancy blows in sending temperatures plummeting by up to 30 degrees before Storm Oaklee is due to batter the area days later
- Storm Nancy will send temperatures plummeting by up to 30 degrees in the Midwest and Northeast could bring over a foot of snow in some places
- Oaklee is expected to make landfall in California on Tuesday but will gather strength as it sweeps eastwards
- The storms represent yet more misery for millions who were battered by brutal weather late last week
- Alabama Power customers were without electricity on Thursday and Friday in the state amid tornadoes, while further north, 13,000 were without power in Tennessee; 14,000 in Kentucky; 16,000 in darkness in Ohio and 18,000 in Pennsylvania.
- Meanwhile, 40mph gusts in Illinois whipped up blizzards which caused a pile-up of more than 100 cars and trucks on Interstate 39
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Luke 21:25,26 “There will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among nations, in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves, men fainting from fear and the expectation of the things which are coming upon the world; for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
Important Takeaways:
- Winter Storm Landon a Major Snow, Ice Threat to Intensify by Groundhog Day in Central, Eastern U.S.
- Snow, sleet and freezing rain will spread from the Rockies to the Plains, Midwest and Northeast.
- Icing could be heavy enough to knock out power and cause tree damage in some areas.
- To compound all this, the fresh cold air sweeping in during and behind the storm could leave roads treacherous well after the storm is over, given forecast lows into at least the teens into parts of north Texas and the single digits or colder in the central Plains and Midwest.
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Luke 21:25,26 “There will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among nations, in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves, men fainting from fear and the expectation of the things which are coming upon the world; for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
Important Takeaways:
- More than 80 million under winter weather alerts across the East Coast with snow and heavy winds on the way
- Sunday, roughly 3,000 flights were canceled.
- Air travel is still snarled by the wintry conditions, with more than 1,200 US flights canceled as of Monday
- There are currently 217,089 customers without power in 11 states, according to PowerOutage.US.
- Eight to 12 inches of snow could fall Monday in Pittsburgh and Buffalo, New York, CNN meteorologist Michael Guy said
- Buffalo could see wind gusts up to 45 mph, while New York City may get 55-mph gusts, and some parts of Maine could get gusts up to 65 mph.
- Virginia State Police responded to nearly 1,000 traffic crashes and disabled vehicles
- One twister was an EF2 tornado with maximum winds of 118 mph. It may have completely destroyed 30 mobile homes of the 108 mobile homes damaged near Fort Myers
- An EF1 tornado with winds of 110 mph left behind a path of destruction, according to the weather service.
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Luke 21:25, 26 “There will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among nations, in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves, men fainting from fear and the expectation of the things which are coming upon the world; for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
Important Takeaways:
- Storm to unleash dangerous snow, ice from Atlanta to Raleigh
- A winter storm will plunge from the Midwest into the Southeast over the holiday weekend, threatening to create dangerous to impossible travel conditions and the potential for lengthy power outages.
- A weather event that could evolve into an all-out ice storm for cities along the Interstate 85 corrido
- The ice could also contribute to power outages and significant tree damage, Porter added.
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Luke 21:25,26 “There will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among nations, in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves, men fainting from fear and the expectation of the things which are coming upon the world; for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
Important Takeaways:
- Winter Storm Izzy to Spread Snow, Ice from Midwest into South and East into MLK Weekend
- An expansive storm will spread a wintry mess across several regions.
- Named Winter Storm Izzy by The Weather Channel, this sprawling storm is likely to produce major travel headaches from North Dakota down to northern Georgia and up to Maine.
- Winter storm warnings, winter storm watches and winter weather advisories have been issued by the National Weather Service for parts of the Midwest.
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