Former DHS Secretary Chad Wolf on DHS Funding, ICE Operations, and Don Lemon Charges

DHS Funding and ICE Operations

• 🎯 The Senate passed a partial government funding package that only funds DHS for two weeks, requiring further negotiations.
• ⚠️ Democrats are threatening to withhold funding unless changes are made to ICE and Border Patrol operations, which former acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf calls "strange logic."
• 💡 Wolf argues that instead of limiting ICE, policies should encourage cooperation with local police and replicate successful ICE operations in cities like Minneapolis.
• ⚖️ Proposed compromises, such as requiring a judicial warrant for every arrest, would significantly limit ICE's authority and ability to remove individuals.

Don Lemon's Legal Charges

• 📰 Independent journalist Don Lemon has been indicted by a grand jury for violating freedom of religion related to a protest at a Minnesota church.
• 🏛️ While a federal magistrate judge previously rejected the charges, the DOJ pursued them, with the case now heading to court.
• 📍 Wolf explains that protesting on public property is legal, but protesting inside a church, which is private property, is against the law and has additional protections.
• 🗣️ The DOJ is examining live-streamed evidence where Lemon may have appeared to be an activist rather than a journalist, potentially encouraging the actions.
• 🤔 The outcome will likely depend on whether a court or jury determines if Lemon was acting as a journalist or an activist.