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The 35-Day Government Shutdown: A Record-Breaking Standoff Over Border Wall Funding

October 22, 2025November 3, 2025 Nia Brooks0Tagged border, congress, dispute, economy, federal, funding, government, lapse, negotiations, political, public, record, services, shutdown, standoff, Trump, wall, workers

The unprecedented 35-day Government Shutdown, the longest in the nation’s history at the time, began on December 22, 2018, and concluded on January 25, 2019. This prolonged funding lapse, a […]

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ICE Operation on NYC’s Canal Street Targets Counterfeit Goods, Leads to Arrests of Undocumented Immigrants with Extensive Criminal Histories

October 22, 2025November 3, 2025 Ayako Tan0Tagged arrests, Canal Street, controversy, counterfeit, criminal, DHS, enforcement, federal, goods, history, Homeland Security, ICE, immigrants, immigration, New York, NYC, operation, protests, raid

New York City’s bustling ICE Canal Street became the scene of a significant federal enforcement operation on Tuesday, October 21, 2025, as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, alongside […]