Border Report

(NewsNation) — Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin is defending the ICE facilities across the U.S. in the wake of a detainee’s death at New Jersey’s Delaney Hall, saying the facility has better treatment than state-run facilities. “We do a great job, we meet federal standards and exceed federal standards,” Mullin told NewsNation. “You have these individuals that are protesting Delaney Hall because they say the facilities aren’t adequate, but they’re better than state-run facilities.

CHICAGO (AP) — Chipotle Mexican Grill said Tuesday that it had removed jalapeños from some of its restaurants after determining the peppers could potentially be tied to a salmonella outbreak public health officials are investigating.

McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — U.S. Rep. Monica De La Cruz, R-Texas, is asking the Department of Homeland Security to prioritize the processing of religious worker visa applications and renewals. The request, written in a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, comes after the recent arrests of two pastors and a Catholic nun by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in the Rio Grande Valley.

LOS ANGELES (KTLA) – Deputies arrested a man allegedly armed with a handgun and ammunition at Trump National Golf Club in Rancho Palos Verdes just days before a planned visit by President Donald Trump, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department announced Tuesday. Trump was expected to arrive in Southern California on Tuesday afternoon ahead of a Republican Party fundraising event at the golf course.

HIDALGO, Texas (Border Report) — Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin visited the Rio Grande Valley border on Tuesday and met with border law enforcement agents and viewed new border wall and the border buoys in the Rio Grande, the agency announced Wednesday. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, second from left, met with Border Patrol and CBP officials at the border wall in Brownsville, Texas, on Aug. 4.

Family members of a Salvadoran man who died at a New Jersey immigration jail are demanding an independent investigation into his death, alleging he was denied proper medical care inside a facility that has become a flashpoint for protests against President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. The man, Edwin Lopez-Cornejo, was hospitalized Saturday after having a “medical emergency” while being held at Delaney Hall in Newark, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

NEW YORK (AP) — New York can’t ban federal agents from wearing face coverings or require that they wear visible identification, a federal judge ruled Monday. The ruling comes after a federal judge earlier this year blocked a similar law in California that was enacted after the Trump administration aggressively worked to increase immigration arrests.

(NEXSTAR) – Thousands of confirmed and probable cases of cyclosporiasis have been added to what is considered to be the largest outbreak of the “explosive” diarrhea-causing parasite in the U.S. Additional states have also reportedly been linked to the outbreak. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, all but three states have reported at least one case of cyclosporiasis that has been traced back to recalled iceberg lettuce.

(The Hill) – President Trump on Tuesday reiterated his support for making permanent daylight saving time, roughly three weeks after the House passed a bill that proposes implementing the change. “For many years, the vast Majority of Americans have asked to make Daylight Saving Time permanent, but no Administration has been able to get it done, until now,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), House Democrats’ campaign arm, on Wednesday announced it is adding 12 Republican-held and -leaning seats to its target list — including seats held by Reps. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) and Richard Hudson (R-N.C.), the chair of the DCCC’s Republican counterpart, the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC).