He said there would be a shift away from broad street sweeps to operations focused on immigrants with criminal records. In Minnesota, federal Judge Patrick Schiltz decried ICE’s defiance of court orders, saying the agency has ignored at least 96 judicial directives this year. From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox. “There’s just overall a feeling of fear and dread.”Far from de-escalating, ICE is seeking to expand its authority, said Noah Feldman in Bloomberg. Time will tell if the administration’s de-escalation talk is sincere or “just a cheap PR dodge,” said Andrew Egger in The Bulwark.

Source: CNN February 09, 2026 22:58 UTC