Jared Arostigue

[Jared Arostigue @JaredA95]

@KasperStats People are trying to argue that wasn't a ball? Lmao

[Jared Arostigue @JaredA95]

@FlyTPA Really?? Worried about pajamas when people are soiling themselves in your long TSA lines due to lack of toilets? UNRREAL

[Jared Arostigue @JaredA95]

@avatardom999 @mick_g_w @Ellish0803 @acdmma_ And his other mastered discipline?

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[P a u l ◉ @SkylineReport]

BREAKING NEWS

DHS admits Americans may be required to prove citizenship during ICE operations

The Department of Homeland Security has acknowledged that U.S. citizens may be stopped and required to “validate their identity” during immigration enforcement operations, even when they are not targets of an investigation — a revelation that is intensifying constitutional alarm in Minnesota and beyond.

At a White House press briefing on January 15, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem was asked why Americans in Minnesota are being asked on the street to provide proof of citizenship. Her answer was blunt: when ICE is conducting a “targeted” operation, people surrounding the target may be questioned and required to validate who they are and why they are there, and may be detained if agents believe federal laws are being broken.

The statement effectively confirms that mere proximity to an ICE operation can now trigger demands for identification, regardless of citizenship — a sharp departure from long-standing Fourth Amendment norms that prohibit suspicionless stops.

Why this is a constitutional red flag

Legal experts say Noem’s description amounts to a “papers, please” regime that the Constitution was designed to prevent. Under Supreme Court precedent, law enforcement may only demand identification when they have individualized reasonable suspicion that a person has committed a crime. Being nearby — or “surrounding” — someone under investigation does not meet that standard.

Yet Noem’s explanation explicitly allows ICE to question and detain people without individualized suspicion, based solely on their presence near an enforcement action.

That matters because U.S. citizens are now being caught in the net.

Citizens detained, interrogated, and adapting in fear

In recent days, multiple U.S. citizens have been detained or interrogated during ICE operations in Minnesota, including Native American tribal members, who are citizens under federal law and treaty. Tribal leaders have called the detentions treaty violations, and civil rights groups warn the practice mirrors historical dragnet enforcement.

The effect is already visible on the ground. Native American communities are now issuing tribal IDs to children as young as five, and adults report carrying identification at all times out of fear of detention. One community leader put it plainly: “I never thought I’d have to wear my ID around my neck. But I do now.”

That shift — citizens feeling compelled to carry proof of citizenship to avoid government detention — is precisely what courts have warned against for decades.

“Targeted enforcement” that isn’t targeted

Noem insisted DHS is conducting “targeted enforcement,” but her explanation undercuts that claim. If enforcement were truly targeted, bystanders would not be stopped, questioned, or detained. Minnesota’s attorney general has already filed suit, alleging ICE operations are broad, retaliatory, and constitutionally unlawful, not narrow criminal actions.

Compounding concern, DHS has repeatedly conflated civil immigration violations with criminal conduct, despite the fact that unlawful presence is not a crime and does not justify warrantless detention of citizens or non-citizens alike.

Why this moment matters

This admission comes amid heightened scrutiny of ICE after multiple shootings in Minneapolis and growing evidence that early federal narratives have not matched later facts. Against that backdrop, Noem’s statement confirms a dramatic expansion of federal power at street level, one that blurs the line between targeted law enforcement and mass suspicion.

Bottom line:
When the government tells Americans they may need to prove who they are — and by implication, that they belong here — simply because they are nearby, something fundamental has shifted. The Constitution does not require citizens to carry papers. If that expectation is becoming reality, it isn’t enforcement as usual. It’s a warning sign.

[sid 🌹🔆🇨🇦 @lilbabygandhi]

This is dark woke, it doesn’t get better than this baby:

[Jared Arostigue @JaredA95]

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@andieiamwhoiam @grok @IanCopeland5 You're arguing with a computer and are mad it's giving you information, thats insane lmao

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@NFLFrascella What?? He is definitely getting lit up there

[Chris Menahan 🇺🇸 @infolibnews]

US Amb. Mike Huckabee: Israel did not "attack" Qatar—they just "sent a missile" into their country aimed at "one person."

"Unfortunately, there were some people who were near that missile strike that were injured or killed from it…"

[Maitreya Bhakal @MaitreyaBhakal]

There was a time when western media would regularly portray the death penalty in China for heavy corruption as a human rights violation. But that narrative quickly got shot to hell when their audience back home not only praised it, but wanted it implemented in their own countries.

So now they barely report on it at all, lest the people get any more ideas. 😅

[Jared Arostigue @JaredA95]

@CharlesRobinson Kmet was the right pass he just missed him

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@BearsDigest @MaxMarkhamNFL You know what hopefully means?

[Jared Arostigue @JaredA95]

@LukaxBron @free_agent @TheDunkCentral @BrettSiegelNBA No but okay

[Jared Arostigue @JaredA95]

@chieffishell Do you think controllers could just show up and work? They'd need months of training just to get to a fraction of the normal operations.

[Jared Arostigue @JaredA95]

@kaylynn1921 @SecDuffy @AmericaBeckyb @goingplacesCLE @SenSchumer @RepJeffries @NATCA I'm a air traffic controller, most of us do have the savings for a missed paycheck or two sure. Our job is already a stressful one. If you don't understand why working for IOUs is a big deal on top of our normally daily stress then I can't help you.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."

[Jared Arostigue @JaredA95]

@SStricklandMMA Yea the guy who kicks and jabs for 24 and a half minutes then goes crazy for 30 secs, sybau

[Jared Arostigue @JaredA95]

@WhiteHouse @POTUS This man is so good he is bragging about increased costs to us and we love it

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

WELCOME TO THE GOLDEN AGE ✨

Thanks to the leadership of @POTUS, the U.S. has generated over $150B in tariff revenues within the past 6 months. 💸