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Dems blasted for trying to ‘deport’ ICE from swing county over ‘blood money’ rent

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A swing-district congressman is firing back at officials in his Pennsylvania county who called a press conference Thursday to demand Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to be «evicted» from county buildings while questioning the «legitimacy» of federal law enforcement.
Rep. Ryan Mackenzie, R-Pa., told Fox News Digital that Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, officials were wrong to try to boot ICE from office space in the county — where he said federal immigration enforcement already have arrested numerous illegal immigrants convicted of theft and violent crimes, including indecent assault on a minor.
But, county controller Mark Pinsley and newly elected Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, executive Josh Siegel saw it differently, after headlining a press conference Thursday to demand ICE leave the area — with Siegel referring to the reported rent arrears as «blood money.»
The county is demanding immediate payment of «unpaid rent» to the amount of $115,000 and «termination of all negotiations with DHS,» the Department of Homeland Security, according to information provided by a representative for Pinsley.
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Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, controller Mark Pinsley (D) (Monica Cabrea/Getty Images)
«Politics should never get in the way of allowing law enforcement to do its job. Instead of negotiating in good faith with (Homeland Security Investigations), Mr. Pinsley has chosen to attack an office that — I’m sure he knows — works to investigate human trafficking and other serious threats,» Mackenzie told Fox News Digital.
«This dispute isn’t about rent, it’s about far-left politics — something that was made clear when the County Executive announced that he didn’t want DHS’ ‘blood money’.»
The county’s seat, Allentown, Pennsylvania, is the third-largest in the state behind Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
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Mackenzie said the move by county officials interferes with important criminal investigative work and that they «certainly don’t want to see radical officials sabotage federal law enforcement as they work to arrest predators, traffickers, and fraudsters,» going on to refer to Siegel and Pinsley as «self-interested extremists.»
Pinsley’s office accused ICE of never fully executing a lease agreement for use of offices — and that DHS purportedly occupied county-owned space for 38 months while not being mentioned in its leasing agreement.
«Lehigh County should not be in business with an agency whose actions create fear instead of safety,» Pinsley said. «We can give them a taste of their own medicine. We are going to deport ICE.»
Pinsley said he asked county administrators to inform Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to «pack your masks, tear gas and pepper balls and hit the road.»
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The city of Allentown — Pennsylvania’s third-largest and the seat of Lehigh County — is seen from the Tilghman Street Bridge. (Charles Creitz/Fox News)
«This is not simply a financial matter, it is a question of values, accountability, and whether county government should lend legitimacy or resources to an agency whose conduct has caused widespread fear among working families,» Pinsley added.
Siegel doubled-down on that assertion, according to WFMZ-69 News: «I think their presence is a threat to public safety and public trust, and so yes, we will be issuing an eviction notice,» Siegel told the outlet, giving ICE 30 days to vacate.
«The department’s failure to pay rent, combined with DHS’s national reputation for recklessness, chaos, and public disorder, warrants ending any relationship with the County. We will not accept their blood money,» Siegel added at the presser, according to City & State PA.
Lehigh County District Attorney Gavin Holihan told the outlet that DHS has been helpful locally in human trafficking investigations, and that he would pay the federal agency’s rent for them out of money the county collects through drug asset forfeiture in order to maintain a partnership.
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«The only thing ICE has to do with this press conference today is to get headlines for the people holding that press conference,» said the prosecutor, an elected Republican who was however censured by the county GOP for endorsing Siegel’s 2025 run.
Pinsley told WFMZ that he is thankful for Holihan’s work, and that his partnership with the feds can continue so long as it is not in a county-owned building.
«They don’t need to be in our building, especially if they’re not paying,» he told the outlet.
Fox News Digital reached out to Lehigh County Government for further comment from Siegel, as well as the county’s Republicans and the Department of Homeland Security for comment.
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The only map you need to see to understand how serious Trump is about Iran

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For weeks, the U.S. military has quietly amassed what President Donald Trump has described as an «armada» in Iran’s backyard. Mapped out across the Persian Gulf and beyond, the deployment tells its own story — one of calculated pressure backed by credible capability.
The latest signal of escalation is the movement of the world’s largest aircraft carrier, the U.S. Navy’s USS Gerald R. Ford, and its strike group from the Caribbean toward the Middle East.
The buildup coincides with indirect negotiations between Washington and Tehran over Iran’s disputed nuclear program. Trump has warned that the regime must fully dismantle its nuclear infrastructure — or face consequences.
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President Donald Trump has demanded that the Iranian regime dismantle its nuclear weapons program. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images)
At the heart of America’s force projection is another carrier strike group: the USS Abraham Lincoln — a mobile fortress at sea, guarded by destroyers and equipped to unleash precision strikes at a moment’s notice. On deck, F-35 fighters and F/A-18 attack aircraft sit within range of dozens of key Iranian military and nuclear targets.
Meanwhile, in the Eastern Mediterranean, the destroyers USS Bulkeley and USS Roosevelt provide additional strike capability and missile defense coverage — and could potentially assist Israel in defending against any Iranian counterattack.
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Farther south, in the Red Sea, the USS Delbert B. Black adds another layer of firepower along one of the world’s most important shipping lanes. The Red Sea links the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean through the Suez Canal, a corridor that carries a significant share of global trade and energy supplies.
A U.S. destroyer there not only protects commercial traffic but also gives Washington the flexibility to respond quickly to threats moving between the Middle East and Europe.
Even closer to Iran’s coastline, in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz, the USS McFaul and USS Mitscher are operating in one of the most strategically sensitive waterways on the planet. Roughly a fifth of the world’s oil passes through the Strait of Hormuz each day. Their presence signals that the U.S. can both defend that vital choke point and, if necessary, strike Iranian targets from close range.
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Alongside the warships in the region are advanced aircraft such as the F-35 fighter, a jet designed to slip past air defenses and hit targets with precision. (Cpl. Isaac Cantrell/U.S. Marine Corps)
Beyond naval forces, U.S. air power is spread across multiple Middle Eastern bases, giving commanders the ability to strike, defend and sustain operations quickly.
Several types of combat aircraft are operating from regional bases, including F-15s, F-16s and the radar-evading F-35. The A-10 specializes in close-air support missions against armored threats.
Those fighters are backed by a network of support aircraft. KC-135 and KC-46 tankers refuel jets midair, allowing them to fly farther and stay aloft longer. EA-18G electronic warfare aircraft can jam enemy radar and communications. E-3 Sentry aircraft serve as airborne command centers, tracking threats across wide areas. P-8 Poseidon planes patrol and monitor maritime activity.
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Additionally, heavy transports — including C-5 Galaxy and C-17 Globemaster aircraft — move troops and equipment, while MQ-9 Reaper drones provide surveillance and can carry precision weapons. The assets give U.S. commanders flexibility to operate across air, sea and land.
Taken together, the air and naval deployments create overlapping strike capability, missile defense coverage and control over major maritime routes. For Iran, it means U.S. forces are not concentrated in a single vulnerable location — they are distributed, layered and positioned to operate from multiple directions at once.
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“Cumbres borrascosas”: por qué Joyce Carol Oates no enseñaría la novela a sus estudiantes

“Los comentarios sobre Wuthering Heights resultan tan tristes. Es evidente que muchos, la mayoría, solo han leído la primera parte y no la segunda; la novela es de una ambición enorme porque dramatiza un arco de experiencia que en realidad abarca décadas”, publicó Joyce Carol Oates —autora estadounidense referente y activa usuaria de X—, reabriendo el debate en torno a la polémica por Cumbres borrascosas tras el estreno de la versión cinematográfica dirigida por Emerald Fennel. La discusión, centrada en el legado de Emily Brontë -autora de la novela- ganó impulso en redes sociales, al reunir un agudo cruce generacional sobre la recepción de los clásicos del siglo XIX.

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Oates identifica una distancia radical entre la experiencia lectora actual y la que requiere una obra como Cumbres borrascosas.Por eso, dijo, le resultaban tristres los comentarios. La autora de Blonde, Mamá y Memorias de una viuda habló de cómo fue, en su momento, el debut de Emily Brontë: “Es un logro para una novelista que publica por primera vez, igual que Jane Eyre de la hermana de Emily, Charlotte Brontë”, compartió Oates en X.
Oates reflexionó acerca de la viabilidad, hoy, de conectar con la literatura del siglo XIX: “Quizá se ha vuelto imposible en el siglo XXI para los lectores asimilar una obra del siglo XIX; como profesora de literatura, creo que no intentaría ‘enseñarla’ hoy salvo a estudiantes universitarios muy interesados en literatura, quienes no tendrían dificultades para comprenderla”, agregó en la misma red social.
Al recordar su experiencia escolar, Joyce Carol Oates comparó su formación con el clima educativo actual: “Resulta desconcertante, al mirar estas publicaciones sobre Cumbres borrascosas, que en nuestros institutos de Williamsville, Nueva York —escuelas públicas reconocidas por su enfoque humanístico—, los profesores realmente enseñaban a las Brontë, Dostoyevski, Thoreau y muchos otros autores cuyos libros probablemente hoy se considerarían demasiado exigentes y se descartarían como ‘basura’”, relató Oates en X.

Añadió que los estudiantes leyeron esos libros y aprendieron mucho, igual que los estadounidenses del siglo XIX, quienes “escribían cartas tan elocuentes entre ellos”, destacó Oates.
En referencia a la nueva película, Oates apuntó en X la posibilidad, nunca realizada, de una lectura renovadora: “Sería emocionante ver una interpretación radicalmente nueva de Cumbres borrascosas en la que Heathcliff sea, o pueda ser, el hijo no reconocido del terrateniente Earnshaw: un heredero de la nobleza británica de piel oscura, marginado”, argumentó la autora.
Contrastó dicha posibilidad con el enfoque de la versión dirigida por Fennel: “Pero la nueva película, a juzgar por las críticas —algunas difundidas en medios de cine y portales de reseñas especializados—, parece ser simplemente un romance apasionado entre personajes blancos, lo cual puede ser bueno para la taquilla, aunque no resulta interesante en otros sentidos”, añadió Oates en la plataforma.
Joyce Carol Oates ya había abordado, en una publicación realizada en X en 2024, el impacto de las redes sociales sobre la imaginación y creatividad, dando contexto al universo de las Brontë: “¿Y si las hermanas Brontë hubieran tenido TikTok? Tan solitarias e incomunicadas en la rectoría junto al cementerio, solo podían contarse historias entre ellas, que plasmaron en libros en miniatura de los cuales nacieron años después Cumbres borrascosas y el héroe romántico Rochester”.

Cuestionó el rol de las plataformas digitales en la vida creativa: “En el corto plazo, las redes sociales fascinan; a largo plazo, secan la imaginación y debilitan el alma”, afirmó Oates en la misma red social.
En mensajes previos, la autora evocó la escritura de Mary Shelley: “Releyendo Frankenstein; o, el moderno Prometeo de Mary Shelley. Solo tenía dieciocho años cuando empezó a escribirlo, diecinueve cuando lo terminó, en una especie de trance de inspiración y concentración. Un logro, como Cumbres borrascosas de Emily Brontë: primeras novelas”.
A modo de ironía sobre la corrección contemporánea, escribió en 2016: “‘Withering Heights’, (Cumbres marchitas) corrección moderna de Wuthering Heights. Menos mal que Emily Brontë no contó con la ayuda del autocorrector”, ironizó Oates en Twitter.

Finalmente, dejó planteada una observación sobre la diferencia entre Brontë y Jane Austen: “Cumbres borrascosas es la versión bad-boy-Byroniana de todas las novelas de Jane Austen, con sus damas y caballeros elegantes”, afirmó Oates, estableciendo un contraste provocador entre dos tradiciones narrativas inglesas: mientras las novelas de Jane Austen suelen centrarse en relaciones atravesadas por normas sociales, ironía y códigos de cortesía dentro de un mundo ordenado, Cumbres borrascosas de Emily Brontë lleva el amor y el conflicto a un terreno mucho más oscuro, pasional y desbordado, encarnado en la figura casi salvaje de Heathcliff; al decir “bad-boy-Byroniana”, Oates alude al arquetipo romántico del héroe atormentado y rebelde, sugiriendo que la novela de Brontë sería como una versión extrema, tormentosa y emocionalmente violenta de las historias de amor socialmente reguladas que asociamos con Austen.
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