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Global ‘Chaos Inc’ grows to 101 groups with plans for new rounds of demonstrations

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The political theater of «Chaos Inc.» is preparing for a «rebellion…sweeping Europe.»
Two days after an estimated 500,000 demonstrators poured into streets across France and clashes left parts of Paris and other cities burning, French activists are calling supporters back into the streets Saturday, Oct. 24, for a new protest billed as «Acte II,» with 212 «mobilizations» currently planned, according to a digital map of the plans.
And a growing number of communist, socialist and hard-leftist organizations are answering another call for a coordinated European youth strike on Friday, Nov. 20.
VIOLENCE ERUPTS AT FRANCE PROTESTS AS MACRON WARNS UNREST IS BEING EXPLOITED
Student and youth groups affiliated with communism, socialism and far-left activism plan a new protest, «Acte II,» for Oct. 24, 2026, and use an interactive digital map to show their planned «mobilizations.» (Acte II)
A Fox News Digital investigation has now identified 101 organizations across 9 countries – including the U.S. – that are coordinating, organizing or amplifying protests in Europe in an expanding protest ecosystem, up from 54 organizations identified on Monday.
Most of the groups are adult-led, with just 33 organizations – or one in three – led by students or youth. They represent a nexus of the «red-green» alliance, merging Islamist organizations that are symbolized by the color green, and far-left, communist and socialist groups represented by the color red.
FRENCH SCHOOL RIOTS DEEPEN AS EXPERTS POINT TO FAR-LEFT ALLIANCE FUELING ‘BROADER CONFRONTATION’
The network also include groups that proudly use the «Antifa» moniker, like «Action AntiFa16,» an organization that describes itself in the Angoulême, France, Acte II announcement.
Across the Atlantic, leaders in the U.S. franchise of «Chaos Inc.» are amplifying the protests. University of California at Berkeley academic Hatem Bazian, founder of anti-Israel Palestinian organizations including Students for Justice in Palestine and American Muslims for Palestine, shared videos from the protests.
FRANCE IS DEVOURING ITSELF AS SCHOOL RIOTS REVEAL A CRISIS FAR BIGGER THAN BROKEN CLASSROOMS
Revealing the complex threads of the «red-green» alliance, Bazian drew connections between this year’s Oct. 17 riots in Paris, explosions at the Al Alhi Hospital in Gaza on Oct. 17, 2023, and protests on Oct. 17, 1961, in Paris by Algerian demonstrators , which led to a bloody and deadly confrontation with police. Hamas officials blamed Israel for the hospital deaths, while Israel attributed the blast to a failed, errant rocket launched from within Gaza by Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
Bazian didn’t respond to a request for comment.
The European unrest is also receiving sympathetic amplification from a network of pro-communist organizations, including BreakThrough News, CodePink and the Party for Socialism and Liberation, funded and supported by Neville Roy Singham, an American-born tech tycoon who lives in Shanghai and has expressed support for «new world order» of the Chinese Communist Party and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
BBC CALLS FRANCE PROTESTS ‘MOSTLY PEACEFUL’ AS FOOTAGE SHOWS RIOTERS TORCHING CARS, BATTLING POLICE
On Tuesday afternoon, BreakThrough News is planning an online discussion with a headline that captures how the outlet is framing the unrest: «Europe’s Youth Uprising.»
«A rebellion is sweeping Europe,» BreakThrough News declares.
FURIOUS CROWDS PROTEST SKY-HIGH HOUSING COSTS AND MASS TOURISM IN MAJOR CITY
«From student barricades in France, to Spain’s housing encampments, to Albanians marching to save their coastline from Jared Kushner, Gen Z is rising up against austerity, soaring rents, and governments pouring money into weapons and war instead of their future,» the outlet said.

A protester holds a rock to throw at police as a kiosk burns during a demonstration near Place de la République, as the the Gilets Jaunes join students for a weekend of action on October 17, 2026 in Paris, France. (Carl Court/Getty Images)
BreakThrough News said protests had spread «from Paris and Madrid to Lisbon and Tirana» and announced that France-based journalist Rafael Karoubi would join hosts Rania Khalek and Zoe Alexandra to explain «what’s driving the uprising.»
FRANCE’S MASSIVE INTEL FAILURE SPARKS RESIGNATION OFFERS AMID DAYS OF RIOTING
In France, organizers are using the website 17octobregiletjaune.net to organize logistics, communication and people for their protests. The domain was registered on Sept. 15 by an anonymous user, according to online records. In the face of curfews and security measures against their protests by French President Emmanuel Macron, website organizers have a new demand: «Macron must leave and make way for the people!»
PHOTOS SHOW AFTERMATH OF RIOTS AS MASKED GROUPS CLASH WITH POLICE ACROSS FRANCE
Leaders are coordinating their efforts in a Telegram messaging channel, where they are sharing logistical details and polished, ready-made graphics.
After «Acte II,» they have planned another action on Oct. 31, «Acte III,» featuring «yellow vests, demonstrations and roundabouts, all over France,» and there are other actions planned on Nov. 5 and Nov. 14.
THOUSANDS FLOOD BRUSSELS STREETS AS ANTI-AUSTERITY PROTESTS ERUPT INTO CLASHES WITH POLICE
There are activities even listed for April 3, 2027, («Noisy spring») and May 29, 2027, («Day against agrochemistry»). The locations listed: «Everywhere in France.»
For the Nov. 20 action, another set of far-left groups are promoting their «International Youth Strike» on a website, calling for coordinated «demonstrations,» «walkouts,» «assemblies,» «actions,» «blockades and occupations.»
Their manifesto declares that «the exploitation of workers, climate breakdown and war are not failures of the system but the essence of capitalism.» In a press release, it says the struggle against «militarisation, rearmament, austerity and imperialism» is inseparable from the economic system supporting it and calls for «radical system change.»
The British organization «Socialist Students,» which describes itself as building the student fightback for «socialist change,» says it will participate in the Nov. 20 strike, «in coordination with 30 other European youth and student groups.
A Socialist Students appeal urges young people to join «a movement for socialist change,» while another campaign statement declares: «Our fight for socialism is based on Marxism» and argues that «workers and young people must actively fight and organise.»
An unidentified person registered the youthstrike.org domain on Aug. 2, according to online records.

Protesters climbed at the top of the Statue de la République as student unions and Gilets Jaunes united to demonstrate against education underfunding, austerity, and rising living costs in Paris, France, Oct. 17, 2026. (Guy Smallman/Getty Images)
WHO’S WHO IN THE EXPANDING ‘GLOBAL CHAOS INC.’ NETWORK (101)
ACTE II, OCT. 24 – NEW (14)
- Coordination régionale Bloquons tout Île-de-France — Île-de-France Regional «Block Everything» Coordination – PROTEST COORDINATION: Regional «Block Everything» organization behind the platform promoting «Acte II.»
- Peuple RÉVOLTÉ – People in Revolt — PROTEST COLLECTIVE: Organization helping operate the «Acte II» platform.
- Maintenant! – Now! — PROTEST MOVEMENT: Civic movement participating in the «Acte II» platform.
- Indignons-nous, Bloquons tout – Let’s Get Indignant, Block Everything — DIRECT ACTION: Protest collective promoting «Acte II.»
- Coordination nationale lycéenne – National High School Students’ Coordination — STUDENT/YOUTH: New national high-school coordination calling students into the streets Oct. 24 for «Acte II.»
Angoulême, France
- NPA Charente – New Anticapitalist Party–Charente (NPA 16) — REVOLUTIONARY SOCIALIST: Local NPA chapter mobilizing for Acte II.
- Action Antifasciste 16 — ANTIFASCIST: Collaborator on the Angoulême Acte II announcement.
- Maison des Peuples et de la Paix – House of Peoples and Peace — ACTIVIST: Angoulême organization collaborating on the Acte II call.
- Fanfare en lutte d’Angoulême – Angoulême Marching Band in Struggle — ACTIVIST: Local activist collective collaborating on Acte II.
- Révolution Permanente Angoulême — Permanent Revolution–Angoulême – REVOLUTIONARY SOCIALIST: Local chapter of Révolution Permanente, collaborating on the Oct. 24 mobilization.
- Organisation de Solidarité Trans (OST) Angoulême — Trans Solidarity Organization–Angoulême – ACTIVIST / SOLIDARITY: Local organization listed as an Acte II collaborator.
Caen, France
- Caen Antifa Squad — ANTIFASCIST: Collaborator on an «ACTE II — 24 OCTOBRE» announcement.
- Caen en Lutte — Caen in Struggle – PROTEST COLLECTIVE: Local organization collaborating on Acte II.
Solidarité Étudiante 14 — Student Solidarity 14 – STUDENT: Calvados student organization collaborating on the Oct. 24 mobilization.
NOV. 20 INTERNATIONAL NETWORK
Belgium (3)
- Comac — MARXIST/SOCIALIST YOUTH: Belgian youth organization associated with the Workers’ Party.
- RedFox — SOCIALIST YOUTH: Belgian socialist youth organization.
- Vrede — ANTI-WAR: Belgian organization publishing and promoting the International Youth Strike manifesto.
France (1)
- Mouvement National Lycéen — STUDENT/YOUTH: French high-school organization identified in the European Nov. 20 coalition.
Germany (6)
- Schulstreik gegen Wehrpflicht — STUDENT/»ANTI-CONSCRIPTION»: German school-strike network mobilizing for Nov. 20.
- Die Falken — SOCIALIST YOUTH: German socialist youth organization involved in the international organizing process.
- Linksjugend [‘solid] — SOCIALIST YOUTH: Youth organization associated with Die Linke.
- DIE LINKE.SDS — SOCIALIST STUDENT: German socialist university organization.
- Socialist German Workers Youth, (SDAJ) — COMMUNIST YOUTH: Socialist German Workers Youth.
- Sozialistische Organisation Solidarität — SOCIALIST: German socialist organization mobilizing around Nov. 20.

Protesters hold a Palestinian flag on the day French high school and university students attend a demonstration in Strasbourg as part of a nationwide day of protests and blockades, voicing anger over overcrowded classrooms, teacher shortages and dilapidated school buildings, which students blame on years of underinvestment, France, October 6, 2026. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach ( )
Ireland (1)
- Militant Left — SOCIALIST: Irish socialist organization promoting the international mobilization.
Italy (4)
- Rete della Conoscenza — LEFT-WING STUDENT: Italian student network helping build the international strike.
- Unione degli Studenti — STUDENT: Italian high-school student organization promoting Nov. 20.
- LINK – Coordinamento Universitario — STUDENT: Italian university network promoting the strike.
- CGIL — LABOR: Italian labor confederation whose Nov. 20 general strike converges with the student mobilization.
Spain (1)
- Sindicato de Estudiantes — SOCIALIST STUDENT: Spanish student organization identified in the international network.
United Kingdom (9)
- Counterfire — REVOLUTIONARY SOCIALIST / ANTI-WAR: Promoting the Nov. 20 international strike.
- Left Unity — SOCIALIST: Promoting the wider European mobilization.
- International Youth Strike — INTERNATIONAL YOUTH / ANTI-CAPITALIST COALITION: The coordinating coalition behind the Nov. 20 strike says student and youth organizations across Europe are organizing demonstrations, walkouts, assemblies, blockades and occupations. Its manifesto says exploitation, climate breakdown and war are the «essence of capitalism,» calls NATO an instrument of «imperial interests» that «should be dissolved,» and demands «radical system change.»
- North West Pensioners Association — ACTIVIST: Organizational supporter of the Nov. 20 actions.
- Socialist Party — TROTSKYIST: Socialist party promoting the international strike.
- Socialist Students — SOCIALIST STUDENT: British organizer advocating a «socialist future.»
- Stop the War Coalition — ANTI-WAR: Promoting Nov. 20 student mobilization.
- Universities and Colleges Union @ucunion — The largest trade union and professional association for academics, lecturers, trainers, researchers & academic-related staff in UK «Further Education» and «Higher Education.»
- Young Greens — YOUTH / GREEN: British youth organization identified among supporters.
Amplifiers (8)
- CODEPINK — U.S. ANTI-WAR / ACTIVIST ORGANIZATION: The U.S. organization has explicitly connected the French protests to its own planned Washington mobilization. «From France to the United States, the message is clear,» CODEPINK said, before promoting its Nov. 10-12 «Taxpayer Uprising» demanding that federal spending go toward education, healthcare and housing rather than the military.
- Committee for a Workers’ International (CWI) — TROTSKYIST / SOCIALIST: An international socialist organization whose national affiliates include Britain’s Socialist Party and Ireland’s Militant Left. Its international website is promoting the Nov. 20 youth walkout under the campaign slogan «Fight for our future not their wars.»
- International Socialist Alternative (ISA) — REVOLUTIONARY SOCIALIST: The international socialist organization says «Capitalism means war» and that it «wholeheartedly» supports the Nov. 20 strike. ISA says its members have helped organize Germany’s anti-conscription school strikes and describes imperialism as the «highest stage of capitalism.»
- Party for Socialism and Liberation–Houston — MARXIST-LENINIST / U.S. CHAPTER: The Houston chapter of the U.S. Party for Socialism and Liberation is amplifying the French protest movement.
- Progressive International — TRANSNATIONAL LEFT NETWORK: The international organization explicitly grouped the current protests in France, Spain, India and Albania in an Oct. 16 briefing and asked how the «new rebellions» could acquire organized political power. Most significantly, it said: «These are the forces that the Progressive International is working to support and connect.»
- Stop ReArm Europe — ANTI-WAR / ANTI-MILITARIZATION COALITION: A European coalition calling for demonstrations and actions around Nov. 20 under the slogan «Welfare, not Warfare.» It says it supports students «refusing» militarization and calls on social movements, unions, civil-society groups, political organizations and parliamentarians to mobilize around the student strike.
- teleSUR English — INTERNATIONAL MEDIA AMPLIFIER: The international media outlet amplified the French demonstrations with Oct. 17 coverage of clashes, fires and arrests in Paris, Lyon and other cities. This is evidence of international amplification.
- World BEYOND War — INTERNATIONAL ANTI-WAR: A global organization that describes itself as a movement to «end war» and says it is part of the Stop ReArm Europe campaign. It is explicitly promoting the Nov. 20 International Youth Strike and urging supporters to «join this resistance.»
FRANCE — ORIGINAL NETWORK (54)
- Organisation communiste révolutionnaire — REVOLUTIONARY COMMUNIST: Communist organization involved in protests.
- Parti communiste français — COMMUNIST: French Communist Party whose leaders and activists joined the demonstrations.
- Parti des Indigènes de la République — DECOLONIAL: Political organization that defends the student revolt.
- Parti de l’égalité socialiste — TROTSKYIST: Socialist organization advocating workers’ action committees.
- Revolutionary Communist Group — COMMUNIST: British organization that connects the French protests to capitalism, imperialism and Palestine.
- Révolution Permanente — TROTSKYIST: Revolutionary socialist organization promoting student-worker mobilization.
- World Socialist Web Site — TROTSKYIST MEDIA: Socialist outlet framing the French protests around capitalism, austerity and militarization.
Palestine-solidarity organizations
- Union juive française pour la paix — PALESTINE SOLIDARITY: French Jewish organization that publicizes support for the protesting students.
- Urgence Palestine — PALESTINE SOLIDARITY: French Palestine organization that amplified protest-related material.
Labor and professional organizations
- CGT Éduc’action — LABOR: CGT’s education-sector organization.
- CFDT Éducation Formation Recherche Publiques — LABOR: Education and research union supporting the student movement.
- CGT — LABOR: Major French labor confederation involved in the October mobilizations.
- CNT — ANARCHO-SYNDICALIST: Revolutionary-syndicalist union that declared students were «right to revolt.»
- Confédération paysanne — FARMERS’ UNION: Called agricultural workers into the Oct. 17 mobilization.
- FSU — LABOR: Education and public-sector union federation.
- FNEC FP-FO — LABOR: Force Ouvrière’s education federation.
- Force Ouvrière — LABOR: National labor confederation.
- SUD éducation — LABOR: Left-wing education union.
- SNES-FSU — LABOR: Secondary-school personnel union.
- Union syndicale Solidaires — LABOR: Left-wing labor federation.
- UNSA — LABOR: National autonomous trade-union federation.
Advocacy, environmental and protest organizations
- Amnesty International France — HUMAN RIGHTS: Reported on police treatment of minors during the demonstrations.
- ATTAC France — ECONOMIC JUSTICE: Connected the mobilization to austerity and economic policy.
- Coordination nationale du mouvement du 26 septembre — PROTEST NETWORK: Mobilization network that encouraged participation in Oct. 17.
- Extinction Rebellion — ENVIRONMENTAL: Environmental direct-action movement appearing in the protest ecosystem.
- FCPE — PARENTS: National parents’ federation that called members to demonstrate.
- Gilets jaunes — Yellow Vests: Decentralized protest movement whose Oct. 17 mobilization converged with the students.
- Intersyndicale nationale VTC — PROFESSIONAL / LABOR: Private-hire drivers’ coalition promoting participation.
- Les Soulèvements de la Terre — RADICAL ENVIRONMENTAL: Movement that celebrated the student revolt and called for antifascist mobilization.
- Ligue des droits de l’Homme — HUMAN RIGHTS: Supported students and criticized police repression.
- Movement Against Racism and for Friendship Between Peoples (MRAP) — ANTIRACIST: Antiracism organization involved in the wider coalition.
- SOS Racisme — ANTIRACIST: Antiracism organization involved in supporting the movement.
International amplifiers
- BreakThrough News — SINGHAM NETWORK / MEDIA: New York-based nonprofit amplifying the French protests internationally.
- Indian Alliance Paris — INTERNATIONAL / DIASPORA: France-based organization connecting French and Indian protest messaging. Partnered with the People’s Forum in Manhattan.
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Guatemala conmemora los 82 años de la Revolución de 1944 este martes

Guatemala conmemora este martes 82 años de la Revolución de 1944, el movimiento cívico-militar que derrocó al presidente provisional Federico Ponce Vaides y abrió paso a la primera etapa democrática del siglo XX en el país.
La fecha recuerda el levantamiento que unió a campesinos, estudiantes, docentes, empresarios y militares contra un régimen que heredó las prácticas represivas de Jorge Ubico, quien había gobernado durante catorce años con mano dura y limitadas libertades civiles.
El hecho se considera uno de los puntos de inflexión más relevantes de la historia política y social guatemalteca del siglo pasado.
Más allá del asueto que marca en el calendario laboral, el 20 de octubre representa para buena parte de la sociedad guatemalteca el cierre de un ciclo de autoritarismo y el inicio de una serie de transformaciones legales e institucionales que cambiaron la relación entre el Estado y los trabajadores.

La renuncia de Ubico abrió una crisis política que derivó en el levantamiento
Ubico renunció el 1 de julio de 1944 tras más de una década en el poder, presionado por protestas estudiantiles y profesionales que exigían el fin de su gobierno.
El mando provisional recayó en Ponce Vaides, general de confianza del régimen saliente, quien prometió convocar a elecciones democráticas para calmar el descontento popular.
Sin embargo, entre julio y septiembre de ese año, Ponce Vaides dictó medidas coercitivas con el respaldo del Partido Liberal Progresista, la misma estructura política que había sostenido a Ubico, según un artículo del Congreso de la República que cita al escritor José Antonio Móbil.
Esas decisiones, lejos de abrir un proceso de apertura, reprodujeron el patrón autoritario anterior y generaron un descontento creciente entre distintos sectores de la población, desde estudiantes universitarios hasta militares de rango medio.
Organizaciones civiles y militares exigieron la renuncia de Ponce Vaides en las semanas siguientes. Ante la negativa del gobierno a ceder a esas demandas, estalló el movimiento cívico-militar del 20 de octubre de 1944, liderado por tres figuras que luego conformarían la Junta Revolucionaria Provisional: Francisco Javier Arana, Jorge Toriello y Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán, este último un joven oficial del Ejército que más tarde llegaría a la Presidencia del país.
Los enfrentamientos armados incluyeron el uso de armas de fuego y cañones, con ataques dirigidos contra los fuertes de Matamoros y San José Buenavista, de acuerdo con el registro histórico del Congreso.
La confrontación se extendió durante varias horas en la capital y dejó un número de víctimas que los registros de la época no documentaron con precisión. La presión militar y popular terminó por obligar a Ponce Vaides a renunciar y abandonar el país; Ubico, que permanecía en Guatemala desde su salida del poder, también se exilió en ese contexto.
La Junta Revolucionaria convocó una nueva Constitución y elecciones
Con la caída de Ponce Vaides, se integró la Junta Revolucionaria de Gobierno, conformada por Árbenz, Arana y Toriello, que asumió el control del Estado de forma colegiada.
Una de sus primeras decisiones fue derogar la Constitución de 1879, vigente desde el siglo anterior, y convocar a una Asamblea Nacional Constituyente que dio origen a una nueva Carta Magna, según datos hemerográficos de Prensa Libre.
La nueva Constitución, promulgada en marzo de 1945, incorporó garantías laborales, derechos civiles y mecanismos de participación política que no existían en el ordenamiento jurídico anterior. Entre el 17 y el 19 de diciembre de 1944 se celebraron elecciones generales, consideradas las primeras con participación amplia en la historia reciente del país hasta ese momento, en las que resultó electo Juan José Arévalo Bermejo, un pedagogo que había vivido en el exilio durante buena parte del régimen de Ubico.
Arévalo Bermejo, padre del actual presidente Bernardo Arévalo, asumió el cargo el 15 de marzo de 1945 como primer mandatario de la etapa conocida como la Primavera democrática, un período de diez años que se extendió hasta 1954 e incluyó también la presidencia de Jacobo Árbenz.
Durante esa década se promulgó el primer Código de Trabajo del país, que reguló por primera vez las jornadas laborales, los salarios mínimos y el derecho a la sindicalización.
Se creó además el Instituto Guatemalteco de Seguridad Social, se estableció el sufragio para las mujeres y para la población analfabeta, excluida hasta entonces del voto, y se impulsó la autonomía de la Universidad de San Carlos, que a partir de ese momento quedó facultada para elegir a sus propias autoridades sin injerencia del Ejecutivo.
El 20 de octubre es asueto nacional desde la Ley de Servicio Civil
El Decreto 1748 del Congreso de la República, la Ley de Servicio Civil, reconoce el 20 de octubre como asueto remunerado para los trabajadores estatales en memoria de la Revolución. La fecha se conmemora cada año con actividades culturales, actos oficiales y marchas en distintos puntos del país, especialmente en la capital, donde suelen replicarse los recorridos históricos de 1944.
Para este 2026, el Gobierno de Bernardo Arévalo había ampliado el descanso mediante el Acuerdo Gubernativo 167-2026, que otorgó permiso laboral con goce de salario para el lunes 19 de octubre a los servidores de las entidades centralizadas y descentralizadas del Estado. La medida, publicada días atrás en el Diario de Centro América, extendió a cuatro días consecutivos el descanso, desde el sábado 17 hasta el martes 20, y quedó exceptuada para el personal que presta servicios esenciales o cuyo pacto colectivo fija el asueto en otra fecha.
El calendario de asuetos de 2026 continúa en noviembre y diciembre
El Decreto 1441, Código de Trabajo, establece doce jornadas de asueto remunerado al año para los trabajadores guatemaltecos. Tras el feriado de la Revolución, el próximo descanso en el calendario será el Día de Todos los Santos, el 1 de noviembre, que en 2026 caerá domingo. Diciembre cerrará el año con medio día libre el 24, Navidad el 25 y medio día el 31, jornada que antecederá al primer fin de semana largo de 2027.
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Virginia sanctuary county ignores 1,670 detainer requests over 2 years, House Judiciary Committee finds

The Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office in Virginia ignored at least 1,670 immigration detainers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement between 2023 and 2025, releasing criminal illegal immigrants back into the community instead of transferring them to federal custody, according to a new House Judiciary Committee report.
The interim staff report – obtained by before its noon Tuesday release by the committee’s Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security and Enforcement – also accuses Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano of treating illegal immigrant defendants differently from similarly situated American citizens to limit their immigration consequences.
«This interim report provides evidence of the ways in which just one local jurisdiction has implemented policies that allow dangerous foreign nationals to reoffend and avoid deportation,» the report, issued under House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Chair Tom McClintock, R-Calif., concluded.
SANCTUARY COUNTY REFUSED 615 ICE TRANSFER REQUESTS, TURNED OVER JUST 11 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, RECORDS SHOW
«But Fairfax County and prosecutor Steve Descano are not outliers. They are indicative of a modern, radical, socialist Democrat Party that seeks to erase national borders and place illegal alien criminals ahead of law-abiding American citizens,» the report added. «The policies supported by these Democrats, including sanctuary policies, will have negative and lasting consequences for Americans. The Committee and Subcommittee will continue to conduct oversight of these sanctuary policies to inform potential legislative reforms to better protect American communities.»
SOROS-BACKED DA ACCUSED OF GOING EASY ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS GETS SQUEEZED BY HOUSE GOP
The committee said a preliminary review of more than 1,100 criminal cases identified more than 100 previously unreported illegal immigrants who benefited from Descano’s prosecutorial decisions. The report said Descano’s office rarely pursued charges against illegal immigrants accused of crimes including driving under the influence, felony drug possession, felony grand larceny, shoplifting, fraud, trespassing, destruction of property and assaulting a law enforcement officer.
The committee accused Descano’s office of «de facto» decriminalizing some offenses and said most of the defendants reviewed went on to reoffend, in some cases escalating to violent crimes and murder.
JIM JORDAN SUBPOENAS BLUE STATE DAS ACCUSED OF ‘PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT’ FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT CRIMINALS
The report, titled «Fairfax County, Virginia: The dangerous consequences of sanctuary policies,» also alleges that Descano misled Congress about the scope of his policies.
«The Biden-Harris Administration worked to weaken the first Trump Administration’s efforts to hold sanctuary jurisdictions accountable for undermining immigration enforcement,» the report read. «In addition to dropping federal litigation relating to sanctuary jurisdictions’ policies, the Biden-Harris Administration’s Justice Department, beginning in April 2021, no longer required jurisdictions to cooperate with ICE as a condition of receiving federal grant funding.»
SOROS-LINKED PROSECUTOR FACES PRIMARY CHALLENGE AS FELLOW DEMOCRAT TARGETS HIS RECORD
During testimony before the committee in May, Descano said his policy was «written with legal permanent residents in mind for minor crimes.» But in a September letter, the committee said Descano acknowledged that prosecutors could consider immigration consequences in cases involving illegal immigrants as well.
Descano’s campaign website previously stated that when «possible,» his office would «make charging and plea decisions that limit or avoid immigration consequences.» He also argued that «if two people commit the same crime, but only one’s punishment includes deportation, that’s a perversion of justice and not a reflection of the values of Fairfax County.»
ICE ARRESTS ILLEGAL ALIEN ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING CHILDREN AFTER FAIRFAX COUNTY RELEASE: DHS
The committee cited numerous cases in which it said criminal defendants benefited from reduced or dismissed charges. In one example, prosecutors allegedly reduced felony charges involving the sexual assault of a child to misdemeanor «consensual sex with a child» and offered a 90-day suspended jail sentence.
The report also said Descano’s office dropped more than 50 charges against a serial fraudster from China and allowed defendants charged with malicious wounding, strangulation, assault and battery and other violent offenses to «escape accountability and reoffend.»
ICE ARRESTS ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS CONVICTED OF ATTEMPTED MURDER, RAPE AND CHILD SEX CRIMES IN TARGETED CRACKDOWN
The committee detailed additional cases involving defendants accused of child pornography, rape, abduction, firearm offenses, drug possession and assault. In some cases, the report said, defendants were released despite ICE detainers and later arrested again.
One case involved Marvin Morales-Ortez, an alleged MS-13 member whose charges were dropped before the Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office released him in December 2025. The report said Morales-Ortez allegedly murdered a man in Reston, Virginia, one day later.
ANGEL MOM SAYS BLUE STATE DAS ARE PUTTING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT CRIMINALS BEFORE PUBLIC SAFETY
Fairfax County Sheriff Stacey Kincaid blamed the release on the lack of prosecution, writing that «the system must work as a whole.» She added: «When criminal defendants are prosecuted, authorities are better able to track court dates and monitor releases.»
Kincaid has also previously criticized the county’s prosecution practices, stating, «It’s shameful the way things have not been prosecuted.»
BIDEN ADMIN RELEASED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT ACCUSED OF FATALLY STABBING FAIRFAX COUNTY MOTHER
The report highlighted the case of Stephanie Minter, who was fatally stabbed in February. The suspect, Abdul Jalloh, is an illegal immigrant with more than 40 prior charges in Fairfax County. The committee said Descano’s office had dropped charges against Jalloh in almost every case and that police warned prosecutors before the killing that «it is not a question of if, but rather when [Jalloh] will maliciously wound — or worse — again.»
Cheryl Minter, Stephanie’s mother, told the committee that «a system failed my daughter.»
«When policies protect people who are a known threat, innocent lives are put at risk,» she said. «When warnings are ignored, families like mine pay the price.»
The committee said Fairfax County’s policies «threaten public safety and undermine the safe and effective enforcement of federal immigration law.» Descano has rejected the allegations and previously said that «the idea that [his office] favor[s] one group over another is completely wrong.»
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Some synagogues canceled prayers as French Jews faced warnings amid violent protests

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For some French Jews, Saturday’s unrest brought an unsettling warning: conceal outward signs of Jewish identity and avoid gathering outside synagogues.
One community member told Fox News Digital that some congregations had even canceled afternoon prayers on the Sabbath as demonstrations across France descended into violence.
Ahead of the protests on Saturday, he said, as a precaution, «Lots of synagogues sent out emails to their people saying, ‘We’re canceling Mincha on Shabbat afternoon. Please don’t go out. It’s going to be dangerous,’» Samuel Arrouas, a French Jewish community member who divides his time between Paris and Israel, told Fox News Digital.
Mincha is the Jewish afternoon prayer service. Arrouas, who returned to Israel before Saturday’s protests, described his shock over the messages. «I’m 40 years old. First time I heard this,» he said.
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Protesters hold a Palestinian flag during demonstrations in Strasbourg, France, on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026. (Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters)
Arrouas said warnings also advised Jews against visibly wearing kippahs, traditional skullcaps, or tzitzit, ritual fringes worn by observant Jewish men. Worshipers were discouraged from lingering outside synagogues after services. «You go to prayers, and you immediately leave,» he said.
Before leaving France, Arrouas said he encountered masked demonstrators carrying Palestinian flags near Paris Dauphine University.
«It’s very scary,» he said. «When you’re Jewish and you pass in front of such a scene, the only thing you want to do is just get away.»
The concerns emerged as approximately 550,000 people demonstrated across France on Oct. 17 against rising fuel prices, the cost of living and deteriorating public services, including schools. The demonstrations were masked rioters clashed with police, looted businesses and set fire to vehicles and buildings in Paris, Marseille and other cities. France’s Interior Ministry reported approximately 2,400 arrests.
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Pedestrians walk along a street covered in debris a day after nationwide protests against the «high cost of living,» in Marseille on October 18, 2026. (Thibaud Moritz/AFP/Getty Images)
President Emmanuel Macron called for «calm and order» in a national address, warning against escalation. «We all feel anger and shame,» he said, distinguishing protesters’ «legitimate demands» from «those who destroyed, smashed and looted.» He said «nothing justifies» the violence and pledged accountability. Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez offered his resignation, which Macron refused.
Shannon Seban, the France-based executive director of European affairs at the Combat Antisemitism Movement, said the presence of Palestinian flags at demonstrations over domestic issues added to Jewish community concerns.
«We have seen Palestinian flags at demonstrations that were supposed to be about education and social demands. What does Gaza have to do with any of this?» Seban told Fox News Digital.
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A city employee cleans tags from walls in central Paris on October 18, 2026, a day after nationwide protests that turned violent in many places across France. (Matthieu Rondel/AFP/Getty Images)
«This has nothing to do with legitimate student demands anymore. We are talking about organized violence, about people who are not coming to demonstrate but to destroy, to attack our police officers and to challenge the authority of the Republic,» she said.
Seban linked the violence to rhetoric urging people to «globalize the intifada» and to antisemitic conspiracy theories circulating online.
«At the Combat Antisemitism Movement, we documented 1,384 antisemitic posts in just two days, including conspiracy theories accusing Jews and Israel of being behind the unrest,» Seban said.
«The right to protest is fundamental in a democracy. But the right to protest is not the right to destroy,» she added. «France and Europe must wake up. Before it is too late.»
In Marseille, Bruno Benjamin, president of the Marseille-Provence branch of CRIF, the Representative Council of French Jewish Institutions, described the damage to local businesses and the anxiety facing the community.

A Jewish man living in a council flat wears a kippah and looks at the buildings in his city in Paris on May 17, 2024. (Magali Cohen/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images)
«Several hundred shops were ransacked, vandalized and looted. The scale of the devastation is simply unbearable,» Benjamin told Fox News Digital.
He said shopkeepers had seen years of work destroyed within hours, leaving some facing layoffs or temporary unemployment for employees.

Two customers sit on the terrace of a café on a street covered in debris a day after nationwide protests turned violent in Marseille on Oct.18, 2026. (Thibaud Moritz/AFP/Getty Images)
«This is not just an attack on businesses. It is an attack on people’s livelihood, their dignity, and the very fabric of our society,» he said.
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France’s Jewish community security organization, SPCJ, cautioned against assuming that Jewish-owned property was targeted because of religion. In a statement provided to Fox News Digital, SPCJ said a break-in and vandalism at a synagogue in Paris’s 19th arrondissement initially suggested burglary, although the motive remained undetermined. Jewish-owned businesses were among those damaged in Marseille, it said, without evidence they had been singled out for being Jewish.

Protesters hold placards which read «Do not sacrifice French Jews» as they gather to condemn the alleged antisemitic gang rape of a 12-year-old girl, during a rally on Lyon Terreaux square in Lyon, central eastern France on June 19, 2024. (JEAN-PHILIPPE KSIAZEK/AFP via Getty Images)
The U.S. State Department’s existing Level 2 travel advisory urges Americans to exercise increased caution in France because of terrorism and unrest. Fox News Digital reached out to the French Embassy in Washington, D.C., for comment on the unrest and the safety of the Jewish community.
Benjamin said rising insecurity and antisemitism had left some French Jews considering whether to leave the country, while others remained determined to stay.
«We must relentlessly combat antisemitism, defend their right to live in safety and dignity and ensure that no Jew in France should ever have to choose between their personal security and their love for their country,» he said. «Because being Jewish in France should never mean having to live in fear.»
For Seban of the Combat Antisemitism Movement, it’s evident where the blame lies: «Let me be very clear: La France Insoumise and the far left bear a political responsibility for fueling this climate of violence and confrontation.»
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