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Federal judge hands Biden’s home state a loss in battle of ICE access to labor data

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A federal judge ordered Delaware officials to turn over confidential employer and employee data to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), delivering a legal defeat to former President Joe Biden’s home state in a dispute over immigration enforcement.
U.S. District Judge Colm Connolly ruled that the Delaware Department of Labor (DDOL) must comply with a federal subpoena seeking wage reports and employee records from 15 businesses as part of an investigation into the suspected hiring of undocumented workers.
Delaware officials argued they could refuse the request and warned that compliance would harm worker reporting and state programs, but Connolly rejected that position.
«This is a political argument; not a legal one,» Connolly wrote. «This Court is not the proper ‘forum in which to air [DDOL’s] generalized grievances about the conduct of government.’ It would be wholly inappropriate for me to consider this line of argument, and I decline to do so.»
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The J. Caleb Boggs Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Wilmington, Delaware. A federal judge ordered the state’s labor department to turn over employer wage records to Immigration and Customs Enforcement as part of an immigration investigation. (Anadolu via Getty Images)
The records include employees’ names, Social Security numbers and wages reported to the state as part of its unemployment insurance system.
Federal investigators said the records will help identify potentially fraudulent Social Security numbers, compare reported employees to workers observed on-site and detect off-the-books labor.
Connolly, a Trump-appointed judge, wrote that the subpoena was lawful, relevant to a legitimate investigation and not overly burdensome for the state to fulfill.
The subpoena seeks 30 records covering two quarters for the 15 businesses, which the judge said would not be burdensome for the state to produce.
He also dismissed Delaware’s argument that sharing the data would harm its unemployment insurance system, calling the claim unsupported.
«I am neither willing nor able to adopt DDOL’s cynical view of the State’s employers,» Connolly wrote.
FEDERAL JUDGE WHO ORDERED NO WARRANTLESS ICE ARRESTS IN COLORADO ASSERTS DOJ NOT COMPLYING

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at work. A federal judge in Delaware ordered state officials to turn over labor data to ICE as part of an immigration investigation. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
The ruling marks a setback for Delaware in its battle over ICE’s access to state labor data, as the federal government moves to expand immigration enforcement.
The court said Delaware officials ignored the subpoena and failed to respond even after a follow-up warning from federal prosecutors.
Delaware’s newly appointed U.S. Attorney Benjamin Wallace said the ruling reinforces that federal law applies broadly.

Wilmington, Delaware skyline on the Christina River at dusk. (Walter Bibikow/Getty Images)
«We are gratified that the court recognized the simple truth at the core of this case: federal law applies to everyone, whether they are a state or private entity, and whether they agree or disagree with the federal government’s policy priorities,» Wallace told the Delaware News Journal.
The dispute escalated after Delaware ignored multiple ICE subpoenas in early 2025, prompting the federal government to sue for enforcement. State officials have not said whether they plan to appeal.
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Costa Rica: El Instituto Meteorológico Nacional advierte un fin de semana con más lluvias por la Onda Tropical 14

Costa Rica enfrenta este fin de semana un aumento de las lluvias por la cercanía de la Onda Tropical #14 y la persistencia de la Zona de Convergencia Intertropical, un escenario que eleva el riesgo de inundaciones, saturación de alcantarillado y tormentas eléctricas en varias regiones del país.
El pronóstico del Instituto Meteorológico Nacional indica que durante la tarde del domingo la inestabilidad asociada al sistema podría reforzar las precipitaciones en el Pacífico, el Valle Central y las montañas del Caribe, con acumulados de 10 a 40 mm en seis horas y máximos puntuales de hasta 80 mm. En el Caribe marítimo, sectores costeros del Caribe y la Zona Norte, para la madrugada y la mañana del domingo se estiman entre 20 y 50 mm en 12 horas.
Según el Instituto Meteorológico Nacional CR, las zonas con mayor probabilidad de lluvias este fin de semana son la Zona Norte, el Caribe, las montañas cercanas al Valle Central y áreas costeras del Pacífico. La Comisión Nacional de Emergencias pidió a la población mantenerse atenta a la información oficial y tomar previsiones ante el aumento esperado de las precipitaciones.
En su diagnóstico de las 16:15 del 20 de junio de 2026, el IMN reportó que la Zona de Convergencia Intertropical se mantenía cerca del territorio nacional y favorecía aguaceros con tormenta eléctrica en el centro y oeste del Valle Central, además de las montañas de la Zona Norte. En esas regiones se registraron acumulados de cinco a 30 mm en las tres horas previas, con máximos localizados de 47 mm en Santa Lucía y 43 mm en San Joaquín, ambos en Heredia.

La institución también informó lluvias con tormenta eléctrica de forma localizada en regiones montañosas del Caribe y del Pacífico Central, el sur del Pacífico Norte, en las cercanías de Orotina, y el Pacífico Sur. En esos puntos, los acumulados no superaban los 15 mm en las seis horas previas.
El organismo detalló además que la Onda Tropical #14 se localizaba sobre los 82°O. Para el resto de la tarde de este sábado, previó actividad lluviosa dispersa cerca del eje montañoso central, con incidencia en el Pacífico Central y Sur, la Zona Norte, el Valle Central y, en menor medida, el Caribe.
El pronóstico añade que esa actividad tendería a disminuir gradualmente en intensidad y cobertura conforme avanzara la tarde. Aun así, se estimaron acumulados de 10 a 30 mm en períodos de seis horas, con máximos puntuales de 40 a 50 mm en el Valle Central y las montañas de la Zona Norte.
El IMN prevé el ingreso de la onda tropical durante la madrugada del domingo. Esa condición favorecerá lluvias y aguaceros en la región marítima del Caribe durante la madrugada y la mañana, con posibilidad de extensión hacia sectores costeros caribeños y la Zona Norte.
Durante la tarde del domingo, la inestabilidad vinculada al paso de la OT#14 reforzará las precipitaciones en las regiones del Pacífico, el Valle Central y las montañas del Caribe. El instituto anticipa aguaceros acompañados de tormenta eléctrica y señala que las lluvias en el Pacífico podrían prolongarse hasta las primeras horas de la noche.

La advertencia oficial pone atención especial en el Pacífico Sur por los niveles de saturación presentes en los suelos. También recomienda precaución en zonas urbanas por la posible saturación de los sistemas de alcantarillado.
Entre las medidas de prevención, el instituto aconseja evitar sectores propensos a inundaciones por posible saturación de quebradas o desagües. También pide extremar cuidados durante tormentas eléctricas o ante ráfagas fuertes cerca de nubes de tormenta, porque podrían caer ramas, tendido eléctrico u otros objetos.
De acuerdo con el IMN, esas ráfagas pueden alcanzar hasta 80 km/h en casos aislados. La institución pidió seguir la información por sus canales oficiales en X, Facebook, su sitio web y su canal de WhatsApp.
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Obama Presidential Center follows widely-mocked ‘stolen land’ acknowledgment with Native American dance show

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CHICAGO — After officials kicked off the opening weekend of the Barack Obama Presidential Center with a widely mocked «land acknowledgment» — a nod to the political far-left that believes the United States was built on «stolen land» — a traditional Native American dance show was featured during Saturday’s scheduled events.
The Black Hawk Performance Company is a Native American dance troupe based in the Chicago area, composed of dancers from several Indigenous tribes.
Saturday marked the third day of the Obama Presidential Center’s grand opening, which featured musical and cultural performances ranging from international superstars like John Legend to local drum lines.
The lively Native American display, held in John Lewis Plaza on the center’s campus, featured a drum circle, several traditional dances and songs, including one honoring a Native American flag. The performance lasted for about an hour, and toward the end, included many of the hundreds of people who watched in the plaza.
OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL CENTER’S OPENING CEREMONY RIDICULED FOR ‘LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT’ BEFORE STAR-STUDDED SHOW
The Black Hawk Performance Company, a Native American dance troupe, performs on at the Barack Obama Presidential Center on June 20, 2026. (Peter D’Abrosca/Fox News Digital)
But Thursday night, the opening ceremony for the center began with an awkward admission that the center itself rests on land that rightfully belongs to Native Americans.
Valerie Jarrett, the former senior advisor to Obama when he was president and the current CEO of the Obama Foundation, kicked things off.
«We’d also like to take a moment to recognize the original inhabitants of the land upon which we are gathered today,» she said. «We honor the Anishinaabe, the Council of Three Fires, the Ojibwe, the Odawa and the Potawatomi nations.»
WATCH: DNC OPENS SUMMER MEETING WITH LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT, CLAIMS THAT US SUPPRESSES INDIGENOUS HISTORY

The Black Hawk Performance Company, a Native American dance troupe, performs at the Barack Obama Presidential Center on June 20, 2026. (Peter D’Abrosca/Fox News Digital)
Some of Saturday’s performers were from the Ojibwe tribe.
Land acknowledgments like Jarrett’s are sometimes criticized as woke performative gestures that often ring hollow, as noted by a huge number of X users after Jarrett’s speech.
«Obama Presidential Center grand opening begins with acknowledging they’re on stolen land. And then they kept the land,» one X commenter said. «Pretty sure Indians would remove the apocalyptic looking Soviet bloc style dumpster building from their land first thing.»
CARVILLE REBUKES DNC OVER WOKE ‘LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT’ LAMENTING TREATMENT OF NATIVE AMERICANS

The Black Hawk Performance Company, a Native American dance troupe, performs on at the Barack Obama Presidential Center on June 20, 2026. (Peter D’Abrosca/Fox News Digital)
Conservative commentator Glenn Beck unleashed on the hypocrisy.
«The sheer arrogance of the Obama Foundation using the $850 million Obama Presidential Center to lecture us about standing on ‘stolen land’ is HILARIOUS,» he said. «They’re basically saying, ‘Yeah, we acknowledge we stole this land. IT’S SO WRONG. But the gift shop is to your left, and tickets are 30 bucks.’ If they genuinely believe they’re holding stolen property, they should either GIVE IT BACK or shut the hell up.»
Town hall senior strategist Siraj Hashmi roasted Obama and company with a reference to infamous Chicago rapper Chief Keef.

The Black Hawk Performance Company, a Native American dance troupe, performs on at the Barack Obama Presidential Center on June 20, 2026. (Peter D’Abrosca/Fox News Digital)
«Pretty disrespectful for the Obama Presidential Center to not acknowledge the current tribe leader of the South Side of Chicago: Chief Keef,» Hashmi quipped.
Further, the center features a placard recognizing that the land actually belongs to «indigenous peoples.»
The sign says that the Obama Foundation acknowledges «the sovereign Indigenous peoples who have, since time immemorial, inhabited and stewarded the lands many of us call home.»

The Obama Presidential Center building is shown with its glass facade and surrounding trees. (Peter D’Abrosca/Fox News Digital)
It also says that «Indigenous peoples» have worked to «combat and rightfully reverse the forces of settler colonialism» and features a 2009 Obama quote reflecting on broken treaties, lost lands and the treatment of Native Americans.
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«Treaties were violated. Promises were broken,» Obama said at the time.
Fox News Digital’s Michael Dorgan contributed to this report.
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