Crockett Running for Senate...

Texas Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett is jumping into the U.S. Senate race, filing paperwork to run for the seat held by Republican John Cornyn. Colin Allred cleared the lane by dropping out and shifting to a House comeback bid, leaving Crockett to face fellow Democrat James Talarico in what’s now shaping up to be a high-profile primary. Her campaign launch puts a loud, progressive voice into a race that already carried national attention.

ICE agents here in Michigan picked up a 44-year-old illegal alien from Cuba who’d been living and working in Grand Rapids, even though he’d already been convicted in another county for a child sex crime involving a victim between 13 and 15. Agents say he’d been moving around the state, violating the terms of his release, and was taken into custody without incident. It’s another example of federal officers dealing with cases locals never should’ve had to face in the first place.

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