🛑 Texas Builder Fences Off His Job Sites to Keep ICE Away From His Workers 🛑 A construction company owner in South Texas's Rio Grande Valley is putting up fences around his job sites so ICE agents can't get to his workers. This is what happens when Trump's federal government refuses to indict owners for hiring illegal aliens. Benny Melendez owns BM3 Construction and runs government relations for the South Texas Builders Association. He told the Wall Street Journal the fence has nothing to do with theft: "I'm not afraid that someone's going to steal my materials, no. I'm afraid that ICE agents are going to steal my workers." He's not alone. NBC News found other Valley builders using padlocked gates, codes changed weekly and hired security. Builders say agents told them that if the public can't get onto a private site, agents won't either. More than 9,000 people have been arrested in ICE operations across the Valley in recent months, according to the Observer. Melendez says homes that used to take about four months now take eight or nine. The law is already on the books. Under 8 U.S.C. 1324a, it's illegal to knowingly hire, or keep employing, an alien who isn't authorized to work. Employers face fines, and a pattern or practice of it brings criminal charges. Border czar Tom Homan says his plan to go after employers who hire illegal aliens has cleared Homeland Security Investigations and is waiting on DHS sign-off. Waiting isn't enforcement. Unless @POTUS directs DHS and the DOJ to indict these business owners, it seems to me they don't want mass deportations. Should employers who hire illegal aliens face prison time?

Abington mother Jillian Timmons' bail cut from $100K to $20K at Superior Court arraignment as 2-month-old daughter's brain bleeds leave her 'may never walk, speak, feed, or care for herself' massdailynews.com/2026/10/21…

Massachusetts police departments warn of dangerous TikTok trend where 'teens kick in strangers front doors late at night' massdailynews.com/2026/10/21…

A new University of Massachusetts Amherst/WCVB poll of 800 registered Massachusetts voters (conducted Oct. 5–12), shows Democratic Gov. Maura Healey @MassGovernor holding a commanding 25-point lead over Republican challenger Mike Minogue @mikeminoguema in the 2026 gubernatorial race (57% to 32%, with independent Andrea James at 6%).⁠ Healey’s advantage is driven largely by a wide gender gap (66–24 among women versus 47–42 among men), strong support among college-educated voters, and a 58% job-approval rating—her highest since February 2025—while voters trust her over Minogue by 20–30 points on key issues including abortion, education, health care, immigration, and crime.⁠ Minogue faces a major obstacle in that more than 80% of voters view him as similar to President Donald Trump on issues such as abortion, immigration, health care, taxes, and transgender rights, and the words most frequently associated with him include “MAGA,” “Republican,” and “Unknown.”⁠ In the U.S. Senate race, incumbent Democrat Ed Markey @SenMarkey leads Republican John Deaton @JohnEDeaton1 by more than 25 points (roughly 56–29), and Democrats hold large leads in other statewide contests.

Massachusetts women are powering Healey's 25-point lead over Minogue as new poll shows she's up +42 among female voters, just +5 among male massdailynews.com/2026/10/19…

'The future we want to see': Boston Mayor Wu heads north to New Hampshire to try and bring her brand of politics to the 'Free State' in door-knocking blitz massdailynews.com/2026/10/19…

Healey’s blocked the federal SNAP audit and has refused to clean this up. Plus her AG blocked the voters’ mandated legislative audit. The reasons are obvious. Vote for change. Vote Minogue. #macrime #mapoli #mafraud #maurahealey

NOW - Macron addresses the nation, calling for order and says that the youth of France are "expressing great anguish and concern about the future... we need to pay heed to what they are saying and we must not minimise the hardships that they are facing."

California Governor Gavin Newsom is in Boston fundraising for Healey massdailynews.com/2026/10/18…

🚨BREAKING: Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey has directed nearly $100 million in taxpayer funds to provide significant benefits to illegal immigrant families. This includes up to $30,000 in housing assistance over two years, $4,000 monthly EBT cash assistance, $500 in food aid, free healthcare, and cable for some families. The spending has drawn sharp criticism as the state struggles with budget pressures, homelessness, and services for American citizens.